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HANSARD Equality of Funding: Post-16 EducationMy hon. Friend is making a passionate speech. I would add to his list another disadvantage to colleges. Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College was in massive arrears. The…25 Feb 2020HANSARDYouth ProjectsWith youth services having been slashed by 73% since 2010 under savage local government cuts, and given that a peer gets more for turning up for one day than an under-25 year old…13 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureAs a nearby west London MP, may I ask the Prime Minister over to my patch, where HS2, Crossrail and Heathrow are already impacting on lives, to make the much promised visit—his…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but does he not recognise that all these things stem from the Immigration Act 2014, which was passed by his Government? He seems to be denying…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Ms Brown) and to be the last Back Bencher called in this thoughtful, sometimes passionate and always informative…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillI am grateful to the Minister for that and welcome his point. As I say, it looked a little vague, so I am pleased that we have got a bit more vagueness out of him this evening. We…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?10 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportWill my hon. Friend give way?05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportI want to give my hon. Friend a London example. We have the 70 and 94 buses in Acton and Chiswick, and on Friday they became electric, despite the massive cuts to the Transport…05 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Veterans Minister and I finally get to meet next week, at a meeting originally promised with his predecessor about my constituent Tony Pitt, who was worried about funding…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. She has mentioned co-operatives and linking economic and social justice. On microfinance in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus’s Grameen bank…30 Jan 2020HANSARD Local Services: London SuburbsMay I just correct the Minister? My proposal was for a cross-departmental taskforce that would cover all suburbs, not just London ones.28 Jan 2020HANSARD Local Services: London SuburbsAs always, my hon. Friend is totally right. We were never part of the Inner London Education Authority, as Harrow was not, and the cost of housing in north-west London boroughs is…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Local Services: London SuburbsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. There are many outer Londons, with different types of housing, and different 21st-century pressures that affect all London suburbs, east and…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Local Services: London SuburbsI beg to move, That this House has considered London suburbs and local service provision. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hosie. This debate on services in our…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Assisted Dying LawThe hon. Lady is making a powerful speech. I am pleased that she has not brought any legislation before us, because I found this issue very difficult when we last faced it, in…23 Jan 2020HANSARD Economy and Society: Contribution of MusicMay I put on record my appreciation of Ealing, which may be little known as a big centre for music, in a heritage way as well? The Who met in Ealing and the Rolling Stones first…21 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. They have a combined annual turnover of £60 billion and there are 100,000 of them, but this Government seem to have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to social enterprises.…21 Jan 2020HANSARDSupport for Small BusinessesI thank the Minister for her response. I was at a local business breakfast last week. Alongside the predictable issues of late payment, Brexit-readiness and parking, which I would…21 Jan 2020HANSARDSupport for Small Businesses4. What steps the Government are taking to support small businesses.21 Jan 2020