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HANSARD Environment BillThe Secretary of State is clearly right about the two big global challenges that we face, but does he also recognise that, as a country in our own right, we face a specific…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)Coming from Harrow, where the local authority has seen its grant from the Government reduced by some 97% in eight years, it is pretty difficult for me to find much to cheer in the…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)One of the ways in which the Secretary of State could give multi-year, almost permanent, guarantees about levels of funding is through a much more ambitious programme of…24 Feb 2020HANSARDFebruary AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke (Jack Lopresti), not least because of his contribution about education and social mobility, which gives me…13 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Northwick Park Hospital, which serves my constituents, has not met its four-hour A&E target since August 2014. It has been starved of capital investment and it is short of…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Retail Workers: ProtectionThank you for calling me to speak, Sir Gary. I join others in paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) for continuing the good work of our…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Retail Workers: ProtectionMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The fact that post-traumatic stress disorder is being suffered by a number of shop workers who have been on the receiving end of…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Retail Workers: ProtectionIt is interesting that the hon. Member says that. I welcome his comments and the conversations he has had. The lack of prosecutions suggests that the issue is still not being…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Lloyds, HBOS and the Cranston ReviewI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for the way in which he has championed justice for those wronged by Lloyds. He is right to describe this case as one of the worst examples of…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillI wonder if I could raise with my hon. Friend an example that I think makes his point, which is the state of NHS finances in north-west London, in particular of the acute hospital…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillI want to raise again the example of Northwick Park Hospital, which serves my constituents. It has not met the four-hour A&E target since August 2015. One of the latest issues…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillWill the Minister give way?04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillIn support of the case that my hon. Friend is making, I again mention Northwick Park Hospital, which serves my constituents. It has a huge maintenance backlog. Since the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeWill my right hon. Friend give way?29 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeThe Minister will know that one particular area of crime that is on the rise is crime against retail workers. They face increasing threats of violence, many involving a knife and…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Local Services: London SuburbsMy hon. Friend is already making a strong case, and I know that she will continue to do so. Can I raise with her, and through her with the Minister, the problem of schools in the…28 Jan 2020HANSARDBuilding Better, Building BeautifulI have absolutely no idea whether co-operative housing is likely to benefit from the Government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful initiative, but by my definition it certainly…13 Jan 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Liridon Saliuka, who was originally from Kosovo but had a British passport, and who, before he was arrested and imprisoned at Belmarsh, was…08 Jan 2020HANSARDRetail Crime PreventionI am grateful to you, Mr Betts, for giving me the opportunity to speak. Like others, I praise my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) for once again bringing the…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Gujarati Community in the UKI am sure it will not last beyond today. On behalf of the Gujarati community that I am proud to represent, I wanted to add to the list of requests made of the Minister. The first…30 Oct 2019