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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Because of their religious character, Catholic sixth-form colleges such as the nationally renowned St Dominic’s in my constituency cannot, even if they wanted to, take…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross). Many community organisations in England would recognise his concern about funding cuts. I come from the…04 Feb 2019HANSARDWater IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of the water industry in England and Wales. Customers and employees should be helped to take back control of the companies…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryA £5 note is on its way.22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryThe hon. Gentleman makes an extremely good point. Given that we are in the middle of the latest pricing review, if Ministers had the gumption they could put pressure on Ofwat to…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryI am enjoying the trip to Venezuela that the right hon. Gentleman is taking us on. May I draw him back to my remarks about the mutual model of democratic public ownership, which…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryI wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman would comment on two things. The first is the National Audit Office’s calculations, which suggest that there has been a 43% increase in…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryFar be it from me to help the Scottish National party out, but as I understand it, from analysis done by Greenwich University, the levels of leakage per kilometre in Scotland are…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryWill the Minister comment on two points? I mentioned in an earlier intervention that, since Scottish Water was set up in its current form, the price of water is 2% lower in real…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryI am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee, to you, Mr Gray, for chairing the debate, and to my hon. Friends and other hon. Members for taking the time to take part. I…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryI find myself in the slightly unusual position of agreeing almost completely with the hon. Lady. Leakage is a huge problem. Much tougher regulation by Ofwat in particular, and…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryMy hon. Friend and the trade union movement in general have pointed that out on a number of occasions. I will come on to one of the trade union movement’s particular campaign…22 Jan 2019HANSARDWater IndustryMy hon. Friend makes a good point. I will come on to how mutuals would allow customers to have a lot more say over—indeed, they would give them ownership of—the water services on…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018The Minister said that St Mary’s University in Twickenham already offered accelerated degrees, but he then said that the financial circumstances of other universities meant that…14 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018Further to the intervention by my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth, a number of years after the Government decided to put tuition fees up to £9,000, mature…14 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018If the Minister wants to be the Minister for students, presumably he has talked to student representative bodies. What is their assessment of the proposed 20% fees hike?14 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018rose—14 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018Would it be fair to say that today we are being asked to vote for a 20% hike in tuition fees, albeit for accelerated degrees, without any commensurate guarantees of an improvement…14 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018No—I was heckling.14 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActDoes the hon. Gentleman accept that if the deal does not pass this House next Tuesday, agreement to extend article 50 will be an urgent priority for the Government to bring…09 Jan 2019