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HANSARDRiver Tyne: Transport LinksWhat plans he has to improve transport links across the River Tyne.24 Jun 2021HANSARD Tyne Bridge: Celebrating 100 YearsI beg to move, That this House has considered celebrating 100 years of the Tyne Bridge. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and to share with you…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Tyne Bridge: Celebrating 100 YearsBefore the Minister concludes, I hope that he, a civil engineer, will join me, an electrical engineer, in celebrating International Women in Engineering Day and particularly the…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Tyne Bridge: Celebrating 100 YearsI thank the Minister for his comments on the importance of the Tyne bridge as a regional iconic symbol, and for referring to investment in projects on the banks of the river. Does…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryI am a great believer in trade. I am currently holding a series of DIT-sponsored trade roundtables in my constituency, and as chair of the all-party group for Africa championing…21 Jun 2021HANSARD Royal MailIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McDonagh. I congratulate the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston) on securing this important debate. This will be the…17 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsThe G7 did agree action on tax-dodging corporations, but it was watered down after the Prime Minister refused to back President Biden’s original proposal for a 21% minimum global…16 Jun 2021HANSARDNapier Barracks Asylum AccommodationHappy birthday, Mr Speaker. The High Court judgment showed that Napier was unsafe in terms of fire safety, covid security and mental wellbeing, whether for armed forces personnel…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Ofsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesSexism and sexual harassment harm girls and boys in their experience of school and help establish a toxic sexual culture, which then infects our streets, our workplaces, our…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa, I congratulate the hon. Lady on holding this really important debate that the Government have prevented. On her last…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaWill the hon. Lady give way?09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI thank the hon. Lady for her generosity in giving way. On that point, as she says, these trade deals require complex services to be admitted to the developing country while not…09 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany constituents have con, deeply concerned by Government proposals to grab, store and share GP health data. Can the Secretary of State tell me this: if I opt out of this data…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is a pleasure and honour to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May). I am certain that the current Conservative Government could benefit enormously from her…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the hon. Member for his kind words. Of course, the SNP amendments were simply agreeing with Labour’s amendments during Committee. We sought to improve—as we should do—from…07 Jun 2021HANSARDInformation Commissioner (Remuneration)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hosie. I start by thanking Elizabeth Denham, who has served as Information Commissioner since 2016 and is now stepping…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillAbsolutely. As my hon. Friend says, the UK has set the most ambitious climate change target, but the Committee on Climate Change has said that the Government are currently on…07 Jun 2021HANSARDInformation Commissioner (Remuneration)I thank the Minister for his comments. I just want it to be clear that although he is right to say that it is possible, and indeed important, to distinguish between nuisance calls…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention, which gives me the opportunity to clarify again that the difference between a flu virus and a coronavirus virus may be significant in…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI have a huge amount of respect for the hon. Gentleman, but I fundamentally disagree with him on this issue. To go where no one has gone before is not a mission or a direction; it…07 Jun 2021