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HANSARDExcess Death TrendsThis will not be the first, or I suspect the last, Government in history not to follow the evidence when it comes to difficult issues. When Governments make mistakes, protect…16 Jan 2024HANSARD School Pupils with AllergiesI remind Members who wish to catch my eye that they should bob.30 Nov 2023HANSARD School Pupils with AllergiesOrder. This has been a good and important debate, but I must remind hon. Members that interventions should be short. I did not want to intervene previously, but I also remind…30 Nov 2023HANSARD School Pupils with AllergiesI call Catherine McKinnell to speak on behalf of the Labour party.30 Nov 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2There is a deep democratic point in all of this. The Secretary of State was elected at the last general election with the expectation given by the then leader of the Conservative…16 Oct 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2Will the Minister give an unambiguous answer to this question: is this Government still committed to building HS2 to Manchester from Euston? People in the north need to know…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHS2: CostDoes the Minister agree that this country’s performance on productivity has been pitiful over the last 10 years? There has been virtually no improvement in productivity, and one…05 Sept 2023HANSARDUN High-level Meetings in 2023There has been a consensus in this debate that resources need to be directed at trying to prevent pandemics and get rid of as many diseases as we can. One of the proposals to be…11 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesBefore I call the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) to open the debate, I wish to make a short statement about the sub judice resolution. I have been advised that a…26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesI ask hon. Members who wish to be called in the debate to stand. This is a three-hour debate, so I do not think there is any necessity for a time limit.26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesOrder.26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesOrder. We are not under any real time pressure, but can I remind right hon. and hon. Members that interventions should be short and to the point? They are gradually getting longer…26 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIn answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith) about the murky dealings at Teesworks, the Leader of the House read out a list of Government spending…25 May 2023HANSARD New HospitalsWill the Secretary of State clarify the position on North Manchester General Hospital? It is not mentioned in the written copy of his statement and I did not hear him mention it.…25 May 2023HANSARDLife Sciences: Private InvestmentIt is a delight to see the right hon. Lady in her new position. As a previous member of the Select Committee on Science and Technology, at least she will know something about…03 May 2023HANSARDMarine Protected AreasThe right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. Before he moves on to another point, I want to follow the previous interventions by accepting that the development of…02 May 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionOrder. Can the hon. Gentleman return to parliamentary language in this intervention? I am not participating in this debate at all. The hon. Gentleman referred to “you” in his last…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionOrder. We have not been short of time this afternoon, and every hon. Member has had the opportunity to speak. Interventions should be brief and to the point.20 Apr 2023HANSARDFuture of Social HousingDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is a measure of the waste of public funds and the state of the housing crisis that in Kersal and other areas in my constituency—and, I dare say,…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ3. We now know from The Daily Telegraph ’s lockdown files that, during covid, at the very heart of Government science was not being followed and rational discourse had been…22 Mar 2023