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HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale on securing the Bill and on his long advocacy on this issue. The…16 Sept 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK Legal ObligationsWith the UK at the foothills of a new era and a raft of trade negotiations ahead of us that will affect the lives of people in Putney and across the country, what message does the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeWater, sanitation and hygiene funding is essential for achieving disease control and prevention, poverty reduction and gender equality. I am dismayed that the first act of this…02 Sept 2020HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsThere are still 6,000 children in makeshift camps in the EU. In the time it took for the Home Office to process the 480 spaces—only 480—that it committed to under the Dubs scheme,…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley). I share his desire to maintain the debate about Black Lives Matter and racism and discrimination…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Trade BillI only have a few seconds left. If the planned negotiations will include all those rights and standards, that should be guaranteed by being written into parliamentary legislation.…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Trade BillThis Trade Bill is fatally flawed. It could have been a bold statement about our future trade deals in which we used our independence from the EU, whatever we feel about it, to…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe new Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, which came into force on 8 June, set a standard fixed fee that will make legally aided complex…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalDo you agree that many of my constituents in the Riverside Quarter, the Swish Building and the Argento Tower are facing this same limbo and have no end in sight? The fund needs to…14 Jul 2020HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) on securing this important debate. I have worked in the international development sector for 25…09 Jul 2020HANSARDActive TravelWill the Secretary of State join me in congratulating teachers, parents and volunteers who are opening school streets such as that for Albermarle Primary School in Putney, which…02 Jul 2020HANSARDActive TravelWhat support the Government are providing to local authorities to promote active travel.02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Workington (Mark Jenkinson) on his maiden speech and on taking his place in the House. I am honoured to be able to give a speech today that will…02 Jul 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)I have a few short remarks to make about food standards, which are of huge concern to my constituents. More than 100 people have written to me in the past week or so calling for a…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend is making a powerful argument with many different opinions on how important scrutiny is. I can add to that the voices of three other groups. One is the constituents…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)It is four years to the day since the referendum vote to leave the European Union and here we are, hardly oven ready. The stripping out of scrutiny is the most alarming of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)Returning to the issue of Canada and delayed negotiations, can the Minister confirm that if we do not secure the free trade agreement with Canada before 31 December, we will lose…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)This is, at last, a very uncontroversial amendment. I do not think that any of us in this Committee would disagree with the idea of complying with agreements that the Government…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Sixth sitting)Moving on from the sustainable development goals, and looking at the environmental regulations and the environmental issues that are baked into the Bill, we are already committed…23 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Third sitting)Q I have a question for each of you. The question for David Lawrence is about scrutiny. You talked about the addition of scrutiny. Do you see any downside to adding in that…18 Jun 2020