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HANSARDDisabled People: Employment Opportunities12. What steps she is taking to help ensure that disabled people can take up employment opportunities during the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.13 Sept 2021HANSARDHelping Young People into Work: Covid-194. What fiscal steps he is taking to help young people into work as part of the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.07 Sept 2021HANSARDHelping Young People into Work: Covid-19In Bury, Ramsbottom and Tottington, the Government’s plan for jobs is working, saving jobs and getting people back into employment. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI want to talk about Terry Melia. Terry is a great man. He is in his 70s, and he watched Bury football club for just about the whole of that time. He went to every match, home and…22 Jul 2021HANSARDPlanningIt is a pleasure, Mrs Cummins, to serve under your chairmanship, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) on securing such an important debate.…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWell, then, support the legislation if that is the case. In respect of anti-vaxxers, if the legal duty on the university is to put in place “reasonably practicable” steps, do we…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI want to touch on some legal points. Sadly, I am a lawyer—or, perhaps, happily I am a lawyer—and I would not touch this civil litigation with a 50-foot beanpole. I think there is…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillIf the hon. Gentleman thinks that universities will err on the side of caution, does he not agree that that will essentially be restricting freedom of speech, which will guarantee…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillNo, I will not— [ Interruption. ] Absolutely not; there is no dispute in respect of this issue. It is the specific intent of this legislation to ensure that holocaust denial is…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillNo, I will not. The second type of behaviour that has been mentioned—the only other example that Opposition Members could put forward—is anti-vaxxers. Now, I disagree with…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Billrose —12 Jul 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill my right hon. Friend make time for a debate on Places for Everyone and its relationship to individual councils’ local plans in the Greater Manchester area? Bury Metropolitan…08 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn November last year, the Government report on the first statutory review of the pubs code was published. It proposed certain changes that could improve the operation of the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillNo. I support the Bill. I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend and thank him for bringing forward legislation to ensure that rapists are not released early in their…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillNo, I will not. I am rather curious. We have heard comments from Opposition Members that they support heavier sentences and further action being taken, quite rightly, to protect…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI have been absolutely amazed by the comments of some Opposition Members that deterrent sentences do not work. The point of the Bill—and the point of the responsibilities that my…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI rise to speak to new clauses 89 and 97. Having spent 16 years in the criminal courts, I speak with some experience of how cases are proceeded with. My right hon. and learned…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am very glad that the hon. Lady raises that issue. When the Director of Public Prosecutions gave evidence to the Justice Committee on 15 June, he was very clear that his…05 Jul 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House find time for a debate on the undeniable failure of the pubs code to stop unfair business practices that are continuing against tied tenants in public…01 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsThe metropolitan borough of Bury currently has more than 2,000 children self-isolating, which is negatively impacting on their social, emotional and educational development. I…30 Jun 2021