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HANSARD Local Government FundingWill my hon. Friend give way?27 Mar 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate today, when we are all thinking about and debating Brexit, and on recognising the impact on services of cuts such as the 50%…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Local Government Fundingindicated assent .27 Mar 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingI thank my hon. Friend for giving way so graciously. He is absolutely right: when we knock on people’s doors, we hear about the issues that matter to them. Increasingly over the…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingI agree with my hon. Friend, and want to emphasise that councillors and officials in Newcastle City Council are under huge pressure, working not to implement the cuts for the…27 Mar 2019HANSARDCervical CancerIn Newcastle, cervical screening rates have fallen since 2010: they range from 85% to just 23% and are consistently lower in poorer areas and among younger women and ethnic…26 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionThe Prime Minister has succeeded in alienating this House and inflaming the divisions in our country. She is bringing the House into disrepute with her inability to recognise that…22 Mar 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation Victims: Criminal RecordsGirls and vulnerable young women in Newcastle suffered horrendous sexual abuse, rape and exploitation and yet found the courage to work with the police and social services to…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureWe are here because the Government have spent the last three years ignoring the political and practical realities of Brexit, and now the Minister is trying to do the same thing…18 Mar 2019HANSARDCyber-securityTechnology can help deliver public services which are better, smarter, more tailored and put people in control, but that requires investment in people, processes and equipment.…13 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the critical issue here is that the Conservative party cannot countenance a trading arrangement that puts both Northern Ireland and Ireland…12 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI thank the hon. Gentleman for emphasising the importance of per-pupil funding. In Newcastle, per-pupil funding has gone down by £240 since 2010. I grew up getting free school…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI welcome the Government’s conversion to regional funding, but the amounts are derisory by comparison with what has been lost through austerity and economic neglect and what will…04 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Services: Newcastle6. What steps he is taking to help ensure that public services in Newcastle are adequately funded.04 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Services: NewcastleSince 2010, successive Conservative Governments have cut funding for children’s social care in Newcastle by 40% and, at the same time, the number of looked-after children has…04 Mar 2019HANSARDRegeneration of TownsAnyone with an elementary grasp of arithmetic can also read the latest studies showing that, had the United Kingdom being staying in the European Union, we would have received far…28 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic NetworkAs the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa, I welcome the expanded network. Following our recent constructive meeting with the Immigration Minister, may I urge…26 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingT6. I am very proud of my Irish heritage on my mother’s side and my Nigerian heritage on my father’s side. Born and brought up on Tyneside, I have never held or sought any…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI have been listening carefully to the Secretary of State, and his argument seems to be that, on our own, we will be nimbler and more able to negotiate good trade deals, but he…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI do not need to get disc two of “The Lord of the Rings”, because I already have it and have watched it on a number of occasions. There are different types of beauty; I am talking…21 Feb 2019