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HANSARD Valedictory DebateA man walks into my surgery in Bury. I can see from his address that he comes from one of the poorest parts of the town—a council estate. He sits down, and I ask what his problem…05 Nov 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerAs the first born and bred Lancastrian to catch your eye, Mr Speaker, may I also congratulate you and wish you well in your role? Last night, the director of the British Museum,…05 Nov 2019HANSARDSeven-day-a-week NHS Services21. I am delighted to ask the Minister, who is my constituency neighbour, a question. Will the efforts to get more work through a seven-day NHS mean an extra effort to improve the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD British Children: SyriaI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) for this urgent question. I very much sympathise with my right hon. Friend the Minister in dealing…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister’s StatementMy right hon. Friend is right to characterise the political participation of the UK in the EU as too often uncertain, and it is one of the great regrets of my time here that what…19 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsWhen, a few weeks ago, I voted for the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019—distressingly, it is often referred to as the Benn Act, rather than given its full title: the…19 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for his question and support him in his comments. The UN estimates that there are some 1.6 million people…15 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaI am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for raising this question. Security depends on stability and consistency, and the decision taken…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUWould it not be better for my farming constituents today if the Government would listen to the concerns of Minette Batters of the National Farmers Union about the tariff regime…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Transport: North East BedfordshireI beg to move, That this House has considered transport infrastructure in North East Bedfordshire. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, and, as always, it…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Transport: North East BedfordshireI think we have just 30 seconds left, so I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. I thank him very much for his responses. However, because we have heard many of these…08 Oct 2019HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI commend my right hon. Friend on the way in which he is handling this distressing issue, and I again commend the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) on the way…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsI commend the tone that the Prime Minister has taken today, and the way in which he has answered questions. That fulfils what was my aim when I supported the recent withdrawal…03 Oct 2019HANSARDForced MigrationI welcome my right hon. Friend to what I think is his first session of questions as Secretary of State for International Development, and I wish him—as we all do—very well in the…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI rise to speak as the proud but slightly bemused independent Member for North East Bedfordshire. I commend my friend, the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn), for…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillAbsolutely. In my conclusion, I shall talk a bit about that and how we have got to reset, but the hon. Lady makes a good point. Secondly, why do we want to avoid no deal? I will…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI have listened to the hon. Gentleman involuntarily for most of the years that I have been here—most, not all, because I went to campaign for him in his by-election of 1984. I…04 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif’s visit to the G7 summit, will my right hon. Friend bring me up to date on what the United Kingdom is currently doing to try to ease…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for her work in supporting and overseeing the global health programme that the United Kingdom delivers overseas, particularly in regard to vaccination…24 Jul 2019HANSARDSituation in the GulfI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I also thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan) for his extraordinary work and companionship…22 Jul 2019