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HANSARD Podiatry Workforce and Patient CareI am here if the Minister needs any assistance in—I was going to say beating—negotiating the Treasury into submission. I think I mentioned a figure of one podiatrist to every…20 Jun 2023HANSARD Insolvency Law and Director DisqualificationsThank you, Ms Fovargue—I always find the pronunciation difficult. That is my fault, not that of the spelling. I do not have a lot to say, other than to compliment my hon. Friend…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Insolvency Law and Director DisqualificationsThe hon. Member mentions criminality. I am flicking through Prem Sikka’s report, and I forgot to mention the section on Companies House. Previously, in the exposure of Magnolia…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Insolvency Law and Director DisqualificationsWe have had several representations from the bakers union over a period of time. It looks as though it is a sector where the strategy of insolvency has been used consistently. I…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Insolvency Law and Director DisqualificationsI worked for Silentnight as a youngster, but one of the other issues is the distressing of assets by the accountancy firms, so that they can get sold on. We have seen case after…14 Jun 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [Lords]On telecoms, not TikTok in this instance. According to reports last week, the UK telecoms arm of CK Hutchison, 3 mobile, is merging with Vodafone. Vodafone is extensively involved…13 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderThe right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) forgets that, when he was a member of the Labour party, he used to blast out very loud music at CND marches down…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderI concur with everything said by my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum), the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) and others. I want to…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderI think that the hon. Gentleman was not listening. What my constituents and the constituents of Uxbridge did was follow the process, exactly as he advised them.12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderNo. He was not listening, was he? What happened was that they campaigned and they were given a commitment by the leader of a political party, but that was reneged upon as soon as…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderI welcome that intervention. The regulations put the local police in my area, as well as local protesters and the local communities in both the Hayes and Harlington constituency…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderThe history of protest around Heathrow is actually an example of a model relationship between protesters and local police. It has worked very well up to now. We have had some…12 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Carers WeekI will try to get through my 10-minute speech as rapidly as I can, Madam Deputy Speaker. I chair a group of unpaid carers, and have been doing so for the past 18 months. They are…08 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Carers WeekI am glad that the hon. Member has raised that issue. I have constituents in the same situation, and that overhanging worry has come out in our conversations. People worry about…08 Jun 2023HANSARD Heathrow Airport ExpansionI did not think that we would ever be here again, but this is like the Monty Python dead parrot sketch—it is dead; it is not going to happen. My hon. Friends the Members for…24 May 2023HANSARD LIBOR Fixing: Conduct of InvestigationsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for bringing this scandalous miscarriage of justice before the House. The House will have the opportunity to listen to Andy Verity when he comes…23 May 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe Lords passed an extremely sensible amendment asking the Government simply to consult before they go further with this legislation. To give an example of why consultation is…22 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; I will be relatively brief. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey), I am a member of the National Union of…17 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationLet me explain this to the Minister. There is such a thing as the Co-op party, of which some people on this side of the House will be members, and there is such a thing as the…16 May 2023HANSARD Corporate Profit and InflationI want to try to take the argument on from the discussions that have taken place so far. My hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) spoke about food, which is…16 May 2023