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HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech about the need to address climate change. Does he agree that if the Government were really committed to tackling climate change,…01 May 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Political ProcessThe Secretary of State will agree that the Good Friday agreement must be upheld in Northern Ireland if peace is to be sustained and so that we do not have more murders like the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsThe Minister must know that the university recruitment cycle for 2020 is already under way, and the ability of UK universities to attract and recruit students from the EU will be…29 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Can the Minister tell the House when the Augar review of post-18 education and student funding is likely to report? I hope he does not just say, “Soon.” Will he outline the…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperThis is an important White Paper; greater online regulation is long overdue. As the Secretary of State said, over 8,000 sexual offences against children with an online element…08 Apr 2019HANSARD LibyaThe situation in Libya is looking increasingly desperate, as the country is on the brink of slipping back into authoritarian control. Will the Minister therefore tell us what the…08 Apr 2019HANSARDSocial HousingThe Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has advised the Government that they need to do more to support neighbourhood planning in deprived areas. Does the Minister…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this important debate, which has produced a great degree of consensus across the Chamber. The Government should…28 Mar 2019HANSARDGlobal Warming4. If she will make reducing global warming a strategic priority of her Department.20 Mar 2019HANSARDGlobal WarmingWill the Minister update the House on what DFID is doing to follow through on the agreement made at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 2018 to support urgent action…20 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ2. On Friday I visited a school in my constituency where distressing poverty means that teachers are not only providing food for the children at breakfast and lunch, but are…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThe Minister will know that businesses and people up and down the country are anxious about the prospect of no deal. Does he therefore accept that they need more reassurance than…18 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am very grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way. I really do want to know why she has consistently sought to get a deal that satisfies hardliners on her own side, rather…12 Mar 2019HANSARD The Modern Commonwealth: Opportunities and ChallengesI thank the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) for securing this debate, and for his excellent chairing of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK.…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsA recent report from Shelter states that permitted development is a totally “unsuitable method of solving the housing crisis”, and a Guardian piece at the weekend gave an example…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Privatised Probation SystemI have three prisons in my constituency, and it is really tragic to see what has happened to the probation service in recent years. It is now fragmented and under-resourced, and,…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEurotunnel: PaymentI have recently been to see the Secretary of State for Education to lobby him for desperately needed resources to rebuild schools in my constituency and I was told that there is…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeMy hon. Friend is making a really powerful speech. Does she agree that pensioner miners in areas such as mine in Durham should be getting an enhanced set of benefits from the…14 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Can the Minister say something about the rest of the world, as well as the EU? What process do the Government have in place to ensure that the EU and other countries accept this…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Does the Minister understand that that is the crux of the issue about this particular instrument? A number of consumers and citizens of this country are concerned because, when we…04 Feb 2019