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HANSARDCervical Cancer Smear TestsPerhaps that is the royal family only. The hon. Lady is absolutely right. For years I was convinced that if we used Tampax, it would suddenly make us fitter, more active and able…28 Jan 2019HANSARDCervical Cancer Smear TestsAnd mesh.28 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsHe asked you a different question.24 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingMay I ask the Minister again to look into reviewing whether to put schools on to the building safety list, because they are currently not on it? I would be grateful if he would…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingOne justification for not having sprinklers in schools is that it is easy to vacate a building. Having been a teacher for 11 years, I know that it would need only a couple of…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful and moving speech. I am sure that his constituents are incredibly grateful to him for his tireless campaigning to support them. We are…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Fire Safety and CladdingThe announcements fail to recognise that most schools are not particularly high. I do not understand why the Government do not include all schools in this list, or else they are…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingI completely agree with the right hon. Gentleman that that has declined. I know that because after giving birth, a friend of mine wanted a reason to get out of the house and not…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingIt will be no surprise to the right hon. Gentleman that I completely agree with him, and I share his passion for that. In a previous debate on the subject, I made the point that…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I feel as though we can achieve something that is perhaps unachievable at this moment in any other issue or in other…21 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryThe words I was using were those of the industry, so if the Minister has an issue with a promise being made by the Government, perhaps she should take that up with the industries…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes; I hope that this is the first of many such occasions. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent contribution. I am fully aware of how long the campaign has been going on and of how long people have been talking about the issue. The…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryI am sure the Minister understands how frustrated everyone feels, including businesses. To go back to the central point of my speech, does the Minister not acknowledge that trust…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Antoinette Sandbach). The unsettled mood that we feel in the Chamber today and across the whole of Parliament is…16 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingThank you very much, Mr Walker. I stand here to represent an incredibly proud city. I hope that the Minister bears that in mind, because I am asking not for the Government’s pity…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Local Government FundingMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. In Central ward in Hull, more than 47% of children live in poverty. That is one of the highest rates of poverty in this whole country.…15 Jan 2019HANSARDRail FaresFares have gone up everywhere, including for Hull Trains, which has been particularly difficult for residents of Hull to swallow because the reliability of the trains has been so…10 Jan 2019HANSARD Apprenticeships and Skills PolicyI will finish this point first. Such people see the advantage of taking a degree apprenticeship and perhaps are not the people the policy was aimed at.08 Jan 2019HANSARD Apprenticeships and Skills PolicyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David, and to follow the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley). I see apprenticeships as exciting. We have an…08 Jan 2019