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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI was catching a breath—the Prime Minister wore me out; I was getting up and down so much earlier. Opposition Members are genuinely agonising over the best way forward in…22 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI will give way.16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic Servicesrose —16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI can certainly reassure the right hon. Gentleman that I have never been called a snowflake. He must accept that if he was to look back at the 1800s and at the type of crimes…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIs not part of the problem the deal-making nature of such conversations, with areas pitched against each other? Does the hon. Gentleman support the Local Government Association’s…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesBecause I care about the economic foundation of this country. I have seen what a decade of austerity has done to my town. [Interruption.]16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI agree entirely with the points the hon. Lady is making. Something that was absent from the Queen’s Speech was progressing the work on modern day slavery. I give credit to the…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesWe can say Saturday, we can say Sunday, we can say for the next two years as far as I am concerned. We are here to do a job of work, and we will not be shy. One thing about the…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI need to make progress now. The Parliamentary Private Secretary has earned his place; I am sure there is a promotion on the way very soon, and rightly so as he deserves it. What…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesWill the Secretary of State give way?16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesLots of people in the NHS say that they want to see the funding go to adult social care, because the pressures that build in the system when the funding is not there has an impact…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI want to start by placing on record my respect and appreciation for Her Majesty the Queen. She has conducted herself with professionalism and as always has given the country…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesDoes the right hon. Lady accept that some of this is cultural? It is still quite often the case that, when online harassment is reported to the police, the police will tell people…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Deaths of Homeless PeopleIf every seat, aisle and step in this Chamber was full, we still could not fit in every person who has died in the streets in this country, and that is actively at the door of the…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanThe £100 million seed funding needs to be put in context, which for Oldham is a £95 million capital requirement just for basic maintenance and upgrading, so it is not really a…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookThree thousand people in Greater Manchester—the loyal workforce of Thomas Cook—are affected by this situation, and we are disgusted by the greediness of the directors and…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillIs the truth not that Government Members just do not trust the Prime Minister any more than Opposition Members? When he went to Berlin on 21 August, the Prime Minister committed…04 Sept 2019HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) BillThe Bill came around very quickly from Second Reading to Committee and then to Third Reading, which just shows that, when Parliament decides to do something, it can do it. Perhaps…22 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Billrose —15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI absolutely accept the constituency issues that the right hon. Gentleman raises, and the poor consultation cannot be excused, but he must accept that with a route and project of…15 Jul 2019