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HANSARDEU Customs UnionWe know the benefit of a permanent customs union, particularly for the integrated supply chains on which so much of our manufacturing success is based. What assessment has the…25 Apr 2019HANSARDElectoral Registration: EU CitizensEuropean Union citizens make a huge contribution to our public services, our economy, our communities and our country, and to my city of Newcastle. I hope that the Minister…25 Apr 2019HANSARD UK Telecoms: HuaweiI should declare an interest, having spent 20 years building out mobile and fixed networks around the world, working with a variety of vendors including Huawei and latterly for…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Discrimination in FootballI and the vast majority of Newcastle United fans condemn utterly the racist abuse that Zaha received after the Crystal Palace game on Saturday. I was at the game and there was…11 Apr 2019HANSARDManufacturing Output LevelsAccording to Make UK, we now have the highest level of manufacturing stockpiling of any country in the G7 ever. The chamber of commerce tells me that, in the north-east,…09 Apr 2019HANSARDManufacturing Output Levels2. What recent assessment the Government have made of trends in the level of manufacturing output.09 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing: Newcastle15. What steps he is taking to increase the provision of housing in Newcastle.08 Apr 2019HANSARDUN International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationThe hon. Gentleman is making an important point about both GCHQ and the tech giants. Does he agree that to be more able and to be seen to eliminate racial discrimination from…08 Apr 2019HANSARDUN International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationWill my hon. Friend give way?08 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperHaving spent 20 years in the tech industry, I can say categorically that the harms that the White Paper begins to address were well identified five or even 10 years ago, but it…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHousing: NewcastleI publish my constituency casework on my website, and every month since I was first elected in 2010, housing has been one of the top three issues constituents bring to me. Does…08 Apr 2019HANSARDUN International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationI thank my hon. Friend for his generosity. I want to echo his words, because the Brexit debate seems to have given new groups the feeling that they can speak in racist terms. On…08 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsNorth-east manufacturers have achieved great success as part of integrated, just-in-time pan-European supply chains, which mean that, as one manufacturer puts it, their stock room…04 Apr 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapThe Minister talks of a future of equal pay, but she knows that that cannot happen as long as well-paid sectors such as engineering and science are dominated by men and low-paid…04 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education FundingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the devastating impact that lack of funding for further education is having, particularly on young people. Colleges such as…02 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education Fundingrose —02 Apr 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)I shall not speak for long. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), I am very happy to sit tomorrow, even though it means a day not spent in the glorious city…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Probably like many people following this—or trying to follow this—I am having great difficulty understanding how the motion, which says itself…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseHappiness, Mr Speaker, is clearly Newcastle United beating Arsenal on Monday and I look forward to watching that here in the House. Just as in the House, civil servants and local…28 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Newcastle voted, by 50.7% to 49.3%, to remain. It divided our city, and I was determined that we should not have to vote again, but this is a complete shambles. Parliament…27 Mar 2019