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HANSARDClimate Change Committee: 2021 Annual Progress ReportWell, it needs to, because the report was pretty damning. The Environmental Audit Committee recently made a number of recommendations to support community energy projects such as…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNightingale Courts19. What plans his Department has to increase the number of Nightingale courts.14 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. The Law Commission is currently conducting an important review of intimate-image abuse that will, I hope, recommend making it an offence for a person to take photographs of…14 Sept 2021HANSARDNightingale CourtsNationally we have a record high Crown court backlog of about 60,000 cases a result of the court closures and a decade of Tory cuts. Will the Government commit to continuing…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.09 Sept 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillI will again be brief, because we set out our concerns on Second Reading and in Committee, I am aware that this might not be seen as the highlight of the parliamentary week by…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillI am conscious that we have an important debate to follow and that time is pressing, so I shall be relatively brief. Labour’s broad support for this Bill has not changed. We…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillI beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 1 Determinations in respect of certain non-domestic rating lists Amendments made: 1, page 1, line 2,…09 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid Vaccine PassportsThank you, Mr Speaker. As somebody who worked in nightclubs for 25-plus years, let me tell the Minister that this is a recipe for chaos on the doors of nightclubs. As my hon.…08 Sept 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions and Green InvestmentThe Minister must recognise that climate inaction is not just a disaster for the planet but has a huge financial cost and economic consequences. We cannot dodge the critical…07 Sept 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions and Green Investment9. What fiscal steps he is taking to help achieve the Government’s net zero emissions target.07 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I hope that the Minister is listening to his own side, not just to Labour. We have been making this case for a long time, but it has been…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEast Midlands EconomyIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir David, and I thank you for the opportunity to reply to the debate on behalf of the Opposition. I congratulate the hon. Member for…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisThe Minister is being very generous in giving way, and I know she wants to find a solution to this problem. I tried to get in earlier when she referred to some parents who had…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOn vaccine passports for nightclubs, the Minister said yesterday: “The best way we can keep those industries open…is to work with the industry”. Does he recognise that industry…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisWill the Minister give way?06 Sept 2021HANSARD Awarding Qualifications in 2021 and 2022As the Minister implied, students currently in year 10 have arguably been hit harder than any other cohort, having missed most of year 9 and had a hugely disrupted year 10. So is…22 Jul 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaIn his speech last week on levelling up, the Prime Minister made a plea to the public to email him with ideas for how to flesh out his so far very vague concept of levelling up.…19 Jul 2021HANSARDTown Deals: Covid-19 RecoveryIt is good to see you in the chair, Mr Rosindell. I appreciate the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Opposition. I congratulate the hon. Member for Southport (Damien Moore)…14 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister. Obviously, this is a technical clause that we have no problem with. I just want to make this point again: the extent and the commencement are important, but…08 Jul 2021