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HANSARDDigital IDIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on digital identity, and in the past I have audited algorithms and…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI will, as the hon. Gentleman has been trying to intervene for the whole debate.08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDThe hon. Member makes an interesting point. I recently applied for a mortgage, and I received a link via email to a provider that requested that I upload my bank statements, my…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. Absolutely, this is an industry connecting our heritage with our future, and it is vital that young people can see that and get…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireYes, sovereign capability is vital to ensure this nation’s security. CMCs are essential as lightweight replacements for alloys in high-temperature aggressive environments, such as…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireDo I take it from the Minister’s response that we will have some help to prevent china-dumping? GMB and great campaigners such as Sharon Yates have been campaigning to stop the…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that well-made point, which is central to my argument. Any benefits we see in advanced ceramics will be felt more widely, not just in heritage…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Members will know that the ceramics industry has been struggling with rising energy costs. Alongside my hon. Friends the Members for…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireRegarding trade, exporting to the EU is particularly challenging, and I look forward to any trade deals we may see from there to help with that.03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for the advanced ceramics industry in north Staffordshire. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI heartily agree with my hon. Friend. The people of north Staffordshire really are ready and waiting to offer their skills and energy, and that history of technology, to our…03 Dec 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIn Staffordshire, which is quite rural—I have Stoke-on-Trent city centre in my constituency—we have that shared interlinking, and it is very important to the development of north…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI reject the emotive use of terms like “gun to the head”. The Stoke-on-Trent city council and Staffordshire Moorlands district council proposals on LGR have been approved, and…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Critical Minerals StrategyAdvanced ceramics companies such as Mantec in my constituency produce ceramic membrane filters that are capable of extracting critical minerals including from industrial waste,…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI agree with my hon. Friend. It is with great sadness that I see this fight between cities and rural areas that demonises the city areas. Around Stoke-on-Trent we have a doughnut…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillOne of the advantages of this Government’s plan for devolution is that it offers the opportunity to address the country’s many regional inequalities. Indeed, strategic…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI wanted to intervene on the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking), but he had on his feet for over 20 minutes and I decided to give him a break. However, I want to raise…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am quite interested in what my hon. Friend says about the differential approach. As a councillor, I know that Stoke-on-Trent is not necessarily known for its tourism industry,…24 Nov 2025HANSARDActive Travel12. What steps she is taking to promote active travel.20 Nov 2025HANSARDActive TravelMy constituents in Stoke-on-Trent South have told me that they cannot move safely around their community because vehicles parked on pavements force pedestrians into the road.…20 Nov 2025