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HANSARDBusiness Growth: North of EnglandIn the north, European structural funds helped to create 70,000 jobs and 16,000 new businesses between 2007 and 2013. The Minister’s complacent and lackadaisical refusal to…11 Jun 2019HANSARDEmergency Services Network: National Audit Office Report18. What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the May 2019 NAO report entitled “Progress delivering the Emergency Services Network”.10 Jun 2019HANSARDEmergency Services Network: National Audit Office ReportI have been raising this issue since 2013, when it became apparent that the Home Office was prioritising cost-cutting over the resilience of the communication network that enables…10 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandI thank the Minister for responding to questions about the key strategic asset of British Steel and of that capability. He cited state aid rules as a crucial concern in providing…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandThe Minister speaks about the importance of battery technology, and Nissan’s strength in particular, but does he recognise that while the five-year fund supports investment in…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandIt is a real pleasure and honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon),…05 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this month, the House unanimously declared a climate change emergency. Does the Minister agree that when it comes to tackling the catastrophe that is climate change—or,…16 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachThis WhatsApp scandal demonstrates again that the Government’s online harms White Paper is too little, too late, as it deals only with harms arising from user-generated content.…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThank you for allowing this urgent question, Mr Speaker. We should acknowledge that those with learning disabilities have not had their fair share of parliamentary time, and this…15 May 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasAccording to the recent report by Open Doors UK, 3,731 Christians were killed in Nigeria last year—the highest number in any country. This is a matter of huge concern for all of…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAzerbaijan, a country with a terrible human rights record, will soon be welcoming Chelsea and Arsenal football fans. What advice does the Foreign Office offer on the likelihood of…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, I visited Mountfield Primary School in my constituency. The pupils there told me that the No. 1 issue for them is plastics and litter in their environment. Pupils at…09 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In the north-east, over half of domiciliary care workers are on zero-hours contracts, 40% have no relevant qualification and, as the recent Low Pay Commission report shows,…07 May 2019HANSARD Facial Recognition and the Biometrics StrategyI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate on a key subject. He has spoken light-heartedly about the competition with the climate change debate. Does he agree that in…01 May 2019HANSARD Facial Recognition and the Biometrics StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for giving way to me again. He has made some very important points about the way in which this technology is already being used by Facebook and others, but…01 May 2019HANSARD Facial Recognition and the Biometrics StrategyMy hon. Friend is being very generous with his time, and I congratulate him again on having raised this important topic. Does he agree, as I think he is suggesting, that the level…01 May 2019HANSARDUK-EU Trading Relationship: Industrial StrategyThe Secretary of State’s industrial strategy states that manufacturing is crucial to the economy and promises to support businesses to access international markets and drive up…30 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Because of the shambles over Brexit, UK manufacturing currently has the highest-ever level of stockpiling in the G7. The latest survey conducted by the North East chamber of…25 Apr 2019HANSARDWomen’s Life Expectancy2. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the implications for Government policy of the most recent ONS statistics on women’s life expectancy in the poorest areas…25 Apr 2019HANSARDWomen’s Life ExpectancyIn Newcastle, cervical cancer screening rates are significantly lower in more deprived areas of the city, and the recent Macmillan cancer inequalities report showed that more…25 Apr 2019