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HANSARD The Modern Commonwealth: Opportunities and ChallengesAbsolutely. That shows the strength of the Commonwealth. It is of course Her Majesty who leads the Commonwealth and makes the final decision, before they come in, on whether such…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: EssexI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) on securing the debate and making an excellent case. I have great admiration for her work in chairing the…06 Mar 2019HANSARD NHS Funding: EssexMay I take the opportunity to add my support and that of colleagues in south Essex for the excellent campaign work on the additional provision in Harlow? I wonder whether my right…13 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Jaguar Land Rover in Southend struggles to recruit trained mechanics. As we move towards electric vehicles and more technical vehicles, what more can the Government do to make…12 Feb 2019HANSARDKnife Crime Prevention OrdersI congratulate the Minister on bringing forward the order. What else could she have done if the police were asking for it? It is clearly not the solution to the whole problem, but…04 Feb 2019HANSARD ZimbabweI draw hon. Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I praise the hon. Member for Vauxhall (Kate Hoey) for securing the debate and for the…30 Jan 2019HANSARD ZimbabweThere is lots that we can do. The hon. Member for Vauxhall talked about the problems of the legal service. It is worse—the Government are directing the courts as to what to do.…30 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationMore than 1,000 people work for HMRC in Southend. I understand that Southend will not be a regional centre, but what does this mean for the people who work in HMRC in Southend? Do…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI agree with my comrade the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) that this deal must be voted down, although I am slightly surprised that he described the 2017…11 Jan 2019HANSARDDiabetesI too congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) on this excellent debate. The contributions have shown that we could have…09 Jan 2019HANSARDSeaborne FreightI congratulate the Secretary of State on his detailed preparations, but will he also consider how south Essex can support those preparations at Tilbury, London Gateway and London…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Togo: Human RightsI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this excellent debate. The UN and, to a lesser degree, other international organisations are somewhat distant from Lomé. Does she agree…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Togo: Human RightsIain Walker does a fabulous job, as did Jon Benjamin, but with the expansion of the network across Africa, is there a possibility that we could get greater representation in Lomé,…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office does an amazing job with about 20,000 foreign national consular cases every year—to put that into context, that is about 30 per Member of…07 Jan 2019