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HANSARDEngagementsQ13. Every month in my constituency, the Labour-run Warrington Borough Council spends nearly £4.5 million on interest payments to cover its £1.8 billion debt. It has used…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Court BacklogI absolutely endorse the Lord Chancellor’s comments on magistrates working incredibly hard to clear backlogs in courts. He will have seen recent journalistic reporting relating to…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am very clear that this Bill is about correcting convictions that were made in error. However, there are of course a number of employees—direct employees—of the Post Office who…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseHomeowners on two recently built housing developments in my constituency were promised a GP surgery. The development at Appleton Cross has been completely finished and the section…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalI add my thanks to the Minister for his work in helping me to advise my constituents who have come forward asking many questions about the situation that they found themselves in.…22 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat assessment has the Minister made of the BBC’s proposals to launch four new national music radio stations and to relaunch an existing station, Radio 5 Sports Extra? To my…22 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI welcome what the Secretary of State has said today. I also pay tribute to the ICB in Cheshire for the work that it has done to make additional appointments available in…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsAs the hon. Member’s constituency neighbour, it is great to see Esther in the Public Gallery today, as well as Tom from the Warrington Guardian, when we are discussing this issue…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsI have listened very carefully to what the hon. Member has said, and I agree with him wholeheartedly. We think of schools as places that will set our children up academically and…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsI very much agree with the hon. Member about time spent outside, but it is when you are inside the classroom that some of the techniques picked up outside can really be beneficial.07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsCould the Minister perhaps say a little more about some of the calls made for social media platforms to do more to prevent under-16-year-olds, in particular, from accessing their…07 Feb 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Ninth sitting)I am listening carefully to the debate. Warrington is a new town. Over the past 60 years, about 100,000 homes have been built in total. From looking carefully at the borough…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIThe Minister is absolutely right: Ofcom can apply a test, which it already applies, to broadcast licences. Does she agree that, given the changes in the media landscape, that…30 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)Not only have the Government accepted that, but this follows a very detailed investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority, which concluded that there were significant…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLocal council tax payers in Warrington quite rightly expect high levels of governance and transparency when councillors are using public money to invest in commercial businesses,…22 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That is very helpful. Thank you very much. Do you have any views on the requirements for regulation of building managers? Giles Grover: I have a lot of views on that area. Part…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)Or they were not told at all. That seems to be more the problem: people were not told at all. George Lusty: Yes. Simon Jones: May I add to George’s observation? One thing that we…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)On that basis, I am also a Member of the all-party parliamentary group.18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I am very conscious that you are a different type of witness to the others we have been hearing from today and we are talking about the cladding scandal. It is very helpful to…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)Bob, is there anything you want to say on that? Bob Smytherman: I would just completely echo that. For us as an organisation, in 2002 we were really hoping that the Government…18 Jan 2024