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HANSARDApprenticeships: SMEsOne industry prevalent in small business is hair and beauty. Routes into hair and beauty and other apprenticeships include the level 3 qualification, which the Government just cut…13 Feb 2020HANSARDFebruary AdjournmentThe hon. Member is giving a great speech about how she has started the work of creating new rail links in her area. With the Beeching reversal fund, there is now an opportunity…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Regarding road traffic accidents, there is a spectrum of vulnerability, and cyclists are some of the most vulnerable road users.…06 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportI congratulate the hon. Member on his election. On hydrogen production for trains and transport in general, we need to think about how it is produced. ITM Power in Yorkshire…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationMany independent pubs in my constituency, particularly in Otley, complain about business rates as well as beer duty. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is also an important…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Transportrose —05 Feb 2020HANSARDDecarbonising Transport21. I thank the Secretary of State for listening to my call last July and bringing Northern Rail back into public ownership from 1 March. When the trains do arrive on the…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Economy and Society: Contribution of MusicWill my hon. Friend give way?21 Jan 2020HANSARD Economy and Society: Contribution of MusicI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate and making an excellent speech. On mental health, does he not agree that small venues, such as Brudenell Social Club in my…21 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionThe world’s first electric double-decker bus was created and delivered by Optare in Leeds, but it is not being bought by bus companies in this country. Does my hon. Friend agree…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionMy hon Friend is making an excellent speech. COP26 is coming to the UK this year. Is that not an additional responsibility for the Government, not just a historical one? Is it not…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols), who has been my friend since she was an activist in North West Young Labour. It gives me real…15 Jan 2020HANSARDBritain in the WorldOn that point about climate change and international trade, the UK is hosting the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November this year. Is that not an opportunity to assert how…13 Jan 2020HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeOn that point and on the earlier point about deforestation, here at home peat bogs play a hugely important role in carbon sequestration. Should not the Government invest more in…28 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is making a very good speech. Does he agree that, as there is no mention of environmental rights in the Bill, there will be no surety in regard to the environment?…22 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyThe Members sitting on the Government Benches look comfortable, unruffled and complacent, while the Extinction Rebellion protests are being fiercely suppressed on the streets just…17 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesWe are here on 7 October. The Government’s plan was for Parliament to be prorogued and not return until 14 October. Under the original plan, we would have had no scrutiny at all…07 Oct 2019HANSARDPark Home Residents: Legal ProtectionI know the hon. Gentleman has done significant work on this through the all-party group and he is making an excellent speech. On that point, is it not true that people have been…01 Oct 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019Notwithstanding the Minister’s previous response, he said that plan A is to get a withdrawal agreement agreed at the European Council, which is merely three weeks away. He also…26 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation of ParliamentThis is a really important debate, not least because 1.7 million people signed the petition. We have had demonstrations up and down the country, including in Leeds both this and…09 Sept 2019