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HANSARD Future of the NHSIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The privatisation of the NHS has been a lengthy and well-documented process that started during Thatcher’s Conservative…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) for securing this incredibly important debate. I start by…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideIt is an honour to serve under your chairship again today, Mr Robertson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) for securing this important debate and for…12 Jan 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Public HealthIt is a real honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon) for securing this important debate. The national…15 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Elliott. Surely the new clause would make the Minister’s job easier, because after two years we would have an assessment of how…09 Dec 2021HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. On the funding aspect, Liverpool has lost £450 million since 2010, with further cuts of £32 million expected in…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Levelling Up: Local CouncilsThe issue when talking about levelling up and moving on from 2010 is that in 2022 the budget cuts affecting my city once again will mean that, potentially, four community…08 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. On the point raised by my hon. Friends the Members for Garston and Halewood and for Weaver Vale, Liverpool has…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. According to Friends of the Earth, 33,000 premature deaths a year in the UK are linked to air pollution. During the COP26 climate summit, the Environment Bill passed its final…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ15. Next week, the 97th victim of the Hillsborough tragedy will receive the Freedom of Liverpool. Andrew Devine passed away earlier this year, aged 55, having defied the odds to…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI thank all my constituents who have written to me asking me to voice their concerns today. Being an MP since 2019 has given me an insight into how those two letters after our…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghan Nationals: Evacuation3. What steps he is taking to help evacuate Afghan nationals at risk; and if he will make a statement.15 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghan Nationals: EvacuationCorrespondence received from the Minister for the Armed Forces, the hon. Member for Wells (James Heappey), states that a number of my constituents’ family members may be eligible…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPensioners: Poverty Levels15. What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the state pension in tackling levels of poverty among pensioners; and if she will make a statement.08 Nov 2021HANSARDPensioners: Poverty LevelsFigures show that one in five pensioners in the UK are living in poverty; 1.3 million retirees are under-nourished; and 25,000 die each year due to the cold weather. With bills…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Bardell. I thank the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for securing this incredibly important debate and for…03 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley). Unsurprisingly, I have a slightly less rose-tinted take on last week’s Budget…02 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy: Government ResponseIn April, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report on “Covid-19 and the issues of security in food supply” said that the Government should consult on a legal…28 Oct 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy: Government Response4. When he plans to publish the Government’s response to the National Food Strategy.28 Oct 2021HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. May I ask the Minister, where would the completed certificate be displayed within the building so that residents might…26 Oct 2021