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HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyThe workforce and the management at Ellesmere Port have done everything that has been asked of them to keep that plant productive and efficient, but as my hon. Friend and…01 Mar 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingI welcome these figures as they stand, although I worry that they have been precipitated only by the pandemic crisis and we could have had this action at any time in the past 10…25 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapLast month was the worst on record for new aircraft orders, and the aerospace sector, which is so important to my constituency, will suffer a long time after these restrictions…22 Feb 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), who is always worth listening to on these matters. In referring to my entry in the Register…08 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Home Secretary must have seen the survey by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers of attacks on shop workers in 2020. Of the 2,700 surveyed, 88% had suffered…08 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not quite sure about that yet, Mr Speaker, but thank you for the introduction. The Minister for Media and Data, the right hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale), who is not…04 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for his kind words about my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens); she will be watching and will be very grateful. Ofcom is to…04 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe pubs and hospitality sector so far has done everything that has been asked of it during the pandemic, but so far 46% of pubs have not received local restrictions support…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 17, page 29, line 31, at end insert— “(4) Where the Secretary of State considers that laying a copy of the direction or notice (as the case…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Seventh sitting)I am sure the Committee has been waiting with bated breath for my big moment all morning, Mr Hollobone. May I say what a great pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship? I…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Seventh sitting)I hear the Minister’s explanation, which we have been over before when considering other amendments. He talks about other salvos by my right hon. Friend the Member for North…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)As you correctly say, Mr McCabe, I need to announce my intention, but just as I was about to, the Committee was halted. I am reminded of the occasion involving that notorious…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)I do not want to detain the Committee all that long. The basis of the new clause is to ensure that Ofcom has the staffing and financial resources, as well as the capacity and…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)Budget allocations can go down as well as up and there might be a future Government who are not quite as generous as past Governments have been. What guarantee can the Minister…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)rose—26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)My hon. Friend is the shadow Minister.26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)I simply want to welcome the Minister’s comments, and the fact that he has recognised that the Intelligence and Security Committee is the appropriate place to discuss these…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill (Eighth sitting)First, I owe you an apology, Mr McCabe; so keen was I to crack on with the consideration of the Bill that I did not say how great a pleasure it was to serve yet again under your…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have a constituent who, over the space of the two and a half preceding years, was sanctioned for a total of 1,100 days. Does there not come a point at which it is clear that the…25 Jan 2021