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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. My constituency of Stoke-on-Trent Central has some of the deepest ingrained health inequalities anywhere in the country. My constituents are just as deserving of first-class…22 Jul 2025HANSARDPrax Lindsey Oil RefineryMuch like the ceramics sector, the refinery sector is an energy-intensive industry that is at the mercy of industrial energy prices, which are beyond its control but have a huge…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionMy constituents want to know that their drinking water is safe and that waterways such as the River Trent are clean and looked after. I welcome all the Secretary of State’s…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityWhen violent disorder erupted on the streets of my constituency last summer, the police put themselves between two groups of people who had been wound up and were looking to see…21 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. As well as being the governor of a sixth-form college, I am proud to be a governor of the Abbey Hill special school in Stoke-on-Trent—I draw the House’s attention to my entry…21 Jul 2025HANSARDSixth-form Colleges: Funding11. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth-form colleges. [R]21 Jul 2025HANSARDSixth-form Colleges: FundingI draw the attention of the House to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a governor of the City of Stoke-on-Trent sixth-form college and the chair of…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeNo, I will not give way a second time. My hon. Friend is correct, in that the teachers I speak to say that it is hard. They talk about the societal impacts that are affecting…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeIt is a genuine pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore). He and I have worked together for the best part of a decade, and his commitment to seeing…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeHow could I not agree? Those facilities in communities are what turn them from housing estates into homes, and turn the communities into something special. At this point, I should…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeWhen we have local government reorganisation, we will be one big happy family in north Staffordshire. Whether it is Stoke-on-Trent or Newcastle-under-Lyme, we will get there.16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeMy hon. Friend has made the point excellently. Although she and I will talk passionately about the experiences that we see in our own city, I am sure that in every city like ours…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI would not say that the hon. Lady’s intervention was helpful to me, but she has made her point. The Government have been quite clear that we must look at how some alternative…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI thank the Minister for giving way; she is being generous with her time. One area of concern that parents of children who have an EHCP have raised with me is where there are…16 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsMy constituents have a very simple view of the criminal justice system: they want to know that the victims of crime will have their day in court and that the perpetrators will…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]They think it’s all over!08 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI congratulate my right hon. Friend, partly for the launch today of the national year of reading. As the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on literacy, that is a…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseWe are potentially moving to a point where proscription of the IRGC needs to be looked at considerably more strongly as a mechanism for dealing with the transnational repression…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSecure 16 to 19 Academies BillThe provision of 16 to 19 secure schools to ensure that young people have an opportunity to develop skills to prevent reoffending is absolutely something I welcome. Given that,…02 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland Executive14. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the adequacy of the level of funding for Northern Ireland in the spending review 2025.02 Jul 2025