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HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingI beg to move, That this House has considered tailored prevention messaging for diabetes. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. It is good to see a group of…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingIt would be remiss of me not to commend some of the supermarkets for what they are doing. In my constituency, in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Upper Bann…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingThe hon. Gentleman is very kind to give way again. In Northern Ireland—let us be honest, we are a smaller region—we may have six or 10 councils working together. Perhaps that is…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingIn Northern Ireland, we already have kerbside collections—indeed, we have moved on marvellously with recycling materials. It is incredible what a household can do when it commits…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Checks on Goods: Northern Ireland and Great BritainFish landed by Northern Ireland and UK fishing boats going east to west and west to east will be subject to landing tariffs that will be paid before landing. That is the…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingLike my hon. Friend, my wife is younger than me. It must be a Northern Ireland DUP MP thing—we look for younger wives to keep us young. I am not sure if that is right or wrong, or…24 Oct 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989Many of my constituents have told me about car headlights that seem undipped or exceptionally bright. This is a slightly different issue from the one we are discussing, but will…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseRecently there has been a very serious escalation in the Algerian Government’s crackdown on churches. Middle East Concern has reported that four churches, including the 700-member…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingThe hon. Lady referred to consumer behaviour. As I was saying to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife, the greatest scourge of this modern age is probably takeaways. I am…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingIn my GP surgery, and I think across the whole of Northern Ireland, GPs have classes for diabetics. They bring them in and do all those things: they do their feet, check their…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingI thank the right hon Members for Leicester East (Keith Vaz) and for Knowsley (Sir George Howarth); the hon. Members for Heywood and Middleton (Liz McInnes) and for Linlithgow and…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingAs my friend, the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman), mentioned, some of the schemes run in Scotland have been done in Northern Ireland, too. The plastic…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?24 Oct 2019HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingI know the Minister will reply to that, because that is one of the questions that I had hoped to get an answer on. On the Monday before last, we had a diabetes event in the House.…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI am most intrigued by the hon. Gentleman’s comment, and what he said was true. Those of us who come from the countryside probably expect our potatoes to have a bit of soil with…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Diabetes: Tailored Prevention MessagingThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Artificial intelligence is beneficial: it can help where it can help. However, it is better for people to have the chance to talk to…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersI thank the hon. Lady for bringing forward this debate. I represent a constituency where the control of badgers is very important for the farming sector, particularly the dairy…23 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceI very much welcome the Government’s commitment and the money they have set aside, but is the hon. Gentleman aware that 16 million people in England live with the pain of a…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Exploitation of Missing Looked-after ChildrenI congratulate the hon. Member for Stockport (Ann Coffey) on securing the debate. I had probably expected that there would be more hon. Members present to discuss this issue,…23 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceI wonder whether the hon. Lady is aware of the figures that I have received. Some 850,000 children and young people have a clinically significant mental health problem; one in 10…23 Oct 2019