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HANSARDGovernment’s Education Catch-up and Mental Health Recovery ProgrammesI echo my hon. Friend’s thanks to teachers. Does she agree that having mental health first aid training across the community, as I am doing in Watford, where we are training 1,000…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsIt is a privilege to speak in this debate. I greatly credit the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for calling this debate on such an important topic. I welcome many of…01 Feb 2022HANSARDJoint Committee on the Draft Online Safety BillFirst, as a member of the Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill, I thank my hon. Friend for his words. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Bill will have a profound…16 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI should declare an interest: I am the chair of the all-party film and production industry group, of which the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), who has done a great…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillMy hon. Friend has listed many areas that we will look at in future. Can he assure me and artists in Watford and around the UK that the goals of the Bill to protect artists in the…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy constituents in Watford will no doubt welcome the £700 million of funding detailed today to support the NHS this winter. Will my right hon. Friend please confirm that the…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. As a fan of Peter Kay, I know he does an incredibly good sketch—I recommend it to anyone who can find it, but especially on his…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly powerful point, which highlights the immediacy for us now of music and of art in general, which I see with film and in many other areas.…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillAbsolutely; my hon. Friend makes a powerful point. I recall that in the early 2000s there were sites such as Napster, which in their very early stages shared content that I am…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI thank the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) for making sure that I stay on track, as it were. The reason I am saying all this is that I am trying to give an…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that valuable contribution. If I may jump ahead again, I have been very involved in radio. I had my own show called “Dean’s Poetry Show”. It did not…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillI assure hon. Members that I will wrap up shortly. Legislation often is a long and winding road—excuse the pun—but I will try not to make that the case with my speech. Let me…03 Dec 2021HANSARDCopyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) BillWhat my hon. Friend has just said is so important. The music industry contributes to not only tourism and the economy, but the culture of this country. So if we rush into…03 Dec 2021HANSARD NHS EfficiencyIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, and an absolute honour to follow the excellent contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Paul…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Greenbelt: Local PlansI beg to move, That this House has considered inclusion of greenbelt land in local plans. It is my absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I applied for this…19 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAcross Watford, we are served by some amazing GP surgeries, including the Manor View practice and its team. However, I am hearing from constituents that some GP surgeries are…14 Sept 2021HANSARDPlanning System ModernisationWhat steps he is taking to modernise the planning system in England.19 Jul 2021HANSARDPlanning System ModernisationI thank my right hon. Friend and Ministers for their engagement and correspondence over the last year. As he will know, I have asked what mechanisms exist to challenge the housing…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI speak today from experience of working with universities and as an academic studying physics many years ago. What I found during that time was the importance of enabling…12 Jul 2021HANSARDPlanning Decisions: Local InvolvementDoes my right hon. Friend agree that in the consultation people should have a say on the height of buildings in their local community, so that they do not live under the shadow of…21 Jun 2021