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HANSARDThe EconomyHunger is becoming normal in modern Britain. Is that not the most scathing indictment of today’s broken economy? In my town of Warrington, our local food bank has just had to open…24 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that these women born in the 1950s are against not equality in the retirement age, but the way the matter has been handled by this Government?23 Oct 2019HANSARDWorkplace Access Rights7. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of workplace access rights for trades unions.22 Oct 2019HANSARDWorkplace Access RightsThis week shocking reports have emerged about dire workplace conditions at Amazon. Those exploited workers desperately need a union, but workers at Amazon have had their shift…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseA number of my constituents in Steinbeck Grange, a development in Chapelford in Warrington South, have been mis-sold leasehold properties by David Wilson Holmes and face rip-off…17 Oct 2019HANSARDReforming Probation8. What progress he has made on reforming probation.08 Oct 2019HANSARDReforming ProbationThe former Justice Secretary’s decision in 2013 to privatise probation was set up to fail from the start. Now that a partial U-turn has been announced, can the Minister set out…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. Making sure that the sick and elderly are treated with care is the measure of any civilised society. I believe that…01 Oct 2019HANSARDProrogation of ParliamentIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ryan. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) on his excellent speech.…09 Sept 2019HANSARDNHS and Future Trade DealsIt is great to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mike Hill) for securing this important debate. For people in my…22 Jul 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Infrastructure23. E-bikes will offer enormous benefits for transport, health, wellbeing, the environment and green business growth, especially if Government funding is made available to support…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Children and Mental Health ServicesI thank the hon. Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths) for obtaining this important debate. I imagine that not a single Member of the House would diminish the importance or…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Retail StrategyI am happy my hon. Friend has secured this important debate, and I congratulate her on doing so; she is making an excellent case. Some 74,000 retail jobs were lost in 2018, and…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Retail StrategyWill my hon. Friend join me in urging the Government to heed the call by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers to take urgent action to save our shops by implementing…10 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday, reports emerged that the Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been advertising a price list for operations that were once free on the NHS. Vital…20 Jun 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Government Funding3. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding for local authorities on the adequacy of the services that they provide.17 Jun 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Government FundingWe know only too well by now that central Government underfunding of local authorities has devastated many of our constituents through cuts to many essential services. Perhaps the…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: CheshireMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case. In view of those issues and the Conservative party’s promise in 2015, does he agree that now is the time to scrap the Mersey Gateway…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: CheshireDoes the Minister agree that it is unfair to ask the public to pay those tolls when that bridge has been untolled for decades?05 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: Cheshirerose —05 Jun 2019