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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI strongly share my right hon. Friend’s sentiment, which he expressed earlier, about his pride in the role that the United Kingdom has played in the global vaccine effort, through…17 May 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeThe question today relates to the ministerial code and to Government Ministers, but has my right hon. Friend reflected on the fact that while the hon. Member for Leeds West…26 Apr 2021HANSARD European Football ProposalThis is an outrageous proposal, so I strongly welcome the robust set of measures that my right hon. Friend has announced today. On the point of competition law, these clubs will…19 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghIt is a real pleasure to follow the great speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman); only he would get the Transport Committee in on a day like…12 Apr 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsWill the hon. Lady give way?23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and Individualsrose—23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsThe hon. Lady is very kind. She said that she would extend self-employment support. Would that be to anybody, regardless of their earnings?23 Feb 2021HANSARD Employment Rights: Government PlansMay I begin by associating myself with the remarks of the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Andy McDonald), about those workers who continue to go to their…25 Jan 2021HANSARD Employment Rights: Government PlansOn recent writings, Labour had a manifesto in December 2019 that committed to a four-day week. Is that still its position?25 Jan 2021HANSARDCouncil Tax: Government’s Proposed IncreaseIf we do not raise this money in council tax, it still has to come from somewhere. How would the hon. Gentleman raise it?25 Jan 2021HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryWe have obviously had fantastic news today about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. May I therefore join the previous two speakers, including my right hon. Friend the Member for…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationMy hon. Friend is making an incredibly sophisticated argument. On international competition, can he tell us what other countries are doing? For example, is the EU considering…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)Identical.08 Dec 2020HANSARDDeaths in Mental Health CareDoes the hon. Lady agree that, that being so, it would be very much in the interests of all stakeholders if the inquiry took place, ideally, as soon as possible?30 Nov 2020HANSARDDeaths in Mental Health CareThank you, Mr Stringer; it is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, and to follow the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mike Hill), who introduced the debate on behalf of…30 Nov 2020HANSARDDeaths in Mental Health CareMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, echoing the concluding remark from the hon. Member for Hartlepool, and he is absolutely right that there must be accountability. However,…30 Nov 2020HANSARDDeaths in Mental Health CareI am grateful for what the Minister has said. I know that she has battled to get this through because she sincerely believes in the cause and in bringing justice. In my view, it…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI join others in congratulating my right hon. Friend, my constituency neighbour, on ensuring that our country has its share of this very promising RNA vaccine. However, on the…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Offshore Wind Transmission ConnectionsMy hon. Friend is being incredibly generous in giving way. Is not another big advantage that once we start building that offshore transmission network, it massively increases the…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Offshore Wind Transmission ConnectionsIs it not the case that this is precedented? There was a plan to build new power lines over the border from Scotland into England, but because of the damage that that would have…05 Nov 2020