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HANSARDHospital Bed CapacityI am grateful for the Minister’s response. Over the last 20 years, Warrington has had among the highest level of new houses built in the north-west of England, but our healthcare…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityI welcome many of my right hon. Friend’s steps to ensure energy security, particularly in the nuclear sector. He talks a great deal about Sizewell C; Warrington is the home of the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateI am grateful to the Minister for setting out a clear plan for screening and vaccinations at Manston. However, as he just said, most asylum seekers spend only a very short period…28 Nov 2022HANSARDMigrationAccording to Home Office figures, the 116 asylum seekers who arrived in Warrington last week can expect to spend about 400 days waiting for their cases to be dealt with. What…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: LatchfordThat is the whole point of this debate: a decision taken by locally elected members to change a road layout or a bus timetable has a huge impact on people’s lives. It is so easy…14 Nov 2022HANSARD UkraineI was not intending to intervene in this debate, but my hon. Friend is making some excellent points. I attended a meeting of Ukrainian family sponsors in my constituency two weeks…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: LatchfordI am grateful to secure this debate to discuss the impact of low traffic neighbourhoods in Latchford. I will go on to talk about the practical and environmental impact of these…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: LatchfordI am very grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention. I know he is a fantastic champion for people living in Watford, which is a very similar town to Warrington in that it relies…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: LatchfordI am very grateful for the Minister’s response. Does he agree that certain areas are simply not right for a low traffic neighbourhood because of the constraints that exist in…14 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingOn Thursday, I was notified by the Home Office that the Fir Grove Hotel in Grappenhall would become an asylum centre the following day. There was no discussion with the borough…07 Nov 2022HANSARDMoving Patients into Social Care9. What steps he is taking to help move patients who no longer need acute care from hospitals into social care settings.01 Nov 2022HANSARDMoving Patients into Social CareWarrington is at least 90 beds short in terms of step-down care. A local hospital has too many long-term patients who simply cannot be discharged because there is nowhere for them…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionIt is true that the local media ecology has changed beyond all measurable doubt over the past 20 years, but nobody provides local radio in the UK like the BBC, because it is set…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillMy hon. Friend is generous in accepting interventions. As he knows, I grew up in his constituency. One of the first things my mum and dad did was open an account at the Earl…28 Oct 2022HANSARD Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Can she just set out how the system will work? She mentions that she was a magistrate, and she knows that I also carry out that…28 Oct 2022HANSARD Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick) on introducing this private Member’s Bill, and it is a great pleasure to take part in the Second Reading debate. I…28 Oct 2022HANSARD Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his speech and very supportive of his Bill. He talked about how the Bill would protect mutuals and co-operatives. Will he give us some…28 Oct 2022HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for allowing time for interventions. He is making an excellent speech, and I agree with many of the points that he has made, which have prompted…28 Oct 2022HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI am struck by the point my hon. Friend is making. As Members of Parliament, we are lucky to be able to use a laptop and work from home, but the vast majority of working people…28 Oct 2022HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillThe hon. Lady is making a very powerful and good speech, and I am broadly supportive of the measures in her Bill. She talks about the engagement she has undertaken with charities…28 Oct 2022