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HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI entirely agree. We are in an incredibly privileged place to highlight that need and to work with those who will help us take forward this massively important agenda. I…04 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this vital debate secured by my parliamentary neighbour, my hon. Friend the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022On a point of order, Mr Davies. We have had five speakers from the Opposition and only one has declared an interest as being a member of a trade union. I thought it was necessary…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022I would like to challenge the statement “hatred of trade unions”. My hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North and several other hon. Friends have already spoken about their…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Local Government (Disqualification) BillI rise to speak to the amendments all together. Before I came to this place, I was a councillor for many years, and I absolutely uphold the principles of the Bill and of the Nolan…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillI was fortunate to speak in the Westminster Hall debate earlier in the week, and given the time constraints I will confine my comments to an area of careers guidance that I think…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) BillMy hon. Friend has just acknowledged that the vast majority of taxi drivers and private hire operators are complying and wanting to do the best thing, and I think we would all…14 Jan 2022HANSARDCareers Guidance in SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) on securing this important debate. Evidence…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Public HealthI beg to move, That this House has considered the National Food Strategy and public health. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am delighted to have…15 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Public HealthI absolutely agree that schools have a key role to play, both in the curriculum and in school food. Unfortunately, I have not been able to cover that, so I hope my right hon.…15 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Public HealthI sincerely thank the Minister. She has always been a champion for this agenda and what she has said today reassures me that she not only will be a champion within DEFRA, but will…15 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Public HealthYes, breakfast, and public health across the four nations. Have I left any comments out? The fact the debate is so difficult to summarise in two minutes indicates how important…15 Dec 2021HANSARD School-based Counselling ServicesI thank the hon. Lady, and I agree with all she says. The threshold for family services is extremely high, which means that schools and colleges are picking up early intervention…09 Nov 2021HANSARD School-based Counselling ServicesI congratulate the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown) on securing this important debate. I rise to speak both as chair of the all-party parliamentary group…09 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I, too, thank my right hon. Friend for the £56 million for three innovative levelling-up bids in my home city of Stoke-on-Trent. We warmly welcome this as the biggest…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am delighted to speak in the Budget debate today on the theme of levelling up. In the short time I have, I want to focus on Stoke-on-Trent—or, to quote the Chancellor in his…01 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Further to that point of order, some Members may have medical conditions that we do not wish to disclose meaning we cannot wear masks. I have been sitting in the Chamber for three…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Gentleman has given examples of large companies and talked about shareholders. We had a discussion earlier in the week, and I understand that the legislation he proposes…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the Government’s commitment to helping all industrial clusters to decarbonise as we transition to net zero by 2050. As an…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have listened with great interest to the points made by the hon. Lady and by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston, but I do not recognise my NHS as…23 Sept 2021