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HANSARDCovid-19: Support for BusinessesFirst, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) and Mariam on the birth of their baby daughter, Zola. The House will be pleased to hear that she…09 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is clearly a global effort to find a vaccine and treatments for people suffering from covid-19, but what representations have the Foreign Secretary or any of his Ministers…08 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19I welcome the Secretary of State’s comments in relation to dealing with anti-vaxxers. He will recall that I asked him a question before the recess and he said he was meeting Sir…01 Sept 2020HANSARDBBCBefore the general election last year, I led a debate in Westminster Hall calling on the Department for Work and Pensions to introduce a new campaign to increase the uptake of…21 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, it was announced that the Ford engine plant was to be closed in September of this year. Ineos was brought in, with both UK Government and Welsh Government funding, but…21 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillA further point about the need for this 7.5% is that it would particularly help seats in Wales, where the geography of seats, including my own, covers three or four valley…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateOf course the whole House hopes that in the coming months a vaccine will be developed that can be rolled out, possibly early in the new year, but in the meantime—I know that this…14 Jul 2020HANSARDVeterans: Covid-19 SupportWhat support his Department is providing for veterans during the covid-19 outbreak.06 Jul 2020HANSARDVeterans: Covid-19 SupportI know the Minister will agree that the armed forces have gone above and beyond throughout the course of the pandemic, particularly those charities that have been providing…06 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAnalysis by the Women’s Budget Group shows that women will be disproportionately affected by the ending of the furlough scheme later this year, and that the half-heated plan that…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Testing: Care SectorWhen the First Minister is questioned about the high rate of care home deaths in Scotland, she merely replies that England does not count in the same way, which is not an answer.…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Economic Outlook and Furlough Scheme ChangesMay I first pay tribute to my late friend Jo Cox? We mark today not because of how she was taken and the hate that took her, but to celebrate her life and legacy that we all work…16 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI want to focus on two points that the Leader of the House and the Prime Minister have spoken about in recent weeks. The first is the claim that Members are not in work if they…08 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UK Border Health MeasuresConstituents who are due to be travelling in the next two to three weeks have emailed me asking specifically about using public transport or whether family can collect all of them…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: AviationMay I raise with the Minister the particular issue of the British Airways Avionic Engineering site in Llantrisant in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd…03 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Deployment of Military PersonnelThere can be no doubt about the importance of the military in terms of supporting the people of Wales during the pandemic, so can I press the Secretary of State to do all he can,…03 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI speak as a traditionalist. I am a Whip. My right hon. Friends the Members for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown) and for Tynemouth (Sir Alan Campbell) have constructed my DNA…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI am extremely grateful to the Leader of the House for giving way. Yesterday, in the public proceedings of the Procedure Committee, the question was asked directly of the Clerk,…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI quite agree with the right hon. Lady. One Committee that is going to the Programme Sub-Committee today will be meeting for three days a week with two sessions a day, and it has…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemicrose—02 Jun 2020