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HANSARDSafe Streets for AllIn a striking opening comment in the Queen’s Speech debates, the Prime Minister remarked that genius can be found everywhere in our country—of course, you and I know that that is…17 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 and Health Inequalities: West YorkshireThe figures were for the UK as a whole. It has gone from 406 in January to 28 now. We often hear that no one is safe unless everybody is safe. There are clear hotspots where the…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Covid-19 and Health Inequalities: West YorkshireI beg to move, That this House has considered health inequalities and the covid-19 outbreak in West Yorkshire. Thank you for calling me, Mr Hollobone. I thank everyone who has…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Greensill CapitalIs the central fact not that there was communication between a former Prime Minister and Ministers about his private interests? Will the Minister confirm that that is a breach of…13 Apr 2021HANSARDSocial Care Sector: Pay and ConditionsWhat steps he is taking to increase pay and improve working conditions in the social care sector.13 Apr 2021HANSARDSocial Care Sector: Pay and ConditionsFirst, I imagine the whole House will join me in mourning the 364 care workers who have died in public service since covid began. Many care workers have told me that they feel…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI join others in expressing my condolences. This Bill continues the authoritarian drift of this Government. First, we had the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans)…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI have indeed worked many times with my hon. Friend on all kinds of activities. What the Government have in their sights are the ancient rights of assembly and freedom of…16 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI have three tests for this Budget. The first is: does it leave anybody behind? If someone works hard and plays by the rules, they should be able to expect to get on in society.…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe rarely debate the Government’s poor treatment of the north, where life expectancy is falling for the first time in a century, but where we have seen the severest cuts to public…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Towns FundThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I look forward to this technology of the clock counting me down. This is an important debate. Britain’s lop-sided economy has left many of our…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outWakefield CCG decided not to provide information to local residents about the vaccination roll-out here. It said it feared it would lead to awkward questions from a sceptical…21 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter 10 years of this Government, before covid, constituents of mine were averaging £100 a week less in earnings than the average for the rest of the country; now a third of them…15 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NAO Report on Government ProcurementTo listen to the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley), one would think everything was rosy in the garden—of course, it is not. The Government have adopted processes…09 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that the Prime Minister will share the pleasure that we all take in the great engineering skills that are displayed in our country, especially in the north, and agree…25 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is well known that working-class boys and young men are severely disadvantaged in the education system, but I wonder whether the House is aware of the recent Sutton Trust…23 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19It is interesting to follow the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mark Eastwood); we share the same hospital trust and I was struck by the fact that he appears to think the diminution of…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Local Authority SupportWhat assessment he has made of the adequacy of support given to local authorities in areas with high covid-19 infection rates.16 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Local Authority SupportAusterity impacted most on the poorer communities right across the north and elsewhere. In Wakefield alone we have lost almost £50 million from local care services, schools, youth…16 Nov 2020HANSARDSchool AttendanceWhat proportion of children (a) classed as vulnerable and (b) eligible for free school meals are attending school.22 Jun 2020