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HANSARDCreative Industries: Highly Skilled WorkersWhat steps his Department is taking to retain highly skilled workers in the creative industries.10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EULast October, in preparation for a possible no deal, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told us that stockpiles had been built up of essential medicines, including asthma…10 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementDoes the Minister regret the fact that the Government abolished the expert trade advisory groups, which were set up to advise the Government on customs and continuity in trade,…09 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NAO Report on Government ProcurementThis is a missed opportunity to support the local economy and workers. Instead, we have imports, not local jobs, and opportunism, with the use of fast-track access to the…09 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NAO Report on Government ProcurementI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate. PPE Medpro was incorporated on 12 May and was awarded a contract for £122 million for single-use disposable medical robes,…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outThe start of vaccinations is excellent news, and it is excellent news for my constituents that Aintree Hospital is one of the first in the country for the roll-out. The Health…08 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThat is exactly right, and it was the right hon. and learned Member for Torridge and West Devon (Mr Cox) who pointed out to Government Members that they all voted for the…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Schools and ExamsI am really pleased that we are having this debate, and I am grateful to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) for introducing the petitions so well. This is…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWhat are we being asked to do by the Government this evening? We are being asked to break international law, albeit in a “limited and specific” way. It is still breaking…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthI am very pleased that my constituents in Sefton Central are now in tier 2, because they were in the old tier 3. What I want to say today is that the experience of my…01 Dec 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday, the Chancellor told me that the Government grants to councils to use to support their local economies could be used “as they see fit”, but that was not true, because…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastThe Chancellor said that my hon. Friends were wrong about the number of working people excluded from financial support. It is the freelancers and the self-employed who have not…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe Prime Minister said that he plans to extend mass testing. Some 2,000 military personnel were needed to deliver mass testing in Liverpool, and they were not able to extend it…23 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsThe Government say that they want to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, but some of its members allow growth hormones, genetically…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundOfficials advised the Secretary of State to choose “relatively few” low- priority towns. My constituents in Crosby accept that Crosby did not qualify because it was just outside…18 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany of my constituents have taken part in the Liverpool mass testing pilots, but they need to know that the tests being used are accurate. Reports in The Times that suggest very…17 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals and the NHSWill the Minister give way?16 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals and the NHSThat is right. That is the problem in America, where so much money goes to executive wealth or is wasted on administration costs, instead of going into patient care and medical…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals and the NHSThank you, Mr Stringer. The petitioners are concerned about the market access to the national health service that is outlined in the trade agreement objectives of the United…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Deals and the NHSI will not give way to somebody who has not been here for the whole debate.16 Nov 2020