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HANSARDEducation Recovery: Support for PupilsHeadteachers across Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke see the importance of the national tutoring programme, but they were concerned when Schools Week reported that £150…28 Nov 2022HANSARD Unduly Lenient Sentence SchemeI am very grateful to my hon. Friend. The impact of Sharlotte’s death is impossible to overestimate. I have already explained the deeply saddening impact that it has had on…23 Nov 2022HANSARD Unduly Lenient Sentence SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I could not agree with him more and I thank him for his kind words. I have rehearsed this speech a few times, hoping not to get teary.…23 Nov 2022HANSARD Unduly Lenient Sentence SchemeOn 19 June 2021, the Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke community was rocked when it learned of the tragic death of six-year-old Sharlotte-Sky. Sharlotte was killed when…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 23 November.23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsPeople in places such as Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke are not getting the help that they need quickly enough when it comes to mental health. Fellow campaigner James…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyIn the summer leadership contest, the Prime Minister set out his plan to see a dramatic cut to the 20p tax rate at the end of this decade. Is that ambition still held by the Prime…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyrose —22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyWhy does it matter?22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyrose —22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyOn mental health, I am sure that my hon. Friend will back the cross-party “No Time To Wait” campaign that I launched with my friend James Starkie. Our pilot from the Royal College…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyrose—22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyAs someone who probably speaks with the same sort of vim and vigour as he does, I always admire the passion of the hon. Gentleman in the Chamber. He laid out a litany of issues…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyMore!22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyI have tried to ask this question of a few other Opposition MPs, so I will try again with the hon. Gentleman, who I know is a very good man. Obviously, he is saying that the tax…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyMay I reassure the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) that it is an absolute pleasure not just to have heard her, but to follow her in this Chamber and be able to…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyThe hon. Lady is giving a very passionate defence of why she believes Brexit to be a disaster. Obviously, I think differently. If Labour was in Government, would she be giving the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyrose —22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech about the extra £4.4 billion going into schools over the next two years, but she should add that the Department for Education secured a…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyThe Minister is talking about taxation. I am seriously concerned that the Government have enabled council tax to go up by 5%. In Stoke-on-Trent a 1% rise brings in merely…22 Nov 2022