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HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesNo—but those workers know how they contribute to our national economy. When manufacturing, pride in place and identity overlap, that is something to be celebrated, because it…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesA lot of Members have talked about the importance of defence manufacturing; the Minister has talked about our economic resilience, but a big part of this is our sovereign…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Calder Valley (Josh Fenton-Glynn) on securing the debate. We do not…19 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI think any of us who represent an industrial constituency cannot help but feel a tinge of sympathy for my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) this…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeWhile the dumping and the criminal gangs that perpetrate the dumping are one part of this, the other part is the businesses that seek to circumvent the legitimate routes for…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyIf we look at a heat map of asylum dispersals, we see that they tend to be in inner-city London, and then the towns and cities of the midlands and the north-west, which have the…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the words from the Leader of the House about the covid memorial response. Last Friday in my constituency, I met some bereaved families, led ably by my constituent Lynn…13 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyNational Energy Action estimates that Stoke-on-Trent is No. 1 in the country for fuel poverty. According to its analysis, even if we reduce energy bills, as we will do, most of…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe Minister will know that one of the most energy-intensive industries in the country is the ceramics sector, which cannot go off gas because the technology simply does not exist…12 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025It is always a pleasure to listen to the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim as he makes the case for his constituents. Is the Minister able to set out whether there is…11 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsIn a polycentric city such as Stoke-on-Trent, we have six town centres, as well as many other areas of trade. One big thing that affected us under the last Conservative…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Houses in Multiple Occupation: Planning ConsentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and I welcome the Minister to her new role. In this debate, I have found myself feeling slightly envious, listening to…04 Nov 2025HANSARDCare LeaversStoke-on-Trent has the second highest number of children in care per capita—second only to Blackpool. The items that the Minister has outlined are welcome for children in my city,…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsTo make steel in this country, we need ceramics. To build houses in this country, we need ceramics. Five of the eight industrial strategy growth sectors require ceramics. Ahead of…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesMuch like my hon. Friend in Staffordshire, I have constituents who are under the same management company. Even when trying to use mechanisms to see things, such as by a section 21…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI congratulate and thank the Minister for his work on this; I know how much of his time it is taking. Further to the points made by my hon. Friends the Members for Eltham and…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Support for Disabled VeteransI congratulate my hon. Friend on her appointment to her ministerial role. It is encouraging to hear again that the Government intend to legislate to put the covenant on a…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) touched on several relevant points. There was a time in this House when a Member coming under attack…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportThis debate has focused on the business element of the co-operative sector, but could the Minister take back to the Department the work on co-operative solutions that happens in…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyI should draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as a governor of a sixth-form college in Stoke-on-Trent and as chair of the…20 Oct 2025