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HANSARD BBC FundingI welcome the freeze in the licence fee and the debate that is to come. Given the millions across the United Kingdom and abroad who do love the BBC, there must be countless…17 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementNew free trade deals are incredibly important for securing the future prosperity of our country, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend and all involved on securing this one.…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryIt is vital that schools remain open and I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s clear determination to keep them open. I share, however, the concerns of other hon. Members who…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, we heard the sad news that Linda Whetstone had passed away. Linda dedicated her life to spreading the ideas and values of freedom and classical liberal economics around…16 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Support for BusinessI welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment to the meetings this afternoon, but a common theme has developed on both sides of the House of reports, including some in my constituency, of…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell). He was absolutely right in the way he concluded his speech: boosters are the answer to…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDelivering Justice for VictimsI very much welcome my hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the commitment to providing additional means by which victims can present their evidence in the courtroom. Does he…09 Dec 2021HANSARDFarmers: Productivity4. What steps he is taking to help farmers increase productivity.09 Dec 2021HANSARDFarmers: ProductivityI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s answer, and also for the time that she took to visit farmers in my constituency last month. How will the investment fund support agri-tech…09 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI very much welcome the statement, and particularly the measures to cut reoffending. On the building of new prisons, my hon. Friend will know that proposals for a new…07 Dec 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI rise to speak entirely in support of this Bill receiving its Second Reading today, and hopefully travelling at pace through its whole passage through both Houses and to Royal…26 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to take the new variants as seriously as he does. Given the critical importance of the need to avoid damage to children’s education and…26 Nov 2021HANSARD Ickford: Flood RiskI wish to make the case for a complete and total overhaul of the way in which flood risk is assessed and taken seriously in the planning process, using the circumstances of the…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to the Minister for that commitment to consider the points in my amendments, and with that commitment in place, I will not seek to push them to a vote. However, may…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI rise to speak in this debate to outline the case behind amendments 106 to 109 in my name, and to speak in favour of those in the names of my hon. Friends the Members for…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. If he will let me make a little more progress, I think he will find that my amendments seek to put a harsher perspective…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillMy right hon. Friend has hit the nail on the head: if we are to tackle obesity as a country, we have to look at the most successful outcomes. Fundamentally, I believe those to be…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right and speaks with great experience from her time as Secretary of State at DCMS. That is the fundamental point of the amendments; it is not a…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsThe strengthening of regional rail is the right thing to do and my right hon. Friend has my support in that respect; however, given that the original HS2 business case was ropey…18 Nov 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundThe £500 million household support fund is extremely welcome and my local council is busy ensuring that support reaches those who need it through their excellent Helping Hand…08 Nov 2021