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HANSARDInvestment in UK ManufacturingI am glad now to know who the Minister’s favourite in Stoke-on-Trent is. Steelite, based in Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, received funding from the regional growth…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevThe hon. Gentleman talks about the dangers, apparently, of this Conservative Government, but I am terrified by the fact that, at the last general election, the then Leader of the…29 Mar 2022HANSARDSchools White PaperI warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on his White Paper and thank him for the fact that Stoke-on-Trent is now an education investment area priority, which comes with…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPhysical EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, yet again, in Westminster Hall, Mr Hosie. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson) for securing this…23 Mar 2022HANSARDPhysical EducationI could not agree more. This is so important. Again, the benefit of private schools is that they have interschool cups, so we should have interschool competitions. The highlight…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillLet us be very clear. Currently, illegal economic migrants are entering this country across the English channel from a safe mainland European country, France. That situation is…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way after mentioning Stoke-on-Trent. The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council is annoyed about the asylum dispersal scheme because…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI thank the Minister for taking the time to meet me and other colleagues with large ethnic minority communities in their constituencies, such as the Pakistani Kashmiri community…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWe both served on the Bill Committee but we seem to have a very different recollection. George Brandis, the Australian high commissioner, talked about a three-part effect, with…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am getting rather confused. The Labour party seems to be saying that we should not remove pull factors that mean that people are willing to risk their lives crossing the English…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillIt is fact —[Interruption.]22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Minister for the phone call last week about the DWP closure and the potential for more than 200 job losses in Stoke-on-Trent—she rightly understands the concern of…21 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersClaiming pension credit is a passport to a variety of other benefits for elderly residents in Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, so could my hon. Friend advise local…21 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Pensioners12. What steps she is taking to help support pensioners with the cost of living.21 Mar 2022HANSARDPolitical Impartiality in Schools21. What steps his Department is taking to help ensure political impartiality in schools.14 Mar 2022HANSARDPolitical Impartiality in SchoolsA minority of woke-warrior teachers think it is acceptable to push extremist nonsense on to pupils, such as white privilege, and try to cancel important historical figures, such…14 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsStoke-on-Trent was delighted to become an education investment area and is seeking a new 16-to-19 specialist school, but I am still waiting for wave 15 of the free school…14 Mar 2022HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163)04 Feb 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillIt is a pleasure to speak today and to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) on bringing forward this piece of legislation. He is a Member of this…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillLet me quickly add my support for the Bill introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox). On the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud…04 Feb 2022