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HANSARDChild PovertyThe best way out of poverty is probably properly paid work. The real problem for many of my constituents and their children is the fact that they have very low levels of savings,…01 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationHaving been diagnosed earlier this year with a stage 3B melanoma, I always get a bit sweaty when people start talking about how important it is to have early diagnosis to ensure…01 Jul 2019HANSARDInfrastructure Resilience5. What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the resilience of infrastructure in Wales.26 Jun 2019HANSARDInfrastructure ResilienceThe Assembly Government have good plans for the Treherbert line, which serves Rhondda Fawr, but people who live in Rhondda Fach and at the top of Rhondda Fawr who need to go over…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI mean the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes). I am sure that there is no segregation between the two. In fact, despite my having been ordained, my…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality Actrose —25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI think we are all excited by the Minister moving slightly leftwards, and I am grateful to him. Is it not also worth pointing out the irony that many parents who are particularly…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Divorce, Dissolution and Separation BillI warmly congratulate the Government and the Secretary of State on introducing this Bill. I think I have married more people than anybody else in this House, in the transitive use…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI was always taught as a child, by my parents and at all the schools that I went to, not to judge somebody according to the colour of their skin, what school they went to, what…25 Jun 2019HANSARDHong KongIs not the real problem that although the Chief Executive may not directly take her orders from Beijing, she often looks over her shoulder to find out what the Communist party of…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI agree with the Minister to the extent that it should, of course, be up to the school and the teachers to make the decision about what is age-appropriate. However, he seemed to…25 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilBoth as Home Secretary and as Prime Minister, the right hon. Lady has been extremely assiduous about coming to address this House. In fact, she has probably spent more hours here…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI am happy that the Minister is, as I understand it, supporting the amendment to which he is referring. But let us just be a little bit careful about some of the things that are…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillIt may not be true.19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI hate to correct my hon. Friend, but I am going to anyway. Quite a lot of the work will not be done here. The parts of the clock are currently not in London but elsewhere in the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillWe do not know that.19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillCenturies!19 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationIs not one of the ironies that although we have elections in our political parties for all the positions on all the other Select Committees, we do not have elections for these…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationIt is almost a shame to see the right hon. Lady on the Back Benches—no, it is a shame to see her on the Back Benches not least because she was taking this matter forward with such…18 Jun 2019HANSARDHate Crime Action PlanQueer bashing is still a fact of life in modern Britain, depressingly, however we have changed the laws, and it is still a fact that young gay boys and girls are six times more…12 Jun 2019