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HANSARDClimate Change: International Co-operation and the Global SouthA recent Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Scaling Behaviour Change report says the world’s wealthiest 1% need to emit 30 times less carbon than they currently do by 2030 if…20 Apr 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillHow often have we heard the notion that somehow liberty is an integral part of the English character, and that we fortunate few in this country are somehow different from the rest…16 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)As we know, the context of the Budget yesterday was a debilitating global pandemic. It was also the last Budget before the UK hosts the COP26 climate conference. It was therefore…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK’s credibility as COP president rests on demonstratable climate action at home, yet much like the Government’s failed pandemic response, which has left 130,000 people dead,…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Safety of StaffThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has contradicted the Government by saying that it has not authorised the use of 30-minute lateral flow tests to allow…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Safety of StaffWhat steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of staff at (a) early years settings, (b) special schools and (c) alternative provision during the covid-19 lockdown announced in…18 Jan 2021HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillMembers of this House have been recalled to vote on legislation of which we were given no sight until yesterday, to implement a trade deal that we have barely seen and had no…30 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ConsultantsWhat plans he has to review the value for money of the Government’s use of consultants during the covid-19 outbreak.17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ConsultantsThank you, Mr Speaker; I can be heard at last. Given that this Government have doled out £10.5 billion of our money without any competition, according to the National Audit…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Consultants[ In audible . ]17 Dec 2020HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsThe UK needs to do more, not less, to provide sanctuary for refugees, given the world’s growing ecological and economic crises. Instead, the Government are dehumanising these…02 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Four-day Working WeekThe Chancellor will have received a letter signed by Members from across the House, including myself, asking him to consider introducing a four-day working week as a way of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Four-day Working WeekWhat assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a four-day working week as part of the Government's covid-19 recovery strategy.07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Public Transport Workers and Key Worker Rail UsersWhat recent steps the Government have taken to help prevent key workers who (a) work on and (b) use the rail network contracting covid-19.18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Public Transport Workers and Key Worker Rail Users[Inaudible.]18 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Repatriation of UK NationalsLike a number of Members, several of my constituents are still trapped in different parts of the world. One couple from Norwich have been trapped in New Zealand for well over a…29 Apr 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Violence in Norfolk prisons has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two attacks every single day last year. So when will this Government accept that the root cause of…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to Jamaica“Never again” we were told by those on the Government Benches when they were dragged to this place over the first Windrush scandal. Now we are hearing that lessons learned in that…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You may have read this weekend that notices were placed in a tower block in my constituency referring to “Brexit day” and suggesting…03 Feb 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mark Fletcher). I think everyone on the Labour Benches would thank him for his kind words about Dennis Skinner, who was…15 Jan 2020