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HANSARDHelp to Grow: DigitalIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir George. I welcome the new Science Minister to his position; I hope he stays around long enough to ensure that we have a…20 Sept 2021HANSARDHelp to Grow: DigitalI thank the Minister for giving way. I did not express any pessimism about our fantastic businesses and economic opportunities. I was talking about some of the figures for…20 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSI am pleased that the Government recognise the importance of protecting and growing sovereign and allied strategic capability, especially given their recent attempt to hand over…16 Sept 2021HANSARDGigabit BroadbandI congratulate the Minister on retaining his position and welcome the new Secretary of State to hers. The Minister’s is a wide-ranging and critical role, not least because we need…16 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Work cuts reoffending rates in half. The Recruitment Junction in my constituency has a 50% success rate in getting ex-offenders into work—that is twice the national average.…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHouse of Commons Staff: Covid-19 Secure WorkplaceI echo your repeated thanks, Mr Speaker, to the members of staff of the House of Commons, who do so much to ensure the smooth and safe proceedings of the House. Members of the…22 Jul 2021HANSARDHouse of Commons Staff: Covid-19 Secure WorkplaceWhat steps the Commission is taking to ensure a covid-19 secure workplace for House of Commons staff following the lifting of restrictions on 19 July 2021.22 Jul 2021HANSARDHuman Rights: Trade DealsWhat recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on inserting clauses on human rights in future trade deals.20 Jul 2021HANSARDHuman Rights: Trade DealsWill the Minister confirm here and now that it is our foreign policy to defend human rights and the rule of law across the world? Does he agree that, as well as putting UK…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftIn Thursday’s urgent question on Newport Wafer Fab, the Government emphasised their desire for a “positive relationship with China, based on mutual respect and trust.” —[ Official…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNewport Wafer Fab SaleI congratulate the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) on securing the urgent question. Newport Wafer Fab is a symbol of British innovation and world-class…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Space DebrisIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank the right hon. Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) for having secured this important debate, and I pay…14 Jul 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThe armed forces covenant states: “Those injured in Service, whether physically or mentally, should be cared for in a way which reflects the Nation’s moral obligation to them”. In…08 Jul 2021HANSARDUK Research and DevelopmentOn Friday I visited Newcastle University’s dementia research centre and spoke to the wonderful scientists striving to cure this terrible affliction. But I also heard of the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI welcome the end of mandatory bubble isolation, which has caused such disruption to parents, teachers and children, but the impact of covid continues and the poorest are hardest…06 Jul 2021HANSARDDraft Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Rees. I thank the Minister for setting out what the regulations do, and I shall not attempt to repeat what she said. The…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme“Data not dates” is the Government’s mantra for lockdown easing, so should it not be the same for settled status? The data clearly shows that tens of thousands of EU citizens, to…29 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIn Newcastle, infection rates are doubling every week and are now at over 400 per 100,000. The Secretary of State may think that that is not important because, thankfully,…28 Jun 2021HANSARDSecurity of Ministers’ Offices and CommunicationsThe Secretary of State, engaged—at least as we thought—on matters essential to our national security, health and wellbeing is filmed, unbeknownst to him, and that film is leaked…28 Jun 2021HANSARDRiver Tyne: Transport LinksI would like to thank the Minister for that response, but it is not really one, is it? As well as being a great icon of north-east people, culture and engineering, the Tyne bridge…24 Jun 2021