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HANSARDActive Travel: Newcastle upon TyneWalking and cycling prevent 1,500 serious long-term health conditions on Tyneside every year, according to the walking and cycling index, and they bring in £400 million in…21 Mar 2024HANSARDActive Travel: Newcastle upon Tyne6. What steps he is taking to support active travel in Newcastle upon Tyne.21 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Will the Minister clarify when the right moment is to move on from a Tory donor calling for an MP to be shot in the context of hating all black women? Is it when there is an…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI am absolutely clear that the hostages must be released. I am also absolutely clear that the situation in Gaza has gone from dire to horrendous to cataclysmic, and my…19 Mar 2024HANSARDStrength of the EconomyThe economy has grown at a snail’s pace under the Tories, but that snail is still 30% faster nationally than in the north-east, despite our strengths in clean energy,…19 Mar 2024HANSARDStrength of the Economy2. What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the economy.19 Mar 2024HANSARDRegional Variations: Unemployment and Inactivity2. What recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of regional variations in levels of employment and inactivity.18 Mar 2024HANSARDRegional Variations: Unemployment and InactivityHealth Equity North research shows high levels of economic inactivity in the north-east due to disability or ill health—40% above the national average. I visited the jobcentre in…18 Mar 2024HANSARDChemicals StrategyThe cosmetics sector is often overlooked, perhaps because we are unwilling to show how dependent we are on that sector, or perhaps because so many of the 550,000 people who work…14 Mar 2024HANSARDChemicals Strategy8. When his Department plans to publish its strategy for chemicals.14 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWhen did I ask for increased spending? Will he clarify that now, for the benefit of the House?07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill my right hon. Friend give way?07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I shall of course be guided by you. It is now almost 14 years since I first had the immense honour and privilege of being elected to the best job…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank the hon. Member for giving way again. As he knows, we have set out our spending commitments, and crumbling services are a consequence of the Tories’ absolute failure to…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, because every area of Conservative spending has a dimension of waste or profligacy. Does she agree that the £15,000 of taxpayers’ money…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose —07 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa, I met David Neal a number of times. He was incredibly impressive, robust, well-informed, all over the detail, and…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Angiolini Inquiry ReportI, too, pay tribute to the family of Sarah Everard. In Newcastle and across the country, her vile murder led to an outpouring of grief and horror, but it did not, as the Home…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillI thank the Minister for his generosity with his time. It is not only companies that are exploiting leaseholders; the St Mary Magdalene and Holy Jesus Trust in my constituency…27 Feb 2024