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HANSARDSmartphones and Social Media: ChildrenI am grateful to be called to speak in this debate, Sir George. Like other colleagues, I add my extreme thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam…14 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportI beg to move, That this House has considered Government funding for transport in the West Midlands. It is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Henderson. I am…08 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportThe hon. Gentleman has raised a very important issue. That was not specifically included in my survey this time around, but net zero is, of course, something we must aspire to…08 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportI welcome that, of course. I am delighted to hear that commitment to three trains from Redditch to Birmingham, which is something on which I worked closely with the outgoing Mayor…08 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I want to keep my remarks to my local area of Redditch and Birmingham. I was highlighting the shocking record of Labour-run London…08 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportThis has been an excellent debate, very well supported by colleagues from all over the wider west midlands region. I want to extend my thanks to all my colleagues across the…08 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportNo, I am afraid I need to wind up. Despite the many challenges we face with local transport, I am pleased that the Government understand the inseparability of good transport…08 May 2024HANSARD West Midlands: TransportI thank my right hon. Friend for making that point, because the issues she has highlighted in her constituency were the fruits of a healthy collaboration between ourselves as…08 May 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsIt is a privilege to be called first to respond to my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson) and to be surrounded by so many hon. and right hon.…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsI strongly agree with my hon. Friend; he is completely right. I think most of us will make the same point, and I am sure the Minister will update us. I want to briefly touch on…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsMy hon. Friend has made some excellent points. He is right that commercial pressures and the legislation we signed up for—I was happy to vote for that to reach net zero—are…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsWill the Minister enlighten us on when this solar road map will be published?18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsWill the Minister give way?18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsI really enjoy hearing my right hon. Friend speak about the matter, because more than anyone else he has brought the concept of beauty and its impact on our wellbeing into public…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAs I was watching Aston Villa smash Arsenal on Sunday, my thoughts turned to today’s debate because, as Aston Villa fans will know, the Emirates stadium is of course sponsored by…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Building SafetyThere is a complex interplay between what the Minister has said today about building safety, cladding and remediation and the agenda relating to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform…26 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI do not accept that, and I do not wish to rerun all the previous debates. The Government have listened to a lot of the issues involved in the roll-out of an incredibly…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a privilege to follow the previous speakers, and the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali). Today’s theme is making work pay. I believe that this is one of…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose —07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank my hon. Friend for that observation. I hesitate to agree with him definitively, because I just do not have the evidence, but I strongly agree with the basic point that we…07 Mar 2024