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HANSARD Housing: North StaffordshireWhile the Minister is talking about green-belt land, I want to talk about the Stoke-on-Trent local plan. Berryhill Fields in my constituency has been given a reprieve from…09 Sept 2025HANSARD Housing: North Staffordshirerose —09 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituents—like yours, I am sure, Madam Deputy Speaker—want to have ready access to cash and banking facilities, but when the Lloyds bank in Stoke town closes its doors later…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Early Education and ChildcareI think the whole House can welcome the investment that has been announced today. We know that going through early education makes young people more ready for school, and closing…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for his indulgence. He says that Lords amendment 1 makes a significant improvement to the Bill. Why, then, when it was…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Billrose —04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the shadow Minister for giving way to me for a third time. I presume what he is suggesting is more about the title and the style than about a seat in the legislature. He…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI obviously declare an interest as my wife is a Member of the House of Lords—and a salaried Minister, for good fortune. The shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recognises…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point. The work that Lord Grocott did on this in the other place is commendable, but it was sadly blocked time and again by the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am sorry to intervene again, but this is an important point. Since the general election, there have been 21 nominees to the other place. That would have counted for half the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the Father of the House give way?04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI draw attention to my interest on two fronts, in that my wife is a life peer in the House of Lords and a salaried Minister.04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Billrose—04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillYes, she is very good. I thank my hon. Friend for that. I want to start by addressing some of the points that the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire (Pete Wishart) made—he…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWithout getting drawn into the debate on the rights and wrongs, I will say that if the Scottish National party had wanted an elected second Chamber, it could have had one in the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is hard to overestimate the valuable contribution that the Cross-Bench peers make to the House of Lords, not least the number of retired members of the judiciary who come in to…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman poses a fair question. I would argue that having a ringfenced number of seats reserved almost exclusively for white men sends the wrong message to my…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is a small element, as the hon. Gentleman says, but by that same logic, the removal of that small element will not have a big impact. We are grasping at straws. Let me address…04 Sept 2025HANSARDElectronic Patient Record Systems7. What steps his Department is taking to improve electronic patient record systems in the NHS.22 Jul 2025HANSARDElectronic Patient Record SystemsThe Minister will be aware that my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham) and I have been working on a replacement system for the University Hospitals of North…22 Jul 2025