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HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Twenty years after defeat in the second world war, the first Japanese bullet train travelled the 300 miles from Tokyo to Osaka at 200 mph. Is it not a measure of the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDHS2: Revised Timetable and BudgetI have great respect for the Minister, but I feel sorry for him today, because he is having to defend the completely worthless words of previous Secretaries of State for…14 Mar 2023HANSARDSuicide Prevention and the National CurriculumI ask hon. Members to stand if you want to speak, even if you have written in. If you have not written in, please stand. It will give you and me an idea of how to proportion the…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIt gives me no pleasure at all to say that if the coroner service in Manchester was a school or a hospital trust it would be in special measures: the coroner service is…02 Feb 2023HANSARD High Income Child Benefit ChargeOrder. This is not a high-pressure debate and there is plenty of time, but the title is the high income child benefit charge. I am willing to relax and let the hon. Lady go a bit…02 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI thank the Secretary of State for applying for reconsideration, and I thank the Minister and right hon. and hon. Members who have participated in the debate, which I agree has…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI thank the Minister for his kind remarks. Will he respond to the two points that I made in the area that he is considering at the moment? One was that there seems to be an…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Will the Prime Minister join his Conservative predecessors in guaranteeing that HS2 reaches Manchester, or does he still believe that investment should be taken from poorer…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI agree with the right hon. Lady, and thank her for her intervention. We do not only want transparency; there needs to be an examination of the statistics. We were told on the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI ask the Minister to respond to that. Let me make a further point about the right hon. Lady’s intervention. The Science and Technology Committee was told in evidence—I think by…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI thank the right hon. Lady for that intervention. I know the trade union believes that recommendations should be made. I have read a lot of the arguments both ways—from the trade…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFuture of the Parole BoardI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of the Parole Board. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I come to this debate on the future of the…18 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformThe hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) made a fundamental point: if we reform the House of Lords, we effectively reform the House of Commons. My hon. Friend is…10 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformMy hon. Friend is being generous in giving way. I would like to pursue the point. If a second Chamber were elected after the House of Commons had been elected, how would conflict…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsOne of the better ways of supporting rape victims is to ensure that when the rapist comes up for parole, the families of victims and the victim themselves are informed that parole…10 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformI agree with the thrust of the right hon. Gentleman’s arguments. Does he agree that there is a fallacy in the comparison with other countries that have two different systems and…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsI congratulate the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey), both on her speech—the vast majority of which, if not all, I agree with—and on bringing this matter before the…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point. Most politicians are not scientists—there are very few; I do not think we even have an epidemiologist in the House—or scientifically…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsThe hon. Gentleman puts it in an interesting way, although there is another interpretation of the precautionary principle. Some people interpret it as meaning that we should be as…29 Nov 2022HANSARDChinese Consulate: Violence against Demonstrators20. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the violence against demonstrators at the consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Manchester…08 Nov 2022