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HANSARD Health and Care Billrose —22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care Billrose —22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillPerhaps my hon. Friend can illuminate me. I was going to ask the Minister who owns the assets of the ICBs. Can the ICBs sell some of those assets and rent them back as a service?…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), who gave an eloquent speech about smoking. What he did not include, and what the Minister is not…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Nightclub SafetyIs my hon. Friend as concerned as I am about reports of Metropolitan police WhatsApp groups containing misogynistic, sexist and racist commentary, which is often about victims?…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWill the Minister give way?08 Nov 2021HANSARD Nightclub SafetyMy hon. Friend mentioned very good work by Swansea police, but she may not be aware of a case that I had where a person was spiked with a needle, and the day after, their arm came…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Nightclub SafetyMy point is that it is imperative that the police take these issues very seriously on all occasions and do not, as I understand they sometimes do, dismiss them as, “Oh, she was…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAs the hon. Gentleman knows, if we do not accept the Wellington amendment, we will all have to wear Wellington boots to avoid the stools while we are paddling. But does he agree…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWill my hon. Friend give way?08 Nov 2021HANSARD Nightclub Safetyrose—08 Nov 2021HANSARD Nightclub SafetyThe basic point is that 5.2% of sexual assaults involve drugging people. Of those, 5% are against women and 0.2% against men. In other words, the incidence is twenty-fivefold for…08 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitSix per cent. of global GDP is spent on fossil fuel subsidies, which is destroying our planet, and China spends more on them than the United States, Russia and the European Union…03 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I beg to move, That this House has considered transport funding for Wales and HS2. Bore da. Good morning. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Sir Edward. I am…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I completely agree with the right hon. Lady. Obviously, there are engineering and geographical issues here: Brunel originally had a straight line going through to Swansea, which…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2The hon. Member makes an important point. Overall, having a fast north-to-south link along the spine of the United Kingdom is good for the UK, and obviously the connections with…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2rose—26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2Because it is impermissible. I have been arguing that we need more connectivity within Wales—in south Wales and north Wales—but also between south Wales and the south-west,…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2Will the hon. Gentleman give way?26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I am listening carefully to the hon. Member’s comments, and I respect the fact that we have genuine differences. Will he accept that, if Scotland gets 91.7% of Barnett…26 Oct 2021