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HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesThe Minister will be aware that our concern is that we should be banning those companies from allowing raw sewage into our rivers, not just asking them to reduce the amount. Where…09 Jun 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportFor the bereaved families of covid, this report will unleash another cruel wave of loss, grief and anger. As a bare minimum, will the Prime Minister promise that the interim…25 May 2022HANSARDNorth East Ambulance ServiceAs far back as December last year, I wrote to the Secretary of State urging him to commission a CQC investigation of the crisis in our ambulance service, using his powers under…23 May 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On Wednesday 27 April, I asked the Prime Minister, at Prime Minister’s questions, whether he would apologise to bereaved families and…17 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsToday, a court has found that the Government acted unlawfully when their policies led to the discharge of untested patients from hospitals to care homes at the start of the…27 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady is absolutely right, and it is critical that local councils know how to plan their services. The final point from our local council was that refuges apparently…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that, although it is clear on the Order Paper that the Foreign Secretary and her Department will be responding to this debate, the relevant…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineAs I said when I intervened on the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) earlier, although the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was identified as the responding…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI will speak to the workforce amendment and the amendment on the social care cap. The Lords have compromised on the workforce amendment—they have now asked for projections every…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillOn that specific point, I am grateful that the Minister has said that he will look at this issue of buildings below 11 metres. As part of that, will he commit to focus especially…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillNotwithstanding the Minister’s explanation that the valuation might not meet today’s market value, which he also gave to me yesterday, does he accept that, precisely because the…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI declare an interest as I am a vice-chair of the Local Government Association. I add my voice to those who have paid tribute to the extraordinary building safety campaigners who…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI regret to inform the Leader of the House that I have spent four months trying to get answers to two questions from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. I…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. When the Government announced an end to free lateral flow tests, the Prime Minister said: “We don’t need to keep spending at a rate of…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThe Minister made a valiant effort to dissuade some of us from supporting Lords amendment 29—the workforce amendment—but I suspect he knows he is not kidding anybody. We have…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI would like to start by talking about carers and safe discharge. I welcome the Government’s concession on this point. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gosport (Dame…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Civil ProceedingsI, too, put on record my enormous thanks to all the health and social care workers as well as the many unpaid carers—who have demonstrated extraordinary public service over the…29 Mar 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewThe Secretary of State has said that decisions about support are too often based on where a child lives and not on what they need. That is the problem facing children in St Albans…29 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I extend my thanks to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) for opening the debate on…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesWill the Minister confirm whether people who have an appointment booked but do not yet have a form will be able, from tomorrow, to travel to the UK without that form? And what…14 Mar 2022