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HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyThe hon. Gentleman is making a very good point about the public transport links. I wonder whether he might want to have a word with the Tees Valley Mayor about embracing the…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI will give way once, because I have little time.25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI would like to think that was true. I hear that trotted out ad nauseam from the Government Benches: “When you criticise me or hold me to account, you’re being party political.”…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyThe hon. Gentleman mentioned over-reliance on public sector workers. Are those the same public sector workers for whom we came out from our houses and clapped on a Thursday night…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyWell, you won’t pay them.25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyIt is on that point. If MPs have to get in a queue to get to the Chancellor or any other Minister to say, “My constituency, please”, does the hon. Gentleman see any flaws with…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands) and the Backbench Business Committee…17 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsEmployers and trade unions work night and day to keep workplaces covid-secure, so it is absolutely staggering that the health and safety inspection discovered fundamental breaches…10 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe non-payment of the national minimum wage in Leicester garment factories was shocking, but unfortunately unsurprising. Exploitation in the garment industry has been extensively…21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI associate myself with your remarks, Mr Speaker, and those of other Members, about our much-missed colleague, Jo Cox. There is a clear racial and class dynamic in the covid-19…16 Jun 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace Safety(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a statement on guidelines for workplace safety after the lifting of lockdown.06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyLast Sunday, the Government sent trade unions and businesses seven consultation documents outlining proposals for a return to workplaces. We all share a common objective of a safe…06 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: New Ways of WorkingYesterday, the Government gave trade unions just 12 hours to respond to seven consultation papers on safe return to work. The entire country wants the Government to succeed, but…04 May 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)Clearly these are extraordinary times, and everything that we say and do is said and done through the prism of the response to the coronavirus emergency. I thank the Secretary of…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)Those are indeed the sorts of responses that we hope to see emerge from the Government Dispatch Box later today. I entirely agree with the approach taken by the Welsh Government.…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)My hon. Friend must have read my speech in advance. I was about to ask the Secretary of State to prevail on the very same Richard Branson to look to his own considerable reserves,…17 Mar 2020HANSARDAirport Expansion: Paris Climate Change AgreementIn the light of the Court of Appeal’s decision, the Government were wrong to deny the relevance and application of the Paris agreement. Do the Government now accept that their…12 Mar 2020HANSARDAirport Expansion: Paris Climate Change AgreementThe Court of Appeal said that it was illegal. In the midst of a climate crisis, the Chancellor announced the biggest-ever programme of road building—a £27 billion splurge that…12 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalI will give way, save that I may incur your wrath, Madam Deputy Speaker.02 Mar 2020