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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for her helpful comments. I suspect this matter will go on to be debated in future, but on the basis that we do not want to delay the Bill’s progress, I beg…03 Feb 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause relates to a discussion that we had on Second Reading about the relationship between this Bill and…03 Feb 2021HANSARDNightingale CourtsWhat progress he has made on planning for the (a) opening and (b) operation of Nightingale courts.02 Feb 2021HANSARDNightingale CourtsBut there are huge delays in the justice system. Her Majesty’s justice chief inspectors report 53,000 cases waiting to come before Crown courts. In Cambridgeshire, housing…02 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersFor some hours now, we have been hearing accounts of those whose lives have been ruined by an appalling situation caused by a mixture of deregulation by Government, the greed of…01 Feb 2021HANSARDAgricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Organic Production (Organic Indications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. As ever, I thank the Minister for a full and comprehensive account of the latest pair of statutory instruments that…25 Jan 2021HANSARDFood Imports and ExportsI fear the Secretary of State is living in a parallel universe. He must have seen the headlines: “Pig Heads Are Rotting In Rotterdam As Brexit Delays Hit The British Meat…21 Jan 2021HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Draft Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2020 It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve with you in the Chair, Sir David. It brings back happy memories of considering the Bill that became the Agriculture Act 2020. Of course, we are…20 Jan 2021HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Draft Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2020 That was not quite the question I was asking, although we are all concerned about the availability of vets. The suggestion from Friends of the Earth is that within these changes…20 Jan 2021HANSARDRemote Learning: Laptops and Other DevicesIn the city of Cambridge last week, 1,748 children were without a suitable device for learning. Across the county as a whole, almost 6,500 were. Ministers have had almost a year…18 Jan 2021HANSARDRemote Learning: Laptops and Other DevicesWhat assessment he has made of the availability of (a) devices and (b) access to broadband for school and college pupils working from home during the covid-19 outbreak.18 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsData is the lifeblood of modern economies, but the data provisions in the UK-Japan deal, which Ministers have been boasting about this morning, make it less likely that the EU…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Waste Incineration and Recycling RatesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms McVey, and to speak for the Opposition this afternoon. I should say at the outset that I am a mere stand-in for my departmental…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Economic UpdateBehavioural scientists are clear that to get people to self-isolate requires that they have the capacity, motivation and opportunity to do so. So far, frankly, the £500 on offer…11 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthSadly, the new restrictions are as inevitable as they are necessary. The Government say that it is the new variant that is to blame for the problems, but frankly it has been…06 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I have listened closely to the Prime Minister, but at no point have I heard him apologise to education leaders, teachers, students and parents for the chaos earlier this week. He…06 Jan 2021HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillFor the overwhelming majority of my constituents, this discussion brings no cheer. Confident, outward-looking Europeans, we genuinely struggle to understand why this country…30 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State talks a lot about testing and tracing but far less about isolating. The shadow Secretary of State made important points that I do not think the Secretary of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDShopworkers: Protection from AssaultLike many colleagues, I support USDAW’s Freedom from Fear Campaign and recently visited and met staff at my local Co-op. I was astonished to hear that, across its 12 stores in…14 Dec 2020HANSARDShopworkers: Protection from AssaultWhat recent steps she has taken to protect shopworkers from assault.14 Dec 2020