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HANSARD Assisted DyingWill the hon. Gentleman give way?04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate; I thank the Backbench Business Committee for the time, and congratulate the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford…04 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI am grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly in this debate. I congratulate the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) on helping to secure it in time generously…03 Jul 2019HANSARDDraft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Gapes. I have three brief questions for the Minister, and I apologise if they touch on questions raised by my hon. Friend the…27 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent Crime(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on what the Government are doing to protect people from violent crime.17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersThe Whirlpool situation has highlighted a problem exposed by the Electrical Safety Council about the difficulty of identifying the owners of the defective appliances it recalls.…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI am grateful to the Minister for her response and I share her opening sentiments. There have been four murders in London in four days, with two murders in my constituency in two…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Housing AssociationsI beg to move, That this House has considered the accountability and role of housing associations. I am pleased to see you presiding, Mr Owen, and to see the Minister in his…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Housing AssociationsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I will come to that point later. For residents, be they social renters, key workers, people with shared equity or…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Housing AssociationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point, and I will come on to the role of housing associations and the change in their ethos. That will reinforce the concern that he expresses. I…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Housing AssociationsThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, which I am also trying to make. The Government’s proposals for a national regulator and beefed-up regulations are sound and welcomed across…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Housing AssociationsHave local authorities actually availed themselves of that power in respect of defective cladding? It is quite difficult for local authorities to step in, is it not?12 Jun 2019HANSARD Bus Drivers’ Working HoursI am grateful to the Minister for that further explanation of the checks and balances in the system. Given the numbers of complaints that he catalogued that were recorded against…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Bus Drivers’ Working HoursI just want to make the point that we would not go five and a half hours in this place without having a break, a cup of tea and a chat, and we are not driving vehicles the size of…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireI appreciate the opportunity to make a brief contribution to this very important debate. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Emma Dent Coad) for securing it, and…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireDoes the Chairman of the Select Committee accept that there was not only a financial impact on the leaseholders exposed to this pressure, but an emotional one on their mental…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Bus Drivers’ Working HoursIt is a pleasure to see you presiding in the Chair this afternoon, Sir Graham. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on securing this…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Whitsun AdjournmentI hope I am not interrupting the hon. Gentleman’s excellent speech, but I sense he is coming to the end of it, and I wonder whether he has included on his last page…23 May 2019HANSARD Whitsun AdjournmentI am pleased to hear about the steelworkers’ monument that the hon. Gentleman has just mentioned. There is a firefighters’ memorial at St Pauls and a construction workers’…23 May 2019HANSARD Whitsun AdjournmentI am happy to give way to the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee.23 May 2019