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HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Bardell. I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) not only for securing…01 Dec 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationHundreds of my constituents have been in touch with me over the last few months as their energy suppliers have collapsed. As the Secretary of State said, 22 suppliers have now…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Islamophobia Awareness MonthMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. On her point about institutionalised Islamophobia in certain parts of society—she mentioned cricket and the media—should we not be…24 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillA doctor in my constituency, Dr Tom James, told me that he and his colleagues in the hospital were demoralised, exhausted and at the end of their tether, particularly after the…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Touring Musicians: EU Visas and PermitsIt is particularly apt that you are chairing today’s debate, as a published author on music, Dr Huq. I thank my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Camberwell and Peckham…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsI invite the Secretary of State to travel with me the 46 miles from Otley in my constituency to Manchester Piccadilly at peak time. He will then see the twin challenges of…18 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeThank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank the previous occupant of the Chair for guiding me in the conventions of the House. I did email the Member to whom I shall…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeTrade unions use their political funds, which are regulated under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, voted on by millions of working people up and down…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public Liferose—17 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI have received more than 100 emails from constituents on this matter, which shows that the case of Nazanin has touched the hearts of the nation. It is all too common for people…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26I was at COP representing the Inter-Parliamentary Union as the global co-rapporteur for COP26. The global Parliaments delivered a very strong document. While I was there, I met…15 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi). Let me start by talking about the impact of the Budget on Leeds, and particularly…02 Nov 2021HANSARDKurdish Political Representation and Equality in TurkeyI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate and making an excellent speech. The issues he is raising are really important, and are ones that the Prime Minister has spoken…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsYesterday I was speaking with members of the tech industry, and they were lamenting the fact that there is only one hour a week for computing in secondary schools. Our growth will…02 Nov 2021HANSARDGP Appointment AvailabilityMy constituency is only 25 miles from my hon. Friend’s. A constituent came to see me last week; they could not get an appointment with their GP, but were told to go to the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021It is a real pleasure to be back in Westminster Hall in person and to serve under you chairship, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne)…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, but on that point, is it not true that people have a choice in the supermarket between buying a meat product or an equivalent plant…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021To complete that programme, the local authority and housing associations need a payment mechanism. Would the Government not consider using feed-in tariffs just for councils and…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021I completely agree that metro Mayors have been an afterthought in terms of COP. My first COP was in Paris and I went, before we had a metro Mayor, as the lead representative. The…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021I have mixed news for my hon. Friend because the Mayor of West Yorkshire will be there on the 11th, and the Government have given her blue zone accreditation.21 Oct 2021