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HANSARDHousehold Support Fund1. What steps she is taking to ensure that the household support fund helps the most vulnerable during winter 2021-22.08 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Parliament: Legislative CompetenceDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the key issue here is the need for the Scottish Government to exercise their existing powers more effectively, rather than asking for new…03 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Parliament: Legislative Competence7. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.03 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIncreased exports are the path to prosperity for our food and drink sector and the route back to profitability for many of our farmers. With that in mind, what is the Minister’s…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIran: Middle East Terror Groups14. What assessment she has made of the implications for regional security of Iran’s potential support for terror groups in the Middle East.26 Oct 2021HANSARDIran: Middle East Terror GroupsI thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. Iran remains the world’s leading sponsor of terror groups, including those committed to the destruction of Israel, and continues to…26 Oct 2021HANSARD HS2It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I stand with the petitioners calling for HS2 to be scrapped—first, on cost grounds. At a time when the state is…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsFollowing the answer that my hon. Friend the Minister gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker) earlier, could he outline the concrete steps that the Government…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s intervention; he has read my mind—this is a point that I will come to shortly. The National Audit Office has noted that 50% of the costs…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHS2 and East West Rail: Construction TrafficI thank my hon. Friend, and the rail Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), for visiting my constituency during the summer recess to see for…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHS2 and East West Rail: Construction Traffic9. What assessment he has made of the impact on roads along the routes of (a) HS2 and (b) East West Rail of traffic connected to the construction of those railway lines.09 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsWe have a whole summer’s worth of data from the events research programme that shows how organisers of events such as the British grand prix at Silverstone in my constituency had…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Awarding Qualifications in 2021 and 2022I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Does he agree that exams are the fairest way not only to assess the pupils’ ability in their subjects but to give them…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI have spoken many times about my opposition to High Speed 2, a project ripe for scrapping, with post-covid rail demand uncertain, the unbelievable and still ballooning cost and…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Education SettingsI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the step back to normality and letting children be children that the scrapping of the bubbles system brings, but there…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s work to keep schools open and his ambition to see the end of the bubble system, but may I ask him to look at a cohort of children who…30 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.28 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIncreasingly sophisticated digital skills are ever more crucial for those seeking work. With that in mind, what steps is my right hon. Friend taking to help all universal credit…28 Jun 2021HANSARDFurloughed EmployeesThe figures my right hon. Friend gave in his earlier answers are encouraging, but some employers in my constituency with employees still on furlough tell me that they are…22 Jun 2021HANSARDEvents Research ProgrammeThe events research programme has been an invaluable lifeline for many flagship events. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone, due to be held between 15 and 18 July, is the UK’s…22 Jun 2021