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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. It is now exactly four months since the Avanti management were caught laughing at the Government —they are not on their own. They were laughing because they see the…16 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Immigration: CostsBefore I call Andrea Jenkyns, I have a note on the clocks. Most of them are either telling the wrong time or not working, so there will be no timing of the length of speeches. I…07 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Immigration: CostsI remind hon. Members who wish to be called in the debate that they should indicate in the normal way by standing.07 May 2024HANSARD Water Safety EducationI understand that there is agreement by John Cryer and the Minister for another hon. Member to participate in the debate. However, as is the convention for 30-minute debates,…07 May 2024HANSARD Lithium: Critical Minerals SupplyThe hon. Lady has made two significant points in a coherent speech. First, we will not be able to make use of natural resources in this country while our energy costs remain so…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI am not familiar with that particular paper, but I agree with the hon. Gentleman that nothing is ever 100% safe and vaccines have an overall benefit. I am vaccinated against…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, but I happen to know that in some local authorities, instructions went out to the people who were registering deaths essentially to say, “If…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsNo, I am not surprised about that. Inquiries take a long time and their reports and recommendations often gather dust. I have never made this point before, and I hope I am not…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI agree with the hon. Gentleman to a point. In March, when the first decisions were made, nobody knew what was going to happen. There was a panic to go into lockdown, which was…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), who has done remarkably good work on vaccine-damaged people. I co-chair his all-party…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsOf course. I want to move on to excess deaths over the last couple of years, since covid, and the figures during covid. One of the ways of measuring the impact of covid was…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI am not suggesting that at all. I am suggesting that at that time, when it was difficult to examine people because there was a distance between clinicians and the people who had…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThe hon. Gentleman has made his point. I do not believe in conspiracies. I do believe that, from time to time, one gets a view, both in professions and outside professions, that…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthOrder. I remind hon. Members that we are not pushed for time this afternoon. Interventions should be short and to the point.07 Mar 2024HANSARDInfrastructure: Impact on Business InvestmentI do not think that any hon. or right hon. Member could disagree in general terms with the Minister’s reply. It would have been a more interesting reply if she had made an…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthHon. Members who wish to speak should stand to indicate that wish, in the usual manner. I call Dame Angela Eagle.07 Mar 2024HANSARDInfrastructure: Impact on Business Investment13. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of infrastructure on levels of business investment.07 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Last week, the Institute for Public Policy Research published a paper, “State of the North 2024”. That paper predicted that wealth inequalities, already too large between the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ15. The Prime Minister has been at it again. In a previous answer, he boasted about transferring investment from the north of England to the south. When he came to Manchester in…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydWhen we have the sad duty to pay tribute to hon. or right hon. Members, it is often the case that the facts get gilded, in a sense, to help the family. There is absolutely no need…23 Jan 2024