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HANSARDPassenger Boats and the Maritime and Coastguard AgencyI remind hon. Members that there have been some changes to normal practice in order to support the new hybrid arrangements. Timings of debates have been amended to allow technical…17 Mar 2021HANSARDMarine Protected AreasI remind hon. Members that there have been some changes to normal practice in order to facilitate the new hybrid arrangements. I call Tony Lloyd to move the motion.17 Mar 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a huge portmanteau Bill. It contains proposals that I would sum up as the good, the bad and the ugly. The good includes measures that give…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenWe now live in a country where domestic violence has soared but prosecutions have plummeted, where rape has effectively been decriminalised because prosecutions are at their…15 Mar 2021HANSARD LGBT Conversion TherapyI was proud to be a Minister in the last Labour Government, which did so much to ensure that LGBT+ people were finally afforded equal rights in law. There is a difference,…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationSince the Chancellor’s first Budget last year, this country has suffered a brutal pandemic and a severe economic crisis. He now presides over an economy that is 10% smaller than…03 Mar 2021HANSARDGovernment's Management of the EconomySince 2010, successive Tory Governments have run a failed experiment with market fundamentalist economic dogma in the UK. They cynically blamed the global financial crisis in 2008…23 Feb 2021HANSARDWorkplace Health and Safety LawsWhat recent steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to improve the enforcement of workplace health and safety laws.09 Feb 2021HANSARDWorkplace Health and Safety LawsGiven the emergence of new, more transmissible strains of covid-19, why has the Minister not updated his Department’s workplace guidance with stronger recommendations on…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine UpdateThe Minister was uncharacteristically coy in answer to the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) about how we will kick on after the top four priority groups…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateSAGE warned about the dangers of the South African strain weeks ago, but the Prime Minister dragged his feet, and he has now decided on a partial quarantine arrangement that SAGE…02 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIs the Prime Minister proud that he spent half a billion pounds of public money on the eat out to help out scheme, which it is now estimated increased the spread of the virus by…27 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsOn the day that Office for National Statistics figures show that the UK now has the highest number of covid deaths per million population in the world, and given that currently…26 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerIf these 400,000 lost records are not recovered, this human error will have an impact on public safety, will it not?18 Jan 2021HANSARDSchool Closures: Support for PupilsWill Members please leave promptly by the exit door on the left, while observing social distancing?13 Jan 2021HANSARD Financial Services BillThe Minister is full of reasons, as Treasury Ministers always are, for not accepting amendments or new clauses that people have tabled to solve problems. Does he appreciate the…13 Jan 2021HANSARDSchool Closures: Support for PupilsYou can give way. It is entirely up to you.13 Jan 2021HANSARDSchool Closures: Support for PupilsI warn everybody that there are drop-outs from the call list, so the next person I will call to speak is Kate Osborne. First, I call Tracy Brabin.13 Jan 2021HANSARDSchool Closures: Support for PupilsI remind hon. Members that there have been some changes to normal practice in order to support the new call list system and to ensure that social distancing is respected. Members…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Rivers: DischargesMay I remind Members they are strongly encouraged to wear a face covering when they are not speaking?13 Jan 2021