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HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI would like to associate myself with my hon. Friend’s comments regarding the fantastic organisations based in the great city of Stoke-on-Trent. I give a particular shout-out to…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillEducation investment areas were announced in the “Levelling Up” White Paper. I suggest that the Bill, brought forward by my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset, has…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion not just for Great Grimsby but for skills and apprenticeships across our country. She worked in the further education sector before entering…04 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment BillIt is a pleasure to talk about my love for the NHS. I was born with a cholesteatoma in the right ear. Thanks to the NHS, I was able to be seen at the age of seven, which meant…04 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment’s Education Catch-up and Mental Health Recovery ProgrammesMy right hon. Friend knows that he and I have a slight difference of opinion when it comes to the idea of exclusion. However, I always want to be careful about one thing: that we…03 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment’s Education Catch-up and Mental Health Recovery ProgrammesIt is an absolute pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green), whom I hold in high regard as a parliamentarian. I thoroughly enjoyed our exchanges…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBus Service Improvement PlansI was delighted to see in the levelling-up White Paper yesterday that, thanks to this Conservative Government working with Conservative-led Stoke-on-Trent City Council and three…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe levelling-up White Paper that was launched yesterday will see Stoke-on-Trent become an educational investment area and get multi-million pound funding to bus back better,…03 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI warmly welcome the Chancellor’s statement because 94% of properties in Stoke-on-Trent are in council tax bands A to C, so the £150 rebate will do wonders across Stoke-on-Trent…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationI could not be more grateful to my hon. Friend. This is why we are a tour de force in north Staffordshire, walking around at every opportunity like some sort of north…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I commend my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) for securing this important…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe in Stoke-on-Trent are proud to be the home of Staffordshire University, but sadly it seems that cancel culture has arrived on our doorstep after the wokerati made formal…31 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast weekend, a terrible fire ripped through the Leopard pub in the mother town of Burslem, which resulted in the local community collectively grieving. On behalf of residents…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPlanning Permissions and Unauthorised DevelopmentsMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. In Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, Staffordshire Waste Recycling Centre now has to apply for retrospective planning…26 Jan 2022HANSARDPlanning Permissions and Unauthorised DevelopmentsI thank my right hon. Friend. He will know that, when it comes to giving local authorities more powers, it is about tackling not just retrospective planning, but those who own…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022Does the hon. Gentleman share my concerns that trade unions such as the National Education Union were found potentially to have broken the Trade Union and Labour Relations…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022Further to that point of order, Mr Davies. Following on from the point made by the right hon. Gentleman, I have not yet had a chance to speak but I am more than happy to declare…25 Jan 2022HANSARDSupport for Town Centres and High Streets4. What steps his Department is taking to support town centres and high streets.24 Jan 2022HANSARDSupport for Town Centres and High StreetsHistory, heritage and high streets—these things mean so much to the people of Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke. Tears were flowing in the mother town this weekend after a…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice FundingThe great town of Tunstall sadly missed out on its recent safer streets fund bid. Analysis from Staffordshire police and Stoke-on-Trent City Council shows that we suffer…17 Jan 2022