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HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillI would caution the hon. Lady about making a silly political point, because I think Gateway House was probably built in the late 1960s. I certainly know that, for a period of time…20 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillAgain, I am straying far off the issue of High Speed 2, but I actually agree with the hon. Gentleman. I think the current Piccadilly Gardens do nothing to enhance the vision of…20 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of fast-track applications. My constituency office, like his and no doubt like those of every other Member, is inundated with…14 Jun 2022HANSARDNHS BacklogsMore than 2 million people are affected by the backlog in cancer care. Smoking is the leading cause of cancer, and we know that a key component of tackling the backlog is…14 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionI could not agree more with the Minister. Let us have a bankable return for the taxpayer, because the Public Accounts Committee has found that £4.9 billion of money given in…09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. As a former member of the Home Affairs Committee, I still take great interest in its work. I am reliably informed by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCovid restrictions were lifted on 24 February and many of us have gone back to near-normal living, but although living with covid is a reality for most of us, for a small number…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRegional InequalityMy constituents will have listened with bewilderment to the Minister’s replies to other Members. This Government have been in office for 12 years now. She talks about tackling…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Minister will know that Stockport, which is one of the two councils that covers my constituency, pulled out of the Greater Manchester spatial framework, largely because even…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling), and I particularly agree with him on the need to strengthen the nature conservation…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am interested in what the Secretary of State has said about the re-emphasis on the environmental protections. Of course, in urban areas, that is often urban green space rather…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I return to the issue of written parliamentary questions? I have frustrations not only about the timeliness of responses from the Department of Health and Social Care, but…26 May 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: ProsecutionsI am sure the Attorney General will have read the damning conclusions, and indeed the horrendous case studies, set out in last month’s joint inspectorate report into post-charge…26 May 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions11. What steps she is taking to increase the number of prosecutions relating to violence against women and girls.26 May 2022HANSARDCyber-threatsCyber-threats come in lots of guises, ranging from spreading misinformation to undermining democracy, stealing data and intelligence, and fraud, as we have just heard from the…26 May 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportTo those MPs who have clearly gone for their lunch, may I advise them that the Prime Minister’s humble pie is off? Was the Prime Minister at the party on 18 December 2020—the…25 May 2022HANSARDAccess to Legal AidFrom the Minister’s answers, we might think everything is rosy in the world of legal aid, but the reality is that there are legal aid deserts in many parts of the country where…24 May 2022HANSARDXinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill PolicyI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The latest reports from Xinjiang confirm what we already knew: that appalling crimes, human rights abuses and…24 May 2022HANSARDLow-Performing Areas: Education FundingMay I take the chance to congratulate Stockport children’s services on their “good” Ofsted rating? I am really concerned at the lack of progress in educational attainment,…23 May 2022HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group on kinship care and as a special guardian to my own grandson, I welcome the review and the Minister’s statement. At Education…23 May 2022