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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMinisters spoke earlier about using infrastructure to level up, and they are absolutely right—we need to link local communities to where the jobs are, so transport matters. Why,…17 May 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I think my answer will be very similar to that given by the hon. Member for Harrow East earlier. Yes, vaping has a clear role to…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I begin by thanking the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for his tireless work in this area, along with my…26 Apr 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesI sincerely thank the hon. Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) for securing the debate, for all the work that she does to raise awareness of childhood cancer outcomes, and…26 Apr 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaWe should be concerned about human rights abuses of religious minorities across India. We should be concerned about the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineI support everything that the right hon. Lady has said about what the ultimate aim has to be. Is she concerned about what now appears to be Russia’s strategy, which is effectively…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSexual Violence in ConflictSexual violence and rape are abhorrent anyway, but their use in conflict is a crime against humanity. I very much welcome what the Secretary of State has said about trying to get…26 Apr 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Carry-over)Thank you.25 Apr 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Carry-over)I rise not to detain the House for any undue period but to place on the record an issue hidden away in the Bill’s detail that will severely affect my constituents’ transport…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe issue of trust is the important point that we have to consider today. The public have made their mind up. We have seen the opinion polls, and it is overwhelmingly clear that…21 Apr 2022HANSARDRegional Health InequalitiesWarm words from the Secretary of State, but people in the most deprived parts of England are almost three times as likely to lose their lives from an avoidable cause as those in…19 Apr 2022HANSARDSmall Business Bids for Government ContractsMany moons ago, after the global financial crash, Tameside Council developed an initiative called “Tameside Works First”, which was a way of circumnavigating the then Official…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. That is a real concern of mine, not least because I have experienced it. I was in the first wave of covid, having caught it in the weeks when…31 Mar 2022HANSARDRape as a Weapon of War in UkraineViolence against women and girls is unacceptable in any circumstances. The use of rape as a weapon of war is abhorrent, and those who perpetrate it must be brought to justice for…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasCan I say to the Minister that I still think an emergency visa scheme would be far less bureaucratic than the system we have now? I remind him that some of the most vulnerable…31 Mar 2022HANSARDLong Covid: Impact on the WorkforceI sincerely thank the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for all the work she has done on this issue, and for the way she opened this debate. I also thank the…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier, the Minister for Brexit Opportunities decried an Act of Parliament from 1972. There was a further Act of Parliament that year that also changed the face of England and…31 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI, too, thank the Transport Secretary for his statement and for the seriousness that he has given the issue, because it has been appalling for those P&O Ferries workers. He talks…30 Mar 2022HANSARDConversion Therapy Ban4. What the Government’s timetable is for publishing a Bill on banning conversion therapy.30 Mar 2022HANSARDConversion Therapy BanMay I echo the words of the Minister in respect of the hon. Member for Bridgend (Dr Wallis)? As the Minister rightly said, it has now been two months since the consultation on…30 Mar 2022