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HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) on securing this important debate, and…08 May 2019HANSARDFlour Fortification: Folic Acid23. The Healthy Start scheme, which provides food vouchers and coupons for free vitamins, reaches only about a third of children living in poverty. It is also woefully out of…07 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsRecent figures show that areas with the greatest need have seen the biggest decline in the number of apprenticeship starts in the past year, with new starts in Bradford South…29 Apr 2019HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: NHS/Public ServicesI welcome the assurances that the Secretary of State has given to the House here today, but can he confirm that the principal protections for public services related to the…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in thanking the brave firefighters and emergency workers who have been dealing with the fires on Ilkley moor and other moors nearby? They are…25 Apr 2019HANSARDRetail CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) on securing this important debate. Local…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAt Foxhill Primary School, which I visited last week, a reduction in funding has forced it to consider cutting parts of its arts programme despite having an amazing brass band and…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Customs)The statutory instrument before us today contains extremely important measures to ensure that the United Kingdom has a robust export controls regime in place after Brexit. It is…08 Apr 2019HANSARDDraft Trade etc. in Dual-Use items and Firearms etc. (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. The sifting Committee has drawn the draft regulations to the special attention of both Houses on the basis that their…25 Mar 2019HANSARDBus Journey NumbersBus services provide essential independence and freedom to people with disabilities, yet disabled bus passes allow free travel only after 9.30 am, despite the fact that most…21 Mar 2019HANSARDBus Journey Numbers4. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of journeys taken by bus.21 Mar 2019HANSARDInsecure Work1. What steps he is taking to support people in insecure work.19 Mar 2019HANSARDInsecure WorkToo often, workers have eight or 10-hour contracts, but are then expected to work up to 60 hours when their employer demands it, with no flexibility in return. One concrete step…19 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Health Services and Legal ActionThe British public are clear that they do not want our national health service to be bargained away as part of trade negotiations, and they do not want foreign companies to have…14 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy constituency voted to leave. I am a democrat, and I respect the result of the referendum, but does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that a no-deal Brexit would not be in…13 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Conceived through RapeFollowing the recent high-profile case in Rotherham, has the Minister’s Department carried out a review of what went wrong? Is she considering a change in the law to ensure that…12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Conceived through Rape15. What steps he is taking to ensure that rapists do not have access to children conceived through rape.12 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis week, Bradford starts to celebrate its 10th anniversary as the world’s first UNESCO city of film. In those 10 years, numerous films and TV shows have been shot in Bradford,…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: RegulationDoes the Minister agree that as well as looking at regulation we need to celebrate the beauty industry, which is led predominantly by women, predominantly employs women, and…12 Feb 2019HANSARDNew Trade Agreements: Human RightsTwo weeks ago, the Joint Committee on Human Rights heard how the Canadian Government had to make a substantial pay-out and issue a public apology to a chemicals company after they…07 Feb 2019