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HANSARDPension SavingsOn Thursday last week, one of my oldest manufacturing companies, Dudson, went into administration. The average length of service is over 20 years, and we now have huge concerns…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Veteran SuicideI am delighted that my hon. Friend is so articulately putting forward the findings of the Defence Committee’s report on mental health services and the needs we have. I am…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-TrentI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. The reality is that very few Ofsted reports—thankfully—are as bad as the one that has been written about Stoke-on-Trent…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Veteran SuicideI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing such an important debate. While the official figures state that there were 58 veteran suicides last year, numbers from the third sector…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-TrentDoes my hon. Friend agree not only that the council is doing it badly and has dismissed the report, but that it has failed to acknowledge the impact on families in our city and…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-TrentAlthough my hon. Friend may not want to bash our councillors, it is important to make it clear that we did not have that rating when we were last inspected in 2015. In fact, we…03 Apr 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsI will touch on taxation in a moment. I want to talk about the role of pubs in British culture and society, because they are a core part of who we are. People enjoy coming to the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsMy hon. Friend has touched on the fact that there are differential duties. Does he agree that it is ludicrous that there is still, in effect, a subsidy for cider producers whose…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsI am afraid that I have run out of time for interventions. As my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) said, there are some stark figures about the impact of…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsI congratulate my friend, the chairman of the APPG on beer, the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood). It is an honour to serve as his deputy and as the Labour lead in the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsI think I am going to be heckled throughout by my hon. Friend and neighbour. Titanic has benefited hugely from small brewer’s relief, which I will touch on in a moment. First, I…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsThere is a huge opportunity for us to debate the benefits of off-licence versus on-licence, the support that people get when they enter a pub and the responsibilities of the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDBeer Taxation and PubsI thank my friend for his intervention. I think a pint of Steerage from the Titanic brewery will definitely help him live longer. Pubs bring everyone together in the community.…28 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Defence IndustryThe Minister knows that I am a huge advocate of the combat air strategy, and had the first debate on that in the Chamber. Given that we are about to leave the EU and Team Tempest…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeWe are on the verge of a national epidemic, including in places such as Stoke-on-Trent, which have never been touched at this level before. Will the Minister advise us on how…22 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionI just want to confirm what we have heard from the Minister today: we do not know when the meaningful vote will be; we do not know what will be in it; we do not know whether the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseNewford residents association in my constituency called my office this week to report 90 aggressive cold calls to elderly residents who have already registered for the Telephone…14 Mar 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsWhether free schools or not—a policy I disagree with—Stoke-on-Trent now has a huge gap in the number of places available at secondary schools to the point where 11 of my 14…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Carrier Strike StrategyI want to touch on the capability that we are losing from General Electric. We have already lost one of the capabilities, which was in Kidsgrove in my constituency. We were given…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Carrier Strike StrategyI think my hon. Friend might want to raise this issue with the Minister, because that the data available on the Royal Navy website says otherwise.28 Feb 2019