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HANSARD Economic UpdateThank you for calling me, Mr Speaker, and well done Chorley FC! If the only economic message is quibbling about how statistics have been used, there is no message. Now that the…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Educational SettingsWe all want children back in school as soon as possible, so why do we not work together to make that happen? With that in mind, will the Secretary of State tell me when he last…06 Jan 2021HANSARDGambling and LotteriesI thank the Minister for early sight of his statement. On behalf of the Opposition, I welcome the main measures that the Government have announced today, and I certainly welcome…08 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill). I feel that if anybody has a chance in this place of persuading the vast ranks of angry…07 Dec 2020HANSARDGood Friday Agreement: ImplementationWhat steps he is taking to help ensure the full implementation of the Good Friday agreement.02 Dec 2020HANSARDGood Friday Agreement: ImplementationThe Good Friday agreement comes of age today, as it became effective 21 years ago. It provided a platform for the development of excellent economic and social relationships…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Football GovernanceIs the Minister therefore able to put the review’s terms of reference into the public domain?25 Nov 2020HANSARD Football GovernanceI thank the Minister for his tolerance. Just to give those who are following this debate closely an idea on the terms of reference, the scope and the important issues that have…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Football GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue, and to speak in this debate alongside so many expert Members, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Restrictions on Gyms and SportThis is a simple question. The Minister thanks sports groups for their work, and I agree with him. If we have future lockdowns, either the work done to make sports covid-safe is…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Restrictions on Gyms and SportBig people. Women play too.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Restrictions on Gyms and SportI will do my best to do that, Mr Mundell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) for leading the debate. She made a compelling…23 Nov 2020HANSARD Sport Sector: Financial SupportI thank the Minister for sight of his statement, and for the accepting manner in which he has dealt with the pestering from me and from other Members on this subject. Through you,…19 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that our economy is changing, supercharged by the impact of covid and new technologies that are facilitating the change; but does the Minister agree that it is desirable…10 Nov 2020HANSARDFuture of Financial ServicesWe do not see very much of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in this place. I wonder what it could possibly be about the Monday after the electoral routing of populism in the USA…09 Nov 2020HANSARDFootball Spectator Attendance: Covid-19Can the Minister say what the impact on the women’s game has been of that financial arrangement?09 Nov 2020HANSARDFootball Spectator Attendance: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and to speak in the debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) on…09 Nov 2020HANSARDFootball Spectator Attendance: Covid-19As my hon. Friend, who represents Brentford very well—the football club and the constituency—says, clubs have spent money on it. They all hired covid officers. I was lucky to be…09 Nov 2020HANSARDFootball Spectator Attendance: Covid-19Before the Minister moves on to finances, may I ask him about pilots? We were on a journey of getting pilots under way and we know that that process needs to be completed, so when…09 Nov 2020HANSARDFootball Spectator Attendance: Covid-19Will the Minister give way?09 Nov 2020