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HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI believe the right hon. and learned Lady, the Mother of the House, is working on a number of issues on which she and I would find common ground. I am always delighted to meet her…05 Mar 2020HANSARD Eating Disorders Awareness WeekI thank the Minister for giving way; there is nothing more aggravating than somebody coming very late to a debate, but I have been in the International Women’s Day debate all…05 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusAcross government, in different Departments, there are many people with healthcare experience and professionalism. For example, the Department for Work and Pensions has 3,000…03 Mar 2020HANSARDWaste Incineration FacilitiesThank you, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) on securing this important debate. Her parting shot was that her constituents…11 Feb 2020HANSARDWaste Incineration FacilitiesMy hon. Friend appears to have only one page of her speech left, so I am sure we have plenty of time for her to read that out. I am conscious that she has made many comments about…11 Feb 2020HANSARDWaste Incineration FacilitiesWill the Minister give way?11 Feb 2020HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyI now call John Howell. Please can comments be kept to four minutes, so that the Minister and Front-Bench spokesmen have time?11 Feb 2020HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyOrder. I have five Members indicating that they wish to speak and we have about 35 or 40 minutes, so there need not be a time limit.11 Feb 2020HANSARDWaste Incineration FacilitiesI respectfully point out that the Minister has 12 more minutes. This issue is important. We heard the comment in the October 2018 Budget statement, and we have heard the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDWaste Incineration FacilitiesWill the Minister give way on that point?11 Feb 2020HANSARDWaste Incineration FacilitiesIt is critical that we redouble efforts to ensure that anything that can be reused and recycled is extracted from the waste stream, whether metal or plastic. At Barton Stacey…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) on securing this debate. My brief speech will not be a tale of gloom and doom, but will be about success and…05 Feb 2020HANSARDNet Zero Targets and Decarbonising TransportThe mover of the motion has indicated that he does not need time to wind up the debate, so that leaves the Front-Bench spokesmen with just over 10 minutes each.04 Feb 2020HANSARDNet Zero Targets and Decarbonising TransportOrder. Only five Members wish to speak, so I hope that each will be generous with the time that they leave for others. I call Lyn Brown.04 Feb 2020HANSARDNet Zero Targets and Decarbonising TransportI now put Members on a five-minute time limit.04 Feb 2020HANSARD Industrial and Commercial Waste IncinerationIt is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty). He and I have not…28 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ10. The need to prevent the build-up of green algae in the Solent means that local authorities such as Test Valley Borough Council cannot grant planning permission for children’s…22 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI intend to speak briefly, as I am conscious that there will be a large number of extremely high-quality maiden speeches this afternoon. I wish to raise a very niche subject while…15 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybe(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support has been made available to Flybe, its passengers, and the regional airports that facilitate many of…14 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeFlybe is, as the Minister said, an important regional airline, serving the UK market for business and leisure travel. I must confess from the outset that Southampton airport sits…14 Jan 2020