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HANSARDTransport for TownsIt is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on securing this debate, which…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTransport for TownsHaving read the 2017 Act, I am acutely aware of what possibilities exist in it, but my specific question to the Minister is how many local authorities have taken up those powers…19 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland BackstopThe Solicitor General says it is in the fate of the Labour party to help him secure a deal, but that simply is not true. What concessions, if any, will the Government make towards…19 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren’s HospicesBut the fact is that, even with those significant investments, most children’s hospices will still be reliant almost exclusively on fundraising and philanthropic donations. Does…19 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUGiven that the European Union is saying that it will not entertain any legal changes to the withdrawal agreement—I share the Secretary of State’s desire to get a deal and have…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI want to ask the hon. Gentleman a similar question to the one I put to those on our Front Bench. If the SNP amendment is adopted today, is the intention for the United Kingdom to…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUWill my right hon. and learned Friend clarify something for me? I am sympathetic to and almost supportive of the efforts of my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton,…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeOf course, the north Staffordshire coalfields were some of the most prosperous and efficient coalfields in the country. Does my hon. Friend agree that if the money that the…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Seasonal Agricultural Workers SchemeGiven what the Minister says about the Government’s commitment to modern slavery, may I ask, cheekily and slightly tangentially, whether he will have a word with the Leader of the…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Seasonal Agricultural Workers SchemeI congratulate my hon. Friend on the immense amount of work that he and our hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) do on modern slavery and preventing it in this…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Universities: Financial SustainabilityThe Government still put billions of pounds into the higher education sector through research grants. If the Minister is not going to bail out institutions that are struggling…11 Feb 2019HANSARDT-levelsObviously T-levels are still a couple of years away, and colleges are expecting funding now. What can the Secretary of State do to assure me that when T-levels do arrive, colleges…04 Feb 2019HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceStaffordshire University has one of the best AI robotics courses in the country. What role does the Minister see the universities that are training the AI robotics engineers of…31 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingMy hon. Friend rightly mentioned the £4,000 rate freeze. He might like to know that, had the rate increased by inflation since 2013, the figure would be almost £4,300 today; that…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. Pretty much all of what I was going to say has been said, but in the great tradition of this place I am going to say it…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingWill the Minister give way?21 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House’s responsibilities for the restoration and renewal project mean that she has a great opportunity to shape one of the biggest public sector procurement…17 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle). He and I disagree on answers to Brexit, but no one can doubt his passion for his…10 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI am afraid I will not. Everyone else has had their time, so I will carry on. It is important to find a mechanism that protects those rights, and does not kick the can down the…10 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Without realising it, many Members of this House will own an item of clothing made by a slave from an overseas country. What more will the Secretary of State do to make sure…09 Jan 2019