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HANSARDPublic HealthI do agree with that, and it is a good point for me to end on. Let us look at not just the consumer, but those who work in aviation. Some 5,000 jobs have been lost on a monthly…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe return of PCR testing will be met with some apprehension by the international travel sector, which has just been getting back on its feet, but it will at least be cheered by…29 Nov 2021HANSARDGovernment Agencies: Transparency of Decisions10. What recent assessment the Government have made of the transparency of decisions taken by Government agencies.25 Nov 2021HANSARDGovernment Agencies: Transparency of DecisionsI look forward to perhaps participating in those reviews with the Minister, and I thank him for his response. On a recent trip to Berlin, the Transport Committee heard from German…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI realise that there is a political operation taking place on the Opposition Benches with regard to the House of Lords. It is entirely fair to look at our democratic process…25 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsThe Prime Minister promised that HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail were not an either/or option. Those in Leeds and Bradford might be forgiven for viewing it today as neither. That…18 Nov 2021HANSARDAviation: DecarbonisationThe issue with sustainable aviation fuel is not how to produce it—we can do that—but how to bring the price down so that there is a return on capital and an investment case for…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAviation: Decarbonisation10. What steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Transport to help support the aviation sector to decarbonise.16 Nov 2021HANSARDDavid Fuller CaseI thank the Secretary of State for his words and his action; it is much appreciated, as is the solidarity shown by the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for…08 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2021I am keen for the Minister to say whether prior notification that an airline is moving away from an airport is indeed the notification that he has cited. Has that airline given…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSupporting Small BusinessThe hon. Member makes a fair point, because two out of four businesses have relocated to St James Quarter, with the interestingly shaped top that is called things that I would not…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under chairmanship, Mr Davies. I welcome what I would effectively call a compromise. At the very start of the pandemic, it would have been absolute…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSupporting Small BusinessYes, I am. I do not want to go too off-piste in terms of the subject of this debate, but I certainly recall that when the Labour party rightly injected funds into the NHS back in…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSupporting Small BusinessIt is an absolute pleasure to contribute to this debate. I thank the shadow Chancellor for laying this motion, which gives us an opportunity to talk about business and the support…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSupporting Small BusinessPerhaps we could mention one example of this Government helping small business: the requirement for outsourcing agencies, such as National Highways and Network Rail, to put a…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSupporting Small BusinessThe point I would just gently make, on behalf of myself and my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), is that we called for business rates to be reformed…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSupporting Small BusinessI do agree. Interestingly, the CBI has talked about the challenge on business rates because every three or five years there is a revaluation and business does not have the…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Motor Insurance: Court JudgmentsI thank my right hon. Friend for securing this important debate; I share her aim that legislation be introduced to reverse this situation. She will be aware that legislation was…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Violence Against Women and Girls: Police ResponseTwo years ago, when my constituent lived in a flat in London, she had to barricade herself in, while for two hours, on eight occasions, her neighbour, who had known mental health…22 Sept 2021HANSARDInjunction to Protect the M25The real tragedy of these morons on the motorway is that they set back the cause of advancing decarbonisation in the transport system and they put lives at risk. I welcome the…22 Sept 2021