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HANSARDElection of SpeakerMay I join the Prime Minister in remembering the horror of what happened at London Bridge just three weeks ago? It is the third time in the last two general election campaigns…17 Dec 2019HANSARDElection of SpeakerMr Speaker-Elect, may I join others in offering my congratulations to you on winning the election, and thank the Father of the House for conducting the election in the way in…04 Nov 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe all welcome the fact that Orkambi will now be able to be provided in this country under the NHS, and we thank those who campaigned for it. The shame is that we are not told…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryThat is a first, Mr Speaker: someone rises to intervene but does not actually do it. I thank my hon. Friend; he represents a community with mixed housing so also has to deal with…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryAs Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, my hon. Friend has done excellent work in highlighting all these issues, for which I thank him. That is…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI give way first to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts).30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. The past nine years of austerity have seen cuts degrade our fire and rescue services. The reality and the truth is that we have fewer…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryMy hon. Friend is so right: it is a question of urgent action. That means recognising that local authorities are underfunded and very stressed and strained by the situation. Local…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and he is absolutely right; this is a huge gap in the Government’s response. The retrofitting of sprinklers will help to control and…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Like other colleagues who have intervened, she represents a constituency in which many residents live in tower blocks. I do not…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. He lost a dearly loved friend in that fire and he has done great work in supporting the Grenfell community, and I thank him for…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He knows, as a former firefighter, not only the stress and strain firefighters go through, but the way in which, because we now live…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsNot for the first time, the Prime Minister is talking nonsense. Of course we need to import medicines from various places; I just want it to be done in an open and transparent…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsIf he could just be patient for 30 seconds. The Prime Minister claims that the NHS is safe in his hands; why, then, has NHS privatisation doubled under this Government, with…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsWhat we do not want is private companies like Virgin Care suing our NHS for contracts that they did not get. Our NHS should be focused on making people better, not making the…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am surprised that the Prime Minister can keep a straight face saying that, while his Government have cut so much from the Welsh Government’s budget. And that from a Government…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I am going to come on to more details about that a bit later in my speech, but she is right about it. She and I represent…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryThose were memorable occasions. There was courage and determination in support of the families and those who were bereaved, but there was also a strong determination to make sure…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsDespite the Prime Minister’s denials, the NHS is up for grabs by US corporations in a Trump trade deal. Is it not the truth—the Government may not like this—that this Government…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI absolutely do, and I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I have never forgotten meeting so many different groups and charities that day, who were already doing their best…30 Oct 2019