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HANSARDHealth and Care IntegrationAs covid regulations come to an end, I understand that the discharge fund is also set to end. This could leave local government vulnerable where there are no formal procedures…19 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Integration2. What steps he is taking to help ensure that health and care services are well integrated.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Smoke-free EnglandThe Minister talks about the range of alternative products, such as vapes, “heat not burn” and other things that already exist, and about the statistics on people’s perceptions of…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, I was pleased to hear the Chancellor commit to reforming and reducing tax, and to sharing the proceeds of growth more fairly around the country. One of the least fair…24 Mar 2022HANSARD Kinship Care for BabiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom) on securing the…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Care: NottinghamshireI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Terry Galloway is fantastic. He is a real advocate for some of our children’s services—our care leavers’ services in particular—in…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Care: NottinghamshireMy hon. Friend knows the challenges in Nottinghamshire social care as well as anybody—I am sure they come across his desk in Broxtowe all the time—and he is right that this work…21 Feb 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]I am grateful for the chance to sneak in during the last few minutes of this debate. It is always right that Mansfield should have the last word on such subjects, so I will take…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Social Care: NottinghamshireIt is great to have the opportunity to raise the issue of social care in the Chamber, and I am grateful for the time from the Minister and from colleagues to engage with this…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentI welcome the Secretary of State’s decision, which is important for the continuity and delivery of our local services. We were faced with losing more than 3,000 health and care…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Government’s commitment to lifelong learning and level 3 qualifications, but my hon. Friend the Skills Minister will know that many residents across the country will…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsI apologise, Mr Gray, for appearing a couple of minutes late; I sprinted across the courtyard to try to get here to speak in this important debate. I am grateful to my hon. Friend…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedI feel for the Minister to some extent, because obviously he is not a Health Minister; I am sure that he will forgive me for raising this point none the less. He talks about the…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I put it on the record that I am massively pro-vaccine. It is the right thing to do, and it is the right way for us…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATThe debate on the cost of living and energy bills is obviously very important and pertinent, and I hope and trust that it is going on in the corridors of this place all the time,…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and he is absolutely right to say that many of our constituents who are ably described by Opposition Members as struggling to pay…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCareers Guidance in SchoolsThe hon. Member makes an interesting point about the need for careers advice. We would all love for young people to spend more time with business, engaging with different kinds of…11 Jan 2022HANSARDCareers Guidance in SchoolsMy hon. Friend is right to say that high-quality careers advice should be available to everybody throughout their time at secondary school. I once asked a former Secretary of…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a shame to find myself bottom of the class, but I guess I must try harder. I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and his commitment…05 Jan 2022HANSARDHelp for Jobseekers: Local Employers and Skills ProvidersHow has the Department worked with DFE to ensure that people on universal credit who are accessing new training and qualifications through the various Government schemes do not…13 Dec 2021