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HANSARD Section 28 Repeal: 20th AnniversaryIn due course!29 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportI agree with that. Talking to farmers in my community is fascinating: they cannot understand why the Environment Agency attaches a value of zero to farmland when it measures the…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportIt is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I congratulate the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Sarah Dyke) on securing the debate. It is such an important…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportI absolutely agree with the hon. Member. The big question is how the Government can possibly expect to address those issues when we see no sign of their recognising them. The…28 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeLet me begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Michael Shanks), who is no longer in his place, on his excellent maiden speech. I was…15 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ3. I thank the Prime Minister for his response to the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn), but I am still confused on this matter. Just yesterday, the Secretary of…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Veterans UpdateI wish to acknowledge the campaigning work of LGBT+ veterans and others on this issue, and to add my voice to the thanks to Lord Etherton for this excellent report, which is…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) on securing the debate and I thank him for it. I…11 Jul 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageThe Minister told us about several childcare providers that she has spoken to, but she has clearly not spoken to Munchkins Village Nursery in Burscough in my constituency. The…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillGiven the experience of my predecessor in this place, who was targeted due to her allyship with the Jewish community, does my hon. Friend agree that this memorial and education…28 Jun 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals)As I rise to talk about this issue, I regret that it has come to the House as an Opposition day debate rather than as part of the Government’s legislative programme. That, of…21 Jun 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals)Will the Secretary of State give way?21 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyIn autumn 2021, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on a visit to Teesside, said: “If you want to see what levelling up looks like, come to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsIn West Lancashire, my constituents are concerned about their children’s education and specifically the ongoing long-term impact of covid-19 restrictions on their educational…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyI will not give way as I am nearly done. When it comes to the spending of public money and the transfer of public assets into private ownership, it is not just the decisions made…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. What he has added enlightens us all and adds a lot to this debate. As I have said, the current Tees…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyIt seems that quite a few of us believe that we should be looking far more into a wide range of these development corporations.07 Jun 2023HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyI will give way. Go on—I am intrigued.07 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak in this extremely important debate on a topic has a real impact on our constituents. Leaseholders have been crying out…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI absolutely agree. It is an outrage that these promises give people hope, yet they turn into nothing. This is yet another example of the Government not matching the ambition of…23 May 2023