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HANSARDXinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill PolicyThe genocide of the Uyghur people has been taking place on an industrial scale for decades and we should not be unjust to the victims by pretending that what we are hearing today…24 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasMy beloved hon. Friend is absolutely right. If Leicestershire were funded the same as Surrey, it would get something like £104 million more, which I will address in more detail…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasWhen people think of levelling up, what often comes to mind is cities that have been left behind, areas of the north whose industries have changed and towns where inequalities are…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. Whether in respect of combatting loneliness, connectivity, business opportunity or the 150 Ukrainians who are to settle in my…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasRural prosperity has been stifled, and the rural powerhouse campaign estimates that closing the rural productivity gap would add £43 billion of gross value added to our economy. I…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasI could not agree more. Rural businesses also require more support to access the broadband they need to establish and grow. I welcome the UK shared prosperity fund, which is a…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasThe Minister is a neighbour of mine, and I just want to point out that without him I do not believe we would have made such progress on fair funding for this country and the…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasThe Minister mentioned community ownership funds. There is a pub in Stathern in my constituency which, having seen the success of the Bell in Frisby, would like to do the same…11 May 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for giving way. On the duties of integrated care boards, he knows that one of my grave concerns about health inequalities relates to rural…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Ockenden ReportThis House is united in our heartache over the lives lost and the lives destroyed, and over the women who were silenced and told that birthing had happened for centuries so they…30 Mar 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewI am so grateful to my right hon. Friend for his work on this, and also to the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince), who…29 Mar 2022HANSARDForced Labour of Uyghurs: UK Supply ChainsCanadian Solar wants to build a solar plant in my constituency the size of 1,400 football pitches. In 2021, four of its shipments were seized owing to its links with Uyghur blood…29 Mar 2022HANSARD British Sign Language BillThis Bill matters, and the discussion that we are having matters, so I thank the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) for introducing the Bill. I suspect that too often,…18 Mar 2022HANSARD British Sign Language BillI recognise that I am taking liberties on a Friday, but I am essentially going to direct my question to Mr Deputy Speaker via my good and hon. Friend. Do we provide BSL tours of…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMental Health Provision (Children and Young People) BillI could not agree more with the hon. Lady. Over the last two and a half years it has been devastating to see the impact of the pandemic on children’s health. We should never again…18 Mar 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) BillIf we are to reduce the reliance on taxis in the most rural areas, perhaps the Government need to consider improving the local government finance settlement and the funding to…18 Mar 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) BillAbsolutely. That is why the Bill is so important. As Conservatives, we do not want to have to pass legislation to require service providers to provide services to all people.…18 Mar 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) BillIt is absolutely not acceptable. The fact is that this Bill is being introduced because we have disabled people in our country being charged extra for the liberty, for the joy,…18 Mar 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) BillI rise today to speak in support of the important Bill promoted by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy Wright). Too often, pockets of…18 Mar 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) BillMy right hon. and learned Friend has clearly worked incredibly carefully with disabled groups throughout the development of the Bill. The issue comes into my inbox and I hear from…18 Mar 2022