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HANSARD Future of RailI hear you, Sir Charles. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) on securing this important debate.…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Sharma. I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) for securing today’s debate on a really important issue. I stayed…31 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI, too, thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I genuinely welcome the action that he has outlined today, although the strength of his words must be…30 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesCan I, through the Minister, thank the Secretary of State for what he has said and the content of the letter that he and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial…28 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineI think the Foreign Secretary’s comments on the economic and jobs advantages of our lethal aid to Ukraine were, I am sure unintentionally, a little crass and insensitive. She may…28 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctions: Assets SeizureWhen concerns about Russian interference in UK politics were raised by the Intelligence and Security Committee a couple of years ago, the Prime Minister laughed them off, saying…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctions: Assets Seizure4. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on seizing the assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs.22 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI am delighted that I gave way to the hon. Member, but I am going to move on because that has nothing to do with the current debate.21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsWe in the SNP welcome this debate secured by the Labour party, not least because, as the shadow Secretary of State says, there is unanimity on how deplorable P&O’s actions are,…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. The college will be looking on in horror at the current story, as numbers applying for courses perhaps plummet. This is modern-day…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsThe answer is absolutely none of it. [ Interruption. ] The Secretary of State wants us to move on because he does not want to hear the truth of the matter. We have not taken back…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsAbsolutely. I thank my right hon. Friend for that point, which speaks once again of how this Tory Government care more about the businesses than the employees. That is at the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. I have always been a glass half full type of guy, but, sadly, I have to completely agree with his interpretation of the situation. I…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsMy hon. Friend is not often wrong, and he is right again on this. Sadly, I am not entirely sure that those on the Government Front Bench were listening to the message that he…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsIf I have to.21 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. Let me add that I agreed with every word that was said by the shadow Secretary of State and the Chair of the Select…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe stories we are currently hearing of security being hired to remove P&O crew from vessels is deeply concerning. As I understand it, all P&O sailing staff are to be made…17 Mar 2022HANSARD DWP Estate: Office ClosuresThis issue speaks to the treatment of DWP staff, with morale in DWP offices across the country already at rock bottom, not least due to DWP management’s response to covid among…17 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric VehiclesI very much appreciate that answer, but it is completely different to the one I received to a parliamentary question on Monday, which was that the Government have ordered zero…17 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric VehiclesIt has been more than two years since the Prime Minister promised 4,000 new zero-emission buses—representing only about a tenth of the English bus fleet—by the start of 2025. It…17 Mar 2022