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HANSARD Fuel PovertyThe hon. Lady illustrates a point that she rightly says is replicated regularly among all our constituents. This debate today is about them, and that is why we are here. We are…06 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageThe issue means a lot to my constituency, because the plantation brought my brothers and sisters from Scotland to Northern Ireland, and they brought their architecture, culture,…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI thank the Minister for his response. The hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan) referred to the visa issues, and I have a suggestion to help the…05 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Rural AreasI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this issue forward; the number of people in the Chamber indicates the interest in it right across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Police FundingThe hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) and I had a particularly difficult time about a year and a half ago. There were special circumstances—paramilitaries were feuding—so…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Flight Cancellations(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make a statement on the ongoing connectivity issues caused by belatedly announced cancellations of…05 Nov 2024HANSARDLegal AidEvery week I have people coming to my office who are victims and have no access to money. They deserve justice, and the only way they can get it is with legal aid. What…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We very much welcome what the Government are doing in relation to the contaminated blood and Post Office Horizon scandals, but let ask the Minister a very gentle question—a…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Flight CancellationsI thank the Minister for that answer. Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We would not have a United Kingdom without…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI think as I do with the Irish Government: they are our neighbours, and we have to have economic contact with them. They will not be getting Northern Ireland as part of their…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Police FundingThank you, Sir Roger, for giving me the chance to intervene; I appreciate it very much. I wanted to come along and support my friend, the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton),…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI certainly do, and I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. That is a key issue for me in this debate, which I conveyed to the Minister beforehand. I am confident the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDWomen and Equality: North of EnglandI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this issue forward. First, there is an anomaly—there are two and a half times more self-employed men than women, with jobs and opportunities.…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I congratulate the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) on bringing this forward. I spoke to him earlier about…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It would be churlish of anybody in the House not to welcome the £22 billion that has been allocated to the NHS. Everyone across this great United Kingdom of Great Britain and…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI think it is better if it comes from Parliament but, if there is an obstruction here to bringing it forward, then yes. I hope the Minister will come back to us positively. If it…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI thank the Secretary of State for her statement. With fees to increase, how can we expect students to stay and work within the United Kingdom when the fields are much greener on…04 Nov 2024HANSARDNewport Chartist Commemorations: Strengthening DemocracyThe hon. Lady epitomises the very thing that the Newport Chartists stood for, and I congratulate her on that. What she refers to affected everywhere in the United Kingdom. The…04 Nov 2024HANSARDNewport Chartist Commemorations: Strengthening DemocracyI commend the hon. Lady for securing the debate. It is an important occasion, as she has expressed. As a proud working-class man, I am thankful for the members of the Newport…04 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I commend the hon. Gentleman on that comment. Every farmer in Northern Ireland will be impacted by this change. The Ulster Farmers’ Union—I declare an interest as a member—has…04 Nov 2024