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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateSome have suggested that removing all restrictions in the way that the Secretary of State has announced will create factories for new variants in parts of our communities. What…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Effect on Retirement CommunitiesI am sure that Members are acquainted with the new arrangements, and as we are a small group, I will not read out the whole script that I have here to make you aware of the new…01 Jul 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI heard the answer that the Leader of the House gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), but we have to have the right checks and balances in place. The…01 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Effect on Retirement CommunitiesWe have until a quarter to 5, but this will be a summing-up, not another speech— [Laughter.] I just point that out gently. I call Jim Shannon.01 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsSchools will not stay open because the Secretary of State wills it—we need a long-term plan. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care told the House on Monday that we are…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsYou sent our kids back to school with the Kent variant!30 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIn answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) earlier, the Secretary of State said that he is working on a plan for social care and that we…28 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformIt is nearly two years since the Prime Minister promised to fix social care. In the intervening period, we have had the false promise that there was a ring of protection around…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEvents Research ProgrammeKendal Calling, in a statement on its website cancelling this year’s event, says: “Our understanding is that…DCMS…are keen to publish the ERP findings and guidance, but that it…22 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI can understand why the Leader of the House would want to dismiss the text messages published by the Prime Minister’s former adviser, but if he were a member of a family who had…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Hillsborough: Collapse of TrialsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) for her assiduous work over many years on behalf of her constituents and many others on this…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Ofsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesWhen I read the report at lunchtime today, I was absolutely shocked by the scale of the problem that was described by young people themselves. We have known that this problem…10 Jun 2021HANSARDInvesting in Children and Young PeopleWould the money not be better spent through the schools themselves? Are teachers not in the best position to identify the pupils who are in the greatest need of additional…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryIt seems clear to everybody apart from the Government that, as noted by Kevan Collins, £22 per primary school pupil is insufficient. Less than two hours of tutoring per pupil…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThose who have been bereaved or left with long-term illnesses during the pandemic cannot fail to be alarmed by yesterday’s evidence from the Prime Minister’s former close adviser.…27 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI am delighted to hear the Foreign Secretary say that the Government will take a very tough response to this act of air piracy. Does he detect any sense of reticence from his…24 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsMPs make mistakes from time to time and when that is drawn to their attention they apologise and we are severely admonished for them, but it is extraordinary that the new register…18 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI heard what the Secretary of State had to say about testing rates in Pakistan and Bangladesh, but according to Johns Hopkins University, the daily infection rate in Pakistan back…17 May 2021HANSARDBallymurphy Inquest FindingsGiven the gravity of this report, I think that the Prime Minister should be at the Dispatch Box making this statement. In five separate incidents, over the weekend of Operation…13 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Government’s own figures suggest that since March we have built up a stockpile of about 12 million vaccines. During that period, we in London were told that supplies were down…12 May 2021