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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDo we have enough crematoriums in the UK, given that many families are now having to wait three, four, five or six weeks for a funeral slot? Why is there such a gap between the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI am sorry, but I find the Deputy Prime Minister today utterly unconvincing. The idea that “swift” means taking three years to publish something that has already been published by…25 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget 2024: Businesses in WalesMay I return the Secretary of State to the issue of the Rhondda tunnel? The Chancellor of the Exchequer doled out bits and pieces of money to the constituencies of various Members…13 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI warmly support the measures in the Budget to help the creative industries, but I simply say to the Government that it does not work without guaranteeing a creative education for…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI hope that the right hon. Gentleman will also acknowledge that there has been cross-party support for the tax reliefs across the years. They were originally introduced by the…11 Mar 2024HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareIt is one of the great successes of the past few years that we now save the lives of a lot more people with an acquired brain injury. Although we might save them in acute and…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow many people were treated for acquired brain injury last year?05 Mar 2024HANSARDAI: Creative IndustriesI am sorry, but the Government’s answer to the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee was a load of hot air that could have been written by ChatGPT, except ChatGPT would…22 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTry harder!22 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsShe didn’t say that.22 Feb 2024HANSARDRural ConnectivitySome 4.8 million people live in rural 5G notspots; rural areas are seven times more likely to have broadband speeds worse than those at base camp at Everest; one in five poorer…21 Feb 2024HANSARDRural ConnectivityLet us just stick with the punchline, shall we? Why are this Government such an abject failure?21 Feb 2024HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Reform)Mr Deputy Speaker, I am very grateful for your reminding me that I have to speak in opposition to the legislation, but given that the Government themselves oppose the Bill, as the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. [Interruption.]21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There are perfectly legitimate views, on different sides, as to the propriety of today’s proceedings. However, I just say gently to some…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Water Pollution: East DurhamI am very grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am also grateful to the right hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal, who pointed out to me that I had got something completely wrong in the…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Water Pollution: East DurhamOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.21 Feb 2024HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Reform)I am grateful, Mr Deputy Speaker. My main objection to the Bill is that the right hon. Lady seeks to make this a “Brexit bonus”, as she referred to it. I disagree with that very…21 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyLordy, lordy! It is like listening to the Red Queen in “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, who invented six impossible things before breakfast! How on earth can we have confidence…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesMany Members are of course angry and impatient about trying to get compensation and exoneration for all of the postmasters as soon as possible. If we are all honest, we as a whole…19 Feb 2024