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HANSARDPost-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 2025HANSARD A50/A500 CorridorI thank the Minister for being so generous in giving way. Thirteen years ago, when I was leader of the local authority in Newcastle, I joined the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire…20 Oct 2025HANSARD A50/A500 CorridorI gently point out to the Minister that there is not just a rich history of manufacturing and industry, but potentially a rich future, too. We are still an area of the country…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe streets around Birches Head and Sneyd Green have become an impenetrable labyrinth of road closures, diversions and blockades while Severn Trent Water digs up the roads to…16 Oct 2025HANSARDBritish-made Ceramics5. What steps the Commission is taking to increase the use of British-made ceramics by the House of Commons.16 Oct 2025HANSARDBritish-made CeramicsMay I thank you, Mr Speaker, for your leadership on this? The exquisite Speaker’s House collection that you personally commissioned is made proudly in Stoke-on-Trent by Duchess…16 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 20238. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023When the unlawful legacy Act shut down 200 investigations into the deaths of British soldiers, people across the country, including in my constituency, will have thought that was…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNet Zero: Impact on Manufacturing8. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department’s net zero policies on the manufacturing industry.14 Oct 2025HANSARDNet Zero: Impact on ManufacturingI congratulate the Minister on his well-deserved elevation to the Front Bench. He has worked quite hard with the ceramic sector on this issue. Energy-intensive industries, such as…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillThe shadow Minister is reading out a series of crimes that are reprehensible, and no one in this House would want to see the individuals who commit such crimes having anything but…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI am enjoying the right hon. Gentleman’s one-man show on why he should be leader of the Conservative party. He will get no argument from me on the fact that we need to reduce the…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the hon. Member give way?15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWell, that wouldn’t be the Tory party, would it, Madam Deputy Speaker? What the shadow Secretary of State seems not to understand is that workers cannot turn up to a trade union…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Lady makes good points in some parts of her speech, but not in others. The point of a trade union representative—or any representative who goes with an individual to a…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a member of Unison and the GMB, and during the election I received financial support…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI wonder whether my hon. Friend agrees that when Conservative Members oppose day one rights, they are not really worried about the day on which the rights start; they are actually…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Accessibility of Railway Stations: Dulwich and West NorwoodWhile the Minister has his diary out, I wonder whether he could facilitate a similar meeting for me with the Rail Minister regarding Longton train station.09 Sept 2025HANSARD Accessibility of Railway Stations: Dulwich and West NorwoodIf one of my hon. Friend’s constituents in Dulwich or West Norwood were to get a train to my constituency in Longton—there is a tenuous connection—they would also find that…09 Sept 2025HANSARD Housing: North StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I commend to the Minister the draft local plan in Stoke-on-Trent, which is very bold. It recognises that there is an…09 Sept 2025