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HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI also welcome the Home Secretary’s comments today and the action to recognise Hezbollah for what it is. That sends a strong message to the world and those who wish to do us harm…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Care HomesI congratulate the hon. Lady on bringing this matter to the Chamber. She and I spoke about it last night, so I had a bit of an idea of what the issues were going to be. I commend…26 Feb 2019HANSARDUnhealthy Housing: Cost to the NHSThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. My hon. Friend the Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell), who is sat to my left, also had constituents who passed away a few years ago…26 Feb 2019HANSARDUnhealthy Housing: Cost to the NHSIf only we had that power! That is not to take away from the importance of the issue of social housing, which I will touch on later. Let us be honest: many people go into the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDUnhealthy Housing: Cost to the NHSMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Those are the cases that we deal with in our constituency offices each and every day. Those issues are the subject of the site meetings that we…26 Feb 2019HANSARDUnhealthy Housing: Cost to the NHSI thank the hon. Lady for her significant contribution. She has reminded me that in my office we have had three cases of homeless people over the past month, and the last one she…26 Feb 2019HANSARDGlobal Education for the Most MarginalisedI congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) on securing this important debate. I apologise, Mr Hollobone, for not being here on time; I was at the Backbench…26 Feb 2019HANSARDUnhealthy Housing: Cost to the NHSMy hon. Friend highlights one of the kernels of the debate. Our white paper calls on the Government to take a holistic approach to future housing and ensuring that people’s health…26 Feb 2019HANSARDUnhealthy Housing: Cost to the NHSI thank the hon. Member for Huddersfield for intervening again. It is always good to have him adding his words of wisdom to any debate, at any time, in this Chamber or in the main…26 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsI thank the Minister for her response so far. Underpayments to my constituents have ranged from £3,000 to one massive sum of £22,000. The issue affects some of my constituents…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David, as I often do in this place. I thank the hon. Member for Warrington North (Helen Jones) for bringing the petition…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationThe hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis) is right that the Minister responds very well to comments that are put forward. I remind the Minister that, in my contribution, I…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Instrumental Music TuitionI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and I congratulate him on bringing this matter forward. Does he not agree that funding cuts to schools have meant that many schools have…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Instrumental Music TuitionI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way again—he is most gracious. He referred to culture earlier. In Northern Ireland we have a tremendous band culture that probably comes off…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Dog Meat in the UKI beg to move, That this House has considered banning the consumption of dog meat in the UK. It is a pleasure to speak on this issue. This is, unfortunately, the Thursday…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Dog Meat in the UKWhat my hon. Friend says is absolutely right. Many of us are horrified. I see the hon. Member for Clacton (Giles Watling) in his place. He has tabled an amendment to the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland Backstop: Conditional Interpretative DeclarationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and for putting forward his viewpoint in the Chamber today. No matter what the issue may be, the Unionist population in Northern…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWe have already shown that we are very capable of getting contracts, for instance, as the Secretary of State knows and as I saw from direct involvement, with China in terms of the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDSerious and Organised Waste Crime6. What steps he is taking to tackle serious and organised waste crime.21 Feb 2019HANSARD Dog Meat in the UKIt is an absolute pleasure to sum up this debate. First, I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. My hon. Friend the Member for Belfast South (Emma Little Pengelly) is…21 Feb 2019