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HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) on securing this debate, which is much needed…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI thank you for granting this important urgent question, Mr Speaker. The Minister will not think me fair and will go on about process, but I have to say, having listened to what…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHelp for Jobseekers: Local Employers and Skills ProvidersThank you, Mr Speaker. People across the country who have had a really hard time at work in the past year need DWP Ministers focused on their jobs. It will not have escaped your…13 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareWhen my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall) and I spoke to social care professionals from the Wirral last night, they made it clear that the crisis is not to…03 Dec 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillThe right hon. Gentleman gets to the heart of the matter, which is what people will get, compared with what they were promised. Is that not the heart of this matter?22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillMy hon. Friend and neighbour is making an excellent speech. We should be talking about a plan for social care, but we are actually talking about a tax on the people who have lost…22 Nov 2021HANSARDSports Bodies’ Bids to Host Major Sporting EventsMr Speaker, you and I both support major sporting events coming to the UK, but I want to return briefly to the situation in cricket. The lesson for all sports is that those who…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) BillIt is, as others have said, a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hosie. I commend the right hon. Member for Central Devon for bringing the Bill forward. It is limited in…17 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Kim Johnson) and you, Mr Speaker, for this urgent question, which is very important to the people of Merseyside. I…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26I noticed that the Prime Minister mentioned Aristotle in his statement, so could he explain how breaking his own manifesto promise to the poorest people in the world, those worst…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseDoes my right hon. and learned Friend not think that the sham is continuing even today? Not only is the Prime Minister not here, despite the importance of this issue, but the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling UpThe Exchequer Secretary says that levelling up is the defining mission of this Government, yet if we look at the spending review priority outcomes and metrics, we can see that…02 Nov 2021HANSARDMusicians: Touring the EUWe welcome all the new Ministers, but I want to be clear on this issue: the Minister said in response to those questions that extensive efforts are being made, yet on 4 August…16 Sept 2021HANSARDDraft Introduction and the Import of Cultural Goods (Revocation) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hosie. I thank the Minister for her opening remarks, which explained the delegated legislation’s context. To many, it may seem…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) BillI commend the right hon. Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride) for bringing this Bill to the House. It might be easy to think of it as somewhat narrow and potentially even niche,…10 Sept 2021HANSARDLegacy of Jo CoxIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat). It is also very appropriate, as will become clear when I continue with my speech, but before I…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe Prime Minister said at the Dispatch Box, though it is not in the printed copy of his speech, that the NHS backlog that we face will get worse before it gets better. How much…07 Sept 2021HANSARDNew Infrastructure InvestmentI am afraid that I must tell the Chancellor that his infrastructure revolution is not very noticeable in cities in the north of England, which grind to a halt at rush hour. They…07 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me in this important debate. I pay tribute to all those who have served our country in Afghanistan, and I am especially thinking of those…18 Aug 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateBefore I ask my question, may I say to the Minister that she might want to think again about coming to this House and ticking off my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Dr…21 Jul 2021