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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you both. My colleague, Kevan Jones, wants to come in quickly on investigations as well.06 Oct 2020HANSARD CCRC Decision on 44 Post Office ProsecutionsFor years, pleas from MPs to address this scandal have been ignored because of the Government’s cosy relationship with the Post Office. My constituents Kevin and Julie Carter and…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is clear that local lockdown areas should have control of test and trace; yet at the weekend the Prime Minister was adamant that it was not failures with his “world-beating”…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewWe are in a never-ending cycle of repeated lockdowns that are deferring the problem because they are not matched by robust testing and clear messaging. It is clear from the Health…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseOver 15,000 people have died in our care homes—many because of the Government’s shameful policy of discharging patients with coronavirus from hospital into care homes. Both the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDBusinesses and Covid-19What recent discussions he has had with representatives from those business sectors most affected by the covid-19 outbreak.29 Sept 2020HANSARDBusinesses and Covid-19I thank the Minister for his response, but it is simply not good enough. My local pubs, bars, restaurants, theatres and taxi drivers were already fighting for their survival. The…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is well known that weak leaders often blame the public in order to divide communities and deflect attention from their own failings. Another worrying trait of weak leadership…24 Sept 2020HANSARDYoung People in Custody: Covid-19What assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on young people in custody.22 Sept 2020HANSARDYoung People in Custody: Covid-19Despite Ministers’ previous answers to my hon. Friends, throughout the pandemic the Government have actively supported children in prison being locked in their cells for over 23…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorWill the Minister give way?10 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorThe star award for using covid as an opportunity to demoralise and destroy its workforce has to go to British Airways. One of my constituents—a long-standing employee of 25…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorThe hon. Member’s intervention leads me nicely on to my next point. My constituent tells me that some of her colleagues have actually taken their own lives and some have suffered…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateSouth Shields is on the watchlist. We have a testing station in my constituency, yet people cannot get a test at all or are being told to travel, with symptoms, to the other end…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Government and the Secretary of State have messed up. The result has been loss of life and an economy in tatters. It is little wonder that my home, South Shields, is now…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Counter-Daesh UpdateA recent King’s College report found that inaction from western Governments in dealing with their own citizens who affiliated to Daesh and who are detainees in Syria and Iraq is…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Counter-Daesh Updateindicated dissent.22 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateNightingales sat empty while the Secretary of State’s Government’s guidance allowed people to die needlessly in care homes. With 120,000 extra deaths predicted this winter, when…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAgain the Prime Minister’s special adviser is in the news. As well as regularly sharing his many views on our nation’s defence on his very public blog, he is now going to be…09 Jul 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Autumn OpeningAt the outset of the pandemic, the Government ignored the warnings from other countries about the seriousness of coronavirus. As a result, measures implemented were too late and…02 Jul 2020