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HANSARD World Immunisation WeekI welcome this debate in Government time on such an important topic as World Immunisation Week. It is just a wee bit tragic that it has been scheduled today, clashing with local…02 May 2019HANSARD World Immunisation Weekrose —02 May 2019HANSARD World Immunisation WeekI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. As I said at the end of my speech, there are researchers who are actually working on the ability to vaccinate against cancerous cells. This…02 May 2019HANSARD World Immunisation WeekAt the moment, the transition begins when a country reaches a certain level of gross national income, which is a relatively crude measure. We are seeing a greater number of…02 May 2019HANSARD Social Media and HealthI too welcome the statement, the two summits that have already been held and, in particular, the announcement of funding to Samaritans. However, the scale of the task is…30 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Tertiary Education6. What assessment he has made of the potential effect on tertiary education of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement.29 Apr 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsIn many of his responses, the Minister has seemed to imply that being a member of the EU was stopping the UK having people from elsewhere in the world, but that is up to the Home…29 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Tertiary EducationIn contrast to Scotland, the Secretary of State proposes to remove home fee status from EU students after Brexit. This has created such concern that the Norwegian higher education…29 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingAbsolutely. We should value family carers and the care and work they do, right across the United Kingdom, for people who need help in all our communities, yet they are so poorly…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingThe resource budget of the Scottish Government has been cut 7% since 2010, not 1%. The idea that they have faced only a 1% cut is nonsense.24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingThe hon. Gentleman talks about the workforce, but in both the NHS funding settlement and the forward plan we see a big injection into NHS England, but no extra funding for Health…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI associate myself with the comments of the other two Front Benchers about the events over the weekend. I had the honour of being in Jerusalem for Easter and was shocked on…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI utterly agree and, obviously, the Department’s name was changed to the Department of Health and Social Care to reflect that need for integration, yet that is not the discussion…24 Apr 2019HANSARD UK Fishing Industry: Non-EEA VisasIs that not an issue when, particularly up and down the west coast, where inshore fishing is hit, we have skippers who own boats and therefore should be really successful but are…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Access to Medical CannabisI am glad this urgent question has moved from the Home Office to Health, where it should be, but one has to ask why drugs are being seized when they are no longer illegal—that is…08 Apr 2019HANSARD UK Fishing Industry: Non-EEA VisasDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that the problem seems to be that when skill is defined, it is always still defined in academic terms? Actually, skill is an inherent ability…08 Apr 2019HANSARDVote Leave9. What recent representations the Commission has received on fines imposed on Vote Leave.28 Mar 2019HANSARDVote LeaveThe Leave campaign was found guilty of sending almost 200,000 unsolicited texts to numbers it had harvested from a football competition with odds of 5 million, million, billion to…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesIs it not bizarre that the Department for Work and Pensions has pushed people to open bank accounts away from the post office in order to receive benefits, when they actually end…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesWill the Minister give way?27 Mar 2019