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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. I welcome the Government’s decision yesterday on the A303. The potential to unlock the south-west has just been announced, and I look forward to seeing it come to fruition. I…12 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillIs my right hon. Friend aware of the Made in China 2025 strategy, which aims to see China extend its influence in telecommunications networks across the world? I find that…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?10 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recently met jobcentre and citizens advice bureau employees who expressed their grave concern about personal independence payment assessors. Can the Minister give me an…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI thank the Secretary of State and his team for their help for all patients who have been diagnosed with covid-19 in the south-west, but, as he knows I have a highly rural…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Commonwealth in 2020Rather than focusing on the far history, perhaps the hon. Gentleman might do better to focus on the recent history in which Commonwealth members joined together to sign up to the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale EducationThe Secretary of State will be aware of the preventing sexual violence in conflict initiative that was set up in 2012. Does she agree that the initiative needs to be relaunched…04 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI thank the Secretary of State and his team for keeping me informed yesterday of the two local confirmed cases of covid-19, but a number of schools decided to close their doors as…03 Mar 2020HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: RevivalIn his remarks, the Prime Minister also alluded to the fact that the Beeching line fund would be £1.5 billion. Can the Minister confirm that, and, if so, will he be able to…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Environment BillDoes my hon. Friend believe it is necessary to make sure that there is a time limit for the investigations that the OEP might undertake, so that we can see a speedy reaction to…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK FisheriesI apologise to hon. Members, as I have to step out at 10.30 am to chair an all-party parliamentary group meeting. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Mrs…12 Feb 2020HANSARDSmall BusinessesLast week, Members from across the House came together to celebrate our beers, breweries and pubs. Will the Chancellor and his team raise a glass to our pubs and breweries and…11 Feb 2020HANSARDSmall Businesses5. What fiscal steps he is taking to help small businesses.11 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing this debate. If he is successful in his…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainI join fellow Members in congratulating the hon. Members for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn) and for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy) and my hon. Friends the Members for Wolverhampton…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainDoes my hon. Friend recognise the value of a great south-west partnership, with all the counties of the south-west being able to attract foreign direct investment and act as a…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainIt is as if my hon. Friend heard my previous intervention. I totally agree that an improved infrastructure network will allow us to decentralise capital from our city centres into…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainDoes my right hon. Friend recognise that the shipping sector—the maritime sector—is also of huge importance, as we are a global leader in this country? Leaving the European Union…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Global BritainDoes my hon. Friend agree that the value of free ports will help them to grow in the years to come and allow us to become an international player in the maritime sector?30 Jan 2020HANSARD Special Educational Needs and Disability FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I hope that Members will forgive me if I speak for slightly less than the allotted time, but that is because…29 Jan 2020