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HANSARDCovid-19 VaccineMay I thank my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary for his personal intervention, after a text to the Moroccan authorities at 11 o’clock at night led one of my constituents to…11 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to convey my congratulations to the Prime Minister and Carrie Symonds on their new arrival, and to you on bringing forward this virtual…29 Apr 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I say in a polite fashion to the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick), who is my friend outside this Chamber, that he is also…10 Mar 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsWhen we go to China, we are told by the Foreign Office that if we take a phone with us, it should be a burner phone that we can get rid of afterwards, because it will be hacked.…28 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, you, being a northern MP like myself, would welcome the news that more money is going to be spent in the north of England. I want to reiterate that Morecambe needs the…08 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Withdrawal AgreementHeysham in my constituency is the nearest mainland UK port to Northern Ireland. Does the Minister agree that my area could be a boomtown if we had a free port, as 10% of the…30 Oct 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsI am deeply concerned about the county lines gangs from Bradford and Liverpool which are bringing drugs into my constituency. How does my hon. Friend expect the £20 million…28 Oct 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs Gangs23. What steps she is taking to tackle county lines drugs gangs.28 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. In my constituency, we have two EDF nuclear power stations. Part of the EDF group is RTE,…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Eden Project North (Morecambe)Very well said. The two-hour catchment area could probably stretch all the way from Glasgow over to Yorkshire and the Humber and to Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham. The…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Eden Project North (Morecambe)I totally agree with the hon. Lady. From what I can gather, this issue is being dealt with by the planning office at Lancaster City Hall as well. She is correct to say that we…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Eden Project North (Morecambe)This is yet another momentous day for the people of Morecambe in our quest to get the Eden Project to our shores. This debate follows our last successful Adjournment debate on 6…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Eden Project North (Morecambe)I thank the hon. Lady for describing so eloquently the beauty of our area; she is right. Environmental, economic and social transformation is required on the back of the M6 link…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOperation Midland Independent ReportAbout five years ago, I raised some concerns about the case that has come before us here, and I got a letter from Patricia Gallan, assistant commissioner, specialist crime and…07 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the education team for giving £5.5 million for upgrades in secondary schools in my area. Recently, however, there has been a disturbing turn of events. Skerton Community…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Resignation of UK Ambassador to USAI went to Washington in November 2018, and I met Sir Kim Darroch. He had very warm words to say about Donald Trump on that occasion. Does my right hon. Friend not feel it is…11 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Eden Project wants to come to the north of England—to Morecambe. I would like to have a meeting with the Chancellor and the Prime Minister to talk about putting Eden into…10 Jul 2019HANSARDCommercial FM RadioWill the Minister carry out an investigation of the audit suitability for FM spectrum in the north of Lancashire as soon as possible, to free up any spectrum service that should…04 Jul 2019HANSARDCommercial FM Radio6. What steps he plans to take to increase the provision of FM frequencies for commercial radio in (a) the UK and (b) Morecambe Bay.04 Jul 2019HANSARD Smart CitiesDoes the hon. Lady agree that the trip was worth while because a company in my constituency called InTouch, headed by John Walden, is now working with the sensor group EmNet on…24 Jun 2019