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HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Planning AuthorityWhat assessment the sponsor body has made of the potential merits of establishing the parliamentary estate and its immediate environs as a planning authority.15 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Planning AuthorityI encourage the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body to look again at Parliament creating itself as its own planning authority, as in the past there have been difficulties carrying…15 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast month, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced proposals to end tax and duty-free shopping from next year. The sector represents outputs of around £2 billion for our economy and…15 Oct 2020HANSARDA-Levels: Covid-19Significant concessions were under- standably made for A-level graduates this year because of covid-19, but what plans are being developed to ensure that next year’s A-level…12 Oct 2020HANSARDA-Levels: Covid-19What steps he is taking to help ensure fairness in A-level exams in the 2020-21 academic year following the disruption of the covid-19 outbreak.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCross-Channel Illegal MigrationWhat steps her Department is taking to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally.28 Sept 2020HANSARDCross-Channel Illegal MigrationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer. Can he say when legislation will be introduced to update immigration and asylum law, and whether it will contain provisions such…28 Sept 2020HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServiceWhat steps his Department is taking to provide an effective welfare service for veterans.21 Sept 2020HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServiceLast year, the Crawley armed forces and veterans breakfast club was established, and I have enjoyed meeting it several times since then, most recently on the VJ75 anniversary.…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseFor more than half a century and throughout all parts of the United Kingdom, historic counties have been divided, merged, replaced and abolished, as my right hon. Friend the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) on securing the debate, and my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Robert Courts) on his new post as…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is exactly right: the UK aviation industry is vital to the whole of our national economy, and there is a ripple effect.…10 Sept 2020HANSARDHousing Developments: West SussexI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. The ancient parish of Ifield just outside Crawley borough is facing the threat of some 10,000 houses in…07 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful for the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House of a general debate on aviation to take place next Thursday. If I could catch the Chair’s…03 Sept 2020HANSARD Windrush Lessons Learned ReviewIn a similar situation to the Windrush generation are the descendants of Chagos islanders, whose families were exiled from the British Indian Ocean Territory, and who now face…21 Jul 2020HANSARDSMEs: Public ContractsAn SME in my constituency has recently redeployed to the manufacture of PPE equipment in response to the covid-19 pandemic, but it is finding it very hard to secure public…16 Jul 2020HANSARDSMEs: Public ContractsWhat measures he is taking to ensure SMEs are awarded public procurement contracts.16 Jul 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to the Leader of the House for announcing the recommencing of Westminster Hall debates, but, like the Chairs of the Backbench Business and Transport Committees,…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Covid-19What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the CPS during the covid-19 outbreak.09 Jul 2020HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Covid-19What progress has the Crown Prosecution Service made in its recruitment campaigns during the covid-19 pandemic?09 Jul 2020