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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q May I ask a supplementary question? You talk about the guidance; excuse my ignorance—I should perhaps have known this—but in your role how much input will you have in writing…29 Oct 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for the interesting evidence. Can I just come back to your point on people under 16 being victims? The Bill states: “Behaviour of a person (‘A’) towards…29 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyThe next time a young person asks me how seriously Parliament takes climate change I will struggle to answer, given that this morning we ate into our time with a discussion on…17 Oct 2019HANSARDEmployment: Young People15. What recent steps the Government have taken to help young people into employment.07 Oct 2019HANSARDEmployment: Young PeopleThank you, Mr Speaker. Speaking of young people, they will welcome the decision to grant the living wage to people aged 21 to 25 at £10.50 an hour, but are the Government…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillOne of my frustrations with being in this place is that I am often harangued by constituents who tell me how appallingly behaved the House is, but when I give them examples of the…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsLast year, I attempted to introduce legislation requiring banks to maintain or deliver a cashpoint, on a free-to-use, 24-hour basis, to every high street that supports 5,000…02 Oct 2019HANSARDSmall Businesses12. What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage small businesses to expand.01 Oct 2019HANSARDSmall BusinessesI welcome all of the Treasury team to their places and thank the former Chancellor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), for letting me work…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundIn June, the Bank of England reported that, thanks to the mitigation and preparation put in place by the Government, any hit to GDP in the event of a no-deal Brexit would be…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanOn Friday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Conquest Hospital in Hastings with my amazing neighbour, my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd). The…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookI find this situation maddening, because two years ago, during the statement on Monarch, I welcomed the then largest peacetime repatriation effort—I welcome the current largest…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateA few weeks ago I asked the Prime Minister a question to which he responded that “sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” —[ Official Report , 3 September 2019; Vol. 664, c.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Government back and give time to cross-party calls for the financial services industry to provide, or maintain, at least one free-to-use, 24/7 cashpoint machine for every…05 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Will the Secretary of State look at the cost envelope by taking into account enhancements that benefit those on the route, inflation and incompetence?05 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019I thank the Chancellor for the extra money for local government and social care, which will prove hugely impactful for East Sussex. I should like to make particular reference to…04 Sept 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomacy9. What diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure that the UK is prepared to leave the EU on 31 October 2019.03 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. May I ask the Foreign Secretary to come back on the answer he give me previously? Was he saying—I ask this as someone who wants us to get a good deal to take us out of the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: DiplomacyI welcome the Foreign Secretary to his place. Will he confirm whether the 90-strong negotiation unit has been disbanded? If that is the case, with regard to our foreign resources…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitIn order to get the leverage to get this great deal through that the Prime Minister is working on, he has said that any Member on these Benches who does not vote tonight in…03 Sept 2019