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HANSARDNigeria: Killing and Abduction of ChristiansI am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing that matter before the House. He is right to do so. I know that the Church of England and the Anglican communion will do exactly what…09 Mar 2023HANSARDNigeria: Killing and Abduction of ChristiansThe murder and abduction of Christians in Nigeria is distressingly common, totally abhorrent and has gone on for far too long. The Bishop of Guildford was in Nigeria last November…09 Mar 2023HANSARDSame-sex Relationships: General Synod DecisionsThe pastoral guidance is being worked on, and the bishops remain committed to implementing their response to Living in Love and Faith, which the General Synod approved last month.…09 Mar 2023HANSARDOutreach: Lichfield DioceseI would be delighted to meet Michael Ipgrave, the new Lord Bishop of Lichfield, and I look forward to doing so very much indeed.09 Mar 2023HANSARDBest Start for Life Policy PaperI am delighted to welcome the new Bishop of Huddersfield, and I am equally delighted that she is keen on family hubs. She will have a crucial role to play in making sure they…09 Mar 2023HANSARDBest Start for Life Policy PaperI am delighted to hear what my right hon. Friend says. I can tell her that the Church works commission chaired by the Bishop of Durham includes 15 major denominations and is…09 Mar 2023HANSARDBest Start for Life Policy PaperMy right hon. Friend is a tireless campaigner for families and young children. The Church strongly supports family hubs and their further expansion. The Church is already…09 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was pleased when a new construction and engineering skills centre was built on Chartmoor Road in Leighton Buzzard, but it has failed to deliver. We need 1 million engineers and…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ2. The warm welcome given to Ukrainian refugees by so many is extremely heartwarming. Does the Prime Minister understand, though, how upset my constituents are to have had…22 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureI thank my hon. Friend, who obviously has great experience in this area, for that sensible point. It is also possible to put cable gullies into pavements so that people can charge…22 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureThe hon. Lady makes a sensible point, in that we must clearly phase in these two moves together. There will be a serious loss of revenue to the Treasury as the number of electric…22 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureI am delighted to speak in this debate; I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) on securing it. I speak as an unabashed enthusiast for the expansion…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. We have an excellent target—up in lights—of recruiting 20,000 more police officers, but prison officers can appear to be out of sight and out of mind. These are brave men and…21 Feb 2023HANSARDHousing Developments: Primary Care Capacity16. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on provision of primary care capacity for large-scale new housing developments.20 Feb 2023HANSARDHousing Developments: Primary Care CapacityI am running out of ways to describe how unbelievably awful the current system is, which is failing to allocate sufficient increased general practice capacity when we build tens…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Secretary of State agree that when we build thousands of new homes, we need to do as well at providing extra general practice capacity as we do at providing extra primary…20 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate on the “Police Grant Report (England and Wales)”. I am a veteran of speaking in this debate, because we have an ongoing issue in…08 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Businesses that had to renegotiate their energy contracts in the second half of last year did so at the top of the market, so how can we prioritise those businesses in…07 Feb 2023HANSARDGovernment Departments: Best Practice19. What steps he is taking to record best practice across Government Departments.02 Feb 2023HANSARDGovernment Departments: Best PracticeIf we do not learn the lessons of history, we can end up repeating the mistakes of the past. Given that Ministers and senior officials in Departments are regularly changing posts,…02 Feb 2023