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HANSARDEnergy (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 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast June, six-year-old Sharlotte-Sky was killed as she was walking along the pavement near her home in Norton Green. Her killer, John Owen, had been drinking, was on drugs, was…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 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyMy hon. Friend, who is a fine and doughty champion for the people of Tipton and the surrounding area, makes a great point. I know that the shadow Minister, the right hon. Member…22 Nov 2022HANSARDMigrationStoke-on-Trent, decades ago, voluntarily entered the asylum dispersal scheme, but enough is enough. We have done our bit for this country to protect some of the vulnerable people…16 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI am proud to stand up for the ceramics industry, which is the beating heart of our great city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is a shame that the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. FairFuelUK’s latest survey of 17,000 motorists and hauliers shows that they continue to be punished by crippling and needlessly high fuel taxation, from which the Treasury…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe hon. Member makes the point about home ownership under the Labour party. Does she accept that the home ownership rate was high in 2008, when we had the global financial crash…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWill the hon. Member give way?15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThe hon. Gentleman said he would come back to me when I sought to intervene on his talk of jobs in areas that we promised to level up, such as Stoke-on-Trent. He will, of course,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI will use my third opportunity in this debate to remind the hon. Lady that in Stoke-on-Trent we have created more than 9,000 jobs thanks to a Conservative-led city council, led…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsForty per cent. of GP appointments are now related to mental health. That is why James Starkie and I launched the cross-party “No Time to Wait” campaign, which had the support of…01 Nov 2022HANSARDReligious Education in Modern BritainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. I declare an interest as someone who was an RE teacher—although not a specialist, I must confess, which may upset…01 Nov 2022HANSARDReligious Education in Modern BritainThe Minister is completely correct to say that continuous professional development is so important to being a high-quality teacher, but sadly we are the only country in Europe…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustI thank my hon. Friend and Stoke-on-Trent buddy for securing this fantastic and important debate. In 2018, it was described as an epidemic in Stoke-on-Trent and, sadly, we are…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustMy hon. Friend makes a great point: it is essential that we get the additional support that we urgently need as a city. We are trapped in part between Birmingham, Manchester and…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustWe are, of course, delighted with the 265 brand-new police officers in Staffordshire, which has been welcomed by the commanders of Staffordshire police. Sadly, our former chief…01 Nov 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresThe people of Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke are appalled by the number of illegal economic migrants coming across the English channel. Again, Stoke-on-Trent, which…31 Oct 2022