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HANSARD Creative Industries: Stoke-on-TrentI thank the Minister for responding directly to my points—I do not think that ever happened during the entire time I was last in Parliament, so the novelty is not lost on me. On…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Creative Industries: Stoke-on-TrentMy hon. Friend has stolen my thunder, as I was going to offer the Minister an invitation at the end of my speech. The New Vic is wonderful, and with a creative boundary review it…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Creative Industries: Stoke-on-TrentThe hon. Gentleman, who is my friend, is absolutely right. With the right structure, creativity and public art can go a long way to helping to reduce some of the structural…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Creative Industries: Stoke-on-TrentI beg to move, That this House has considered support for the creative industries in Stoke-on-Trent. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Caroline. I thank…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Social SecurityThe right hon. Gentleman talks about choices and pensioners. When his party chose to suspend the triple lock in 2021 and give a below-inflation increase to pensioners, costing…10 Sept 2024HANSARD MedicinesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Last Thursday, during questions to the Leader of the House on the statement of business, I asked a question about BTecs in relation to…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPrivate School Closures6. What information her Department holds on the number of private schools that closed in England between 11 May 2010 and 5 July 2024.09 Sept 2024HANSARDPrivate School ClosuresSt Joseph’s preparatory school, a small fee-paying independent school in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is closing its doors at the end of this year after a period of financial…09 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireFurther to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee), there have been 10 years of data. I know because I used to ring the EA frequently in…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesWhether it is better buses, more policing or city centre living, support for our high streets ought to be a cross-Government approach, because of the many levers that are…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseBTecs provide a vital route to higher and further education for thousands of learners throughout the country, and it was welcome news that the Education Secretary has announced a…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireYou never forget your first time.05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) on securing such an important debate…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention—and I am grateful to be able to call him my hon. Friend; last time I was in the Commons, I never thought I would have the opportunity…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. It is almost as if she has read the script in front of me, because she has perfectly lined me up for my next point, which is about…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireThe hon. Gentlemen is in a position of unparalleled knowledge compared with all of us, having been the Minister, at which time he advocated for immediate closure. I think the…05 Sept 2024HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireI agree with everything that my hon. Friend has just said. We should not think about fly-tipping simply as community blight. It is not just about the sofa abandoned down the back…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Police Station Closure: Sutton ColdfieldDoes the right hon. Gentleman share my concern that in my constituency we do not have a single publicly accessible police station? They have been closed under a programme led by…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Technology in Public ServicesMy right hon. Friend is making a fine speech, but could he say a little bit about the cross-Government conversations that should be happening about upskilling and the…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Technology in Public ServicesThe hon. Gentleman has talked about the morale of the civil service. Would he care to tell us how he thinks that was affected by a former Prime Minister’s referring to the civil…02 Sept 2024