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HANSARD Elections BillI very much praise my hon. Friend for the work he did on protecting the rights of EU citizens. I think the whole House was grateful to him for that. I support the view on…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsAt the beginning of this pandemic, like most people I was really worried that unemployment would rise by millions, and I am delighted that it has peaked 2 million below what most…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillThank you for your generosity and time. You said clearly that you think the proposal to introduce voter ID is an attempt to rig elections. Is that why the Labour party requires…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillI wonder whether the hon. Member is aware that actually voter ID is very common in other countries. You said that it is a racist policy to bring back Jim Crow laws from the US.…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAs various hon. Members have noted, the number of coronavirus cases is rising very rapidly, but the great success of the vaccination scheme means that the number of deaths remains…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Planning System Reforms: Wild Belt DesignationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho) on bringing forward this important debate. In a past life, I was environment editor for the Observer and…22 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsSome local authorities are treading a fine line between being a planning authority and being a property developer. My local authority, South Cambridgeshire District Council, is…14 Jun 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillI know that the public like it when different political parties work together for the common good, and I notice that the National Insurance Contributions Bill, which we have been…14 Jun 2021HANSARDInvesting in Children and Young PeopleI very much welcome this debate and, like my colleagues, I pay tribute to the teachers in my constituency, who have been working really hard during the difficult last year in…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI very much welcome the fact that the Government are investing heavily in upgrading rail networks across the country, including opening lines that have previously been closed. As…26 May 2021HANSARD Finance BillI, too, will abide by your strictures, Madam Deputy Speaker, to keep my speech as short as possible. When I was an economics correspondent a very, very long time ago, tax…24 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs chair of the all-party parliamentary environment group, I am incredibly supportive of the Government’s ambition to phase out diesel trains across the entire UK network by 2040.…29 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillI will keep my remarks short, because I know it is late and we have a lot of work to do. There are many amendments to welcome from the other House, particularly the regulation of…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: School ReopeningsSchool funding in South Cambridgeshire has been a particular focus of mine and something that I have raised with the Department before. We have the sixth lowest funding in the…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: School ReopeningsWhat assessment his Department has made of the progress made by schools on fully reopening as covid-19 lockdown restrictions have eased.26 Apr 2021HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI very much welcome many of the measures in the Finance Bill, particularly the measures on stamp duty. Like many people who called for a stamp duty holiday, I welcomed it when the…20 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillIf you do not mind, Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a slight confession: I am suffering from a rather extreme out-of-body experience. I have spent the past three and a half…23 Mar 2021HANSARD Research and Development FundingThey might be able to use the hon. Gentleman’s hair—he has some left and they could use the DNA. The Government support the life sciences industry, through the biomedical…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Research and Development FundingI thank the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner)— a fellow Cambridge city MP. I have the south of the city. It is fantastic to have this debate on this issue, which is…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Contingencies Fund (No. 2) BillI agree, and I welcome the points that the hon. Lady makes. I did say in my speech on Second Reading that I welcome the fact that the Labour party have this new-found interest in…11 Mar 2021