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HANSARDAffordable Local Food: Newcastle upon Tyne CentralFood security is national security, and local food production is an essential part of that. In the north-east we have a fine farming tradition, but our food banks are overwhelmed…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hall Green (Tahir Ali) for securing this incredibly vital debate. He…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesI thank him for giving way, but he has not answered my question at all. There is a decline in one part of the market, but another part is growing. My question was: what is the…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Future of Postal ServicesWill the Minister give way?10 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportOn Friday I visited Gills convenience store, which provides essential services for constituents in Brakelaw and Fenham. The owners told me that the No. 1 threat to their business…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver the weekend, an anonymous Conservative MP admitted to a newspaper: “We’ve got no ideas and people feel abandoned.” This was an “economy that’s in recession with 10 per cent…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAnnual Fisheries Negotiations with EU and North Atlantic StatesA merry Christmas to you, Mr Speaker, and to all the House. Many of my constituents in Newcastle enjoy fresh fish landed locally from the North sea—they know that it is fresh…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Convention on Biodiversity COP15: OutcomesAddressing biodiversity loss is an essential part of addressing climate change, but as with climate change, we see no sense of urgency or leadership in action from this…19 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyOn Friday, with my local pharmaceutical committee, I visited Whitworth Pharmacy in Elswick in my constituency and saw the fantastic work it does to support health in the…19 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State recently announced signing a memorandum of understanding with the US state of South Carolina focusing on life sciences and automotive—areas that are very…15 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationWhen my mother fled war and famine in Biafra in the 1960s with her three small children, the cargo plane on which we travelled—the only form of transport available—landed first in…13 Dec 2022HANSARDBritish Council Contractors: AfghanistanThe Minister knows that this Government have legislated to make it illegal for anyone seeking asylum to enter this country by any means apart from safe and legal routes. Indeed,…12 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsDuring the dark days of covid, it was the NHS that gave us hope, not Ministers partying in Downing Street. The Tories now seek to demonise the very NHS staff that we clapped from…12 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeI welcome today’s statement and apology, which represent an important step forward in the delivery of justice following what may well be the largest miscarriage of justice in our…07 Dec 2022HANSARD Rail Cancellations and Service LevelsAs well as being a global icon of the north-east, the Tyne bridge is a critical part of our transport infrastructure. We are all the more reliant on it given the atrocious levels…01 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021I very much agree with my hon. Friend’s comments. I was aware that the Bill will rip up much important legislation—for example, workers’ rights to holidays and so on—and that…01 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021The Minister talks about providing clarity. I hope he is going to address my point about the divergence of the data protection regimes in this country and the European Union, and…01 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021The Minister has a desire to refight the Brexit debate at every opportunity. We are trying to make the SI work and are asking the questions to make it work. I ask him to please…01 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I thank the Minister for setting out the intent of this delegated legislation. I also thank the two separate…01 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021Is the Minister clear, therefore, that the regulatory framework under which the data sharing will take place in this SI is the regulatory framework of the single market, and not…01 Dec 2022