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HANSARD Hong KongI thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) on securing it. As the Foreign…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not know whether the Leader of the House is planning to speak in the general debate on the principles of democracy. If he is, he might want to explain something to us. If…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is general knowledge.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI must say that I feel the Prime Minister’s goading of my colleagues from Yorkshire reveals that he has changed little since he was a student burning £50 notes in front of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationEarlier this morning, the Attorney General set out again his long-held views about why publishing his advice is not a good idea, so has he requested a leak inquiry to discover who…25 Sept 2019HANSARDAmazon Forest FiresThe fires have affected 650 million acres of Amazon rain forest. In his answer just now, the Minister revealed that he did not understand that the problem with the Mercosur trade…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitLast week, I went to the Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Service. Its concern is that because the Government have failed to bring forward the Agriculture Bill, it is not clear…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitI am astounded by what the Minister has just said. The pound has fallen by 20% since the referendum, which means that for every export the farmers are getting 20% less money. How…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentSingle mums often come to my constituency when non-resident parents do not fulfil their duties. What is the Prime Minister’s plan for tackling this problem?25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate the Leader of the House, with whom I spent many happy hours in the Procedure Committee, where he championed the rights of this House. He perambulated around the…25 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister with responsibility for mental health is a very sympathetic person. Unfortunately, that does not seem to translate into action. Our clinical commissioning group has…23 Jul 2019HANSARDLeasehold Properties: Mis-sellingHundreds of my constituents have written to me similarly feeling that they have been mis-sold their freehold, so I have written to the Competition and Markets Authority asking it…22 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) on securing it. The situation in…22 Jul 2019HANSARDLeasehold Properties: Mis-sellingBut not too well.22 Jul 2019HANSARDFlexible WorkingWomen who work at Asda in Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor, and indeed across the whole country, are currently facing dismissal if they do not accept a new contract that would end…11 Jul 2019HANSARDFlexible Working10. What steps she is taking to ensure that businesses offer employees their legal right to request flexible working.11 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Trade and WTO ReformI do not know whether the Secretary of State saw the alarming report in yesterday’s Financial Times on the impact on the Amazonian rain forest of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Of…11 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongThe Hong Kong situation is spiralling out of control very fast now. It is unfortunate that, in the absence of a Minister with responsibility for the far east, the Foreign…02 Jul 2019HANSARDGlobal Businesses’ Working PracticesI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for that answer. The dam collapse claimed the lives of 246 people. Vale is a British company and it is totally unacceptable to have lower…20 Jun 2019HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsLast Thursday, the shadow Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Sue Hayman), and I visited Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services. We met farmers who…20 Jun 2019