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HANSARD A14 Cambridge-Huntingdon UpgradeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing the House the opportunity again to consider the very important issue of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade; the diversions that…09 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. At Treasury questions a few weeks ago, Ministers boasted about how much hauliers had saved through the freezing of the fuel duty escalator. When I challenged them on the…09 May 2019HANSARDNHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students)4. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of NHS mental health services for university and college students.07 May 2019HANSARDNHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students)The all-party parliamentary university group has heard consistent evidence about the rising number of students presenting with mental health problems. We have been told that it…07 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think we were all impressed by the passion of the children across the country who have taken action over the last few weeks and those in…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Tony Davies, the headteacher of St Matthew’s Primary School in Cambridge, recently told a national newspaper of his fury when he learned of a £60,000 budget cut to his school…29 Apr 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsThese exchanges have shown exactly the problems with the political declaration: the Minister talks about guarantees, but of course they are not guarantees; they are aspirations…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionOne of the sectors that has not done well on reducing carbon emissions is road transport. One of the policy levers that used to be available was the fuel duty escalator, which the…23 Apr 2019HANSARD East Midlands Rail FranchiseThe rail industry, through the Rail Delivery Group and with the support of the trade unions, wrote to the Government some weeks ago with alternative proposals to deal with the…11 Apr 2019HANSARDFuel Duty: HauliersThe Chancellor says this needs to be balanced against the needs of the Exchequer, but what about the needs of the environment? What effects have we seen during the period of the…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperThe Secretary of State mentioned the Furman review earlier. The White Paper references it, but does not take a view on some of its recommendations. Does the Secretary of State…08 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Local Authority FundingI hear what the Secretary of State says, but when I talk to my local councils, they seem to have an endless stream of directives coming from the centre but very little guidance as…08 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education FundingRecently, Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the CBI, spoke at Cambridge Regional College and said that further education colleges have “politically been neglected”, which…02 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionFurther to the previous intervention, in the last debate in Westminster Hall we had exactly the same situation; very few Government Members attended. Does my hon. Friend agree…01 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe east of England is a dry region with many houses planned for the future. Dr Robert Evans of the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University tells us that many…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. My hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) made a point about the Prime Minister’s suggestion that there were 10,000 new bus…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)It is a pleasure to follow my good friend the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous). It is extraordinary, is it not, that we are here today? I, like others, welcome the…27 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsDockless bike hire schemes could have been transformative, but too many of those schemes have crashed and burned, leaving a trail of destruction behind them. Despite repeated…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Human Medicines (Amendment) RegulationsMy hon. Friend is making some very important points. I wonder whether he has seen the advice from the UK BioIndustry Association, which knows what is going in the life sciences…18 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. On behalf of the Petitions Committee, I thank everyone for their contributions to the debate. Passions run deep, and I…11 Mar 2019