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HANSARDLevelling-up Fund Round 2Let me recap, then. As the Minister admitted in Westminster Hall, councils that received money in round 1 were told at the very end of the process that they would not receive…20 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentThe Minister will be aware that there are asylum seekers who have complex physical and mental health needs, and placing them in hotels can exacerbate those needs. Can he assure us…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Capital Projects: Spending DecisionsMembers need only have attended Tuesday afternoon’s Westminster Hall debate on this subject to realise that the levelling-up agenda is unravelling. There was an astonishing…09 Feb 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakeI thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement. This disaster has been keenly felt by the Kurdish community across these islands, and he will be aware that this region in…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. On behalf of my SNP colleagues, and indeed my constituents, I extend solidarity from Clydeside to Merseyside on this…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984The Minister refers to the new Bill. If that Bill had applied to the Cammell Laird 37, they would have been dismissed with no right to a tribunal. Does the Minister seriously…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2: Bidding ProcessIs my hon. Friend seriously telling the Chamber that local authorities had spent hours and months preparing a bid and that at the last minute the scorings were changed by…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2: Bidding ProcessIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I will depart from my prepared text, because the allegations made by my hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow North East…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2: Bidding ProcessI am conscious of time; I apologise to the right hon. Gentleman. [ Interruption. ] He has had more than one bite at the cherry. This is so serious. Local authorities would not…07 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Last Wednesday, it was a pleasure to meet Home Office staff who were out on strike over pay and to…06 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will take that argument on, because I am coming on to amendment 39. Listening to our Conservative friends on the Government side of the Chamber, anyone would think that this…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Billrose—30 Jan 2023HANSARD Building SafetyI thank the Secretary of State for giving me advance sight of his statement. He has rightly said the quiet part out loud—namely, that faulty and ambiguous Government guidance is…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillLet me first refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I notice that not one Conservative Member has referred to their interests in terms of backing from…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillFurther to that point of order, Mr Evans, is it also in order for hon. Members who have received donations from employers to register them in the debate?30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. That is the problem, is it not? The Bill says “transport services”, and that could be anything. It could be buses, taxis or the horse…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIs my hon. Friend aware of anywhere else in Europe where an employee could be dismissed, with no right to a tribunal, as proposed in this legislation?30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe Government should listen to that point, which the hon. Gentleman has made for me. If there had been no life and limb cover in the disputes in the past few weeks and months,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy hon. Friend makes a valid point. The Minister keeps shaking his head whenever someone mentions dismissal, but it is clearly there in the Bill. The Bill says that someone who is…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Minister give way?30 Jan 2023