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HANSARD LGBT Community and Acceptance TeachingI thank the hon. Members for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) and for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionStudent politics!04 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionStudent politics!04 Sept 2019HANSARD LGBT Community and Acceptance TeachingI beg to move, That this House has considered teaching on LGBT community and acceptance in schools. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am glad…04 Sept 2019HANSARD LGBT Community and Acceptance TeachingI will take an intervention from the right hon. and learned Lady, somebody from the Labour Benches whom I respect enormously—that has probably done her career no good whatever,…04 Sept 2019HANSARD LGBT Community and Acceptance TeachingI thank the right hon. and learned Lady and I pay tribute to her. She has been a stalwart of campaigning for equality on LGBT issues—and not just today, when it is easier so to…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThe BBC is constantly engaging with Polish diaspora groups in this country to accentuate potential problems over the EU resettlement scheme. Could the Secretary of State give me…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the House succeeds in stripping our Prime Minister of the key negotiating card of no deal, the likelihood of that outcome will be that much…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsTory gain.03 Sept 2019HANSARDBehaviour on Social MediaI thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. I am sure that she will share my serious concern about the level of hatred, intolerance and rage that appears online, especially on…25 Jul 2019HANSARDBehaviour on Social Media1. What steps the Church of England is taking to promote positive behaviour on social media.25 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ10. In Shropshire, 300 doctors, surgeons and clinicians have been at the forefront of major reconfiguration and modernisation proposals for A&E provision in our county. We have…17 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to WorkThere is still some reticence among certain companies to employ ex-offenders. The Minister has highlighted some of the real success stories in the private sector where companies…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to Work23. What steps the Government are taking to increase opportunities for prisoners to access work before they are released.09 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI will be very brief. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick Boles) for the eloquent way in which he has introduced this very important debate. I just…04 Jul 2019HANSARDSuperfast Broadband: Rural Areas2. What recent progress his Department has made on increasing access to superfast broadband in rural areas.04 Jul 2019HANSARDSuperfast Broadband: Rural AreasI thank my hon. Friend for that answer. Clearly, improved access to superfast broadband in places such as Shropshire will reduce the number of car journeys needing to be made.…04 Jul 2019HANSARD World War Two: Polish ContributionI have a little section on that later in my speech. In Operation Market Garden, when the allies tried to shorten the war by landing in the Netherlands, Polish paratroopers took…02 Jul 2019HANSARD World War Two: Polish ContributionI beg to move, That this House has considered the Polish contribution to UK war effort in World War Two. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. The…02 Jul 2019HANSARD World War Two: Polish ContributionI chair the all-party parliamentary group on Poland—if any hon. Members have not joined, they had better do so, and I very much invite them to. I think we have 62 members, making…02 Jul 2019