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HANSARDAutismI welcome the NHS long-term plan and the steps that will go towards helping autistic people in the healthcare system. Does the Minister agree that we will make a real difference…07 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeThe Secretary of State has talked about flowers and about honey; does he agree that although we talk a good game in Parliament, the parliamentary estate is an appalling…01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I absolutely understand the concerns about climate change that have been registered loudly recently, and it is absolutely right that we…01 May 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeIt is very welcome that the Government are doing more to help developing countries with climate change, but the reality, as I have seen for myself, is that the Chinese are leaving…01 May 2019HANSARDClimate Change12. What support her Department provides to help developing countries tackle climate change.01 May 2019HANSARD Social Media and HealthMy generation growing up might have feared bullying in the playground, but largely home was a refuge and place of safety. The problem for the current generation is that they can…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Overseas Students: English Language TestsI declare an interest, as chair of the all-party parliamentary BBC group, because it was the BBC’s “Panorama” exposé that showed shocking examples of people reading out answers to…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionWhile I have no time for those who deny climate change, I also have little time for those who deny that great progress has been made. If we have 40% of our electricity from…23 Apr 2019HANSARD South-Eastern Rail FranchiseMy constituents will be disappointed with this delay, but I have every faith that the Minister will get this right. The Transport Committee has looked at the franchising process…23 Apr 2019HANSARDCoastal Communities: FundingThank you, Mr Speaker. It is always sunny on the south coast. May I ask the Minister to consider the fact that, when people retire, they tend to move to coastal communities, which…08 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I do not believe it is absurd. With respect, it is more absurd us having debate after debate and vote after vote and achieving absolutely nothing. Alternatively, we can be…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I resent that point. No, I am not representing the Chancellor, otherwise I would be sat behind him on the Treasury Bench. I am representing my constituents and what I feel is…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)It may well do so, although it would of course be fractious. I would certainly be embarrassed at the very fact that we had got there, but I support doing so on the basis of the…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for the constructive manner in which he has worked with those on the other side of the divide—albeit those who have come to the same…01 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: RecruitmentYou and I are big Arsenal fans, Mr Speaker, and we will be following Arsenal tonight as they thrash Newcastle. We will remember watching a 16-year-old Cesc Fàbregas. Will the Home…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Derby South (Margaret Beckett). Like her, I will be voting for motion (E), but I will be doing so for very different reasons,…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)rose—01 Apr 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald), whose constituency I will not even try to pronounce correctly. He…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: this is about that care and intervention as well as having a deterrent. Of course there has to be a deterrent. We must not overlook the fact…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillMy concern about retailers has always been not with the Asdas or John Lewises, whom one would expect to do the right thing—they have a public image as well—but with the…26 Mar 2019