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HANSARDRail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard). Much has been said about the disintegrated rail plan, the watering down of the…08 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. New research from the TUC shows that 647,000 workers in sectors such as hospitality, retail and entertainment do not qualify for statutory sick pay. Before the Chancellor…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Bus Services: North-east EnglandI am very grateful. The Minister is applauding the interest in bus service provision in the north-east of England. It will not have escaped her attention that the Opposition…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Bus Services: North-east EnglandWill the Minister give way?24 Nov 2021HANSARD Bus Services: North-east EnglandIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) on securing this important debate. Considering that more…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Now that the cap on care costs has unravelled, many of my constituents feel misled and betrayed, especially those with modest capital in the value of their home. How can it be…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Palestine: Road Map to PeaceIt is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Ms Rees. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hall Green (Tahir Ali) on securing the debate, but I must say,…17 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. There is not anybody in this House who does not have the utmost sympathy for Mr Paterson’s plight, but we do have to remember that he…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms Bardell. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for securing this debate, for his…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyDo the Minister and the MHRA not recognise that there is an abundance of practical evidence from the families who have scrimped and saved and raised money through charitable…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs ReportIt is great to see you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) on his bravery and on securing the debate. I very…27 Oct 2021HANSARDBudget: Pre-announcement of ProvisionsMr Speaker, you may have read in the press that the Chancellor is preparing to tell us tomorrow that the national minimum wage will increase to £9.50 next April, but that remains…26 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeMy office in Middlesbrough has been inundated with cases of British nationals and their wider families who are trapped in Afghanistan, including children and also the new wife of…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe point about good businesses and bad business is exemplified by Ryanair and Michael O’Leary. That company is often pilloried and criticised in the House, but it took the…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Member is making some excellent points. I do not think that anybody in the House is suggesting that the sort of practices that he engaged in, as a good and responsible…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThat’s its job.22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his wonderful news. We are discussing Centrica. Have he and his colleagues on the Committee considered the calamitous acquisitions by British…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe Minister says that he does not have to reach for primary legislation, but when is he going to do anything at all? He has stood at that Dispatch Box for years, wrung his hands…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyMany of us on the Labour Benches, including my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNeonatal Care: Statutory Leave and PayMillions of workers are denied maternity pay and parental leave, as well as other basic rights and protections, because the Government allow only some workers to have full rights,…21 Sept 2021