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HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe hon. Gentleman has made an important point. I entirely recognise, and am grateful for, the support that has come from Members outside South Yorkshire. I know that there is…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI will take the hint, Madam Deputy Speaker, and draw my remarks to a conclusion. Members put it to the Secretary of State at Transport questions recently that we thought there was…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI completely agree with my hon. Friend’s important point. The truth of the matter is that every Member of Parliament in South Yorkshire wants Doncaster Sheffield airport to stay…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI recommend that the hon. Gentleman spends a bit of time with my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) to get a sense of the realities of local government…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. The other really important point for hon. Members to understand is that, in addition to the significant financial interventions and the…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportNo, I will not. I will make a bit of progress. I then went on to detail a series of other financial interventions that were set alongside a huge amount of activity that was going…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe hon. Member has got his maths wrong. The first thing I said was that £9.2 million had gone into supporting infrastructure—24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWhat I can confirm—I am, frankly, uniquely well placed to be able to confirm it—is that for the period of time I was the Mayor, I moved heaven and earth to work very closely with…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportLet me just make a bit of progress, then I will give way. I want to reinforce the very important point that my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North made about making…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI congratulate the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) on securing the debate and on the tireless work he has put in to try to save the airport, which I think is widely…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI am just checking that the hon. Member knows that there is a strategic economic plan. Included in that is a clear articulation of the importance of the airport. Has he read it?24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield Airportrose —24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way. He said a moment ago that the current Mayor has twice the money that Mayor Ben Houchen has in Tees Valley. I would be grateful to…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. In April 2022, DSA indicated that it did not wish to continue developing the loan proposal at that time. It is hard not to…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWe are all here to support the hon. Gentleman and we want to engage in a constructive debate, but I must say that what he has been told is not the case. If I am fortunate enough…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI declare an interest as the first South Yorkshire mayor. For four years I dealt with the complexities of the airport, and I am trying to be constructive and help the Minister…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Great British RailwaysI declare an interest, as a big supporter of the Doncaster bid, but I share the frustration of many across local government who have committed time and money in good faith to a…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillThe hon. Lady raises a really helpful point, following the one made by the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson). The nature of the Bill, and what we seek to achieve through its…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillThe right hon. Lady’s point is spot on and she has made it very eloquently. I can see there is consensus. She is right that for a very long time we have grappled with the…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillWith the leave of the House, I will briefly respond to what has been an extremely useful and constructive debate, at the end of what, according to any metric, has been quite a…21 Oct 2022