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HANSARD Transport: CheshireMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will talk about the Mersey Gateway later, because we have another very difficult situation there. As my right hon. Friend says, many…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: CheshireI beg to move, That this House has considered transport in Cheshire. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I am glad to see you here, and I thank the other…05 Jun 2019HANSARDInvisible Disabilities and Accessibility ChallengesI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. From my experience in the constituency, those with mental health issues in particular sometimes have real difficulty engaging in the…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: CheshireI agree, and London seems to do better than the rest of the country in terms of per-head transport investment, too. None of the crossings in Northern Ireland is tolled, none in…05 Jun 2019HANSARDInvisible Disabilities and Accessibility ChallengesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian (Martin Whitfield) on securing this debate. It is an important issue. It is a shame that the Chamber is so empty again…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: CheshireThe hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. The system seems to have been set up to make it as difficult as possible to pay the tolls, which is probably why there are so many…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Transport: CheshireMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The injustice of the situation will get worse in the near future, because when the old Silver Jubilee bridge reopens, it will also be…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Faisal Rashid) on securing this debate and on talking…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesIn the spending review, which may or may not happen some time this year, will the Minister advocate for Unionlearn’s funding at least to continue at that level or perhaps to…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesMy hon. Friend makes an interesting point. I think there is more we can do to meet in the electronic sense, online; there can be more discussion forums that way. The old workplace…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesI absolutely agree. We have had a number of debates on blacklisting, particularly in construction, but it applies in other areas. Whistleblowers often find that, once they have…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesYes. We have a lot of potentially dangerous industries in our area. The ones I tend to deal with have been around for a long time. They all have long-standing recognition…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Trade Union Access to WorkplacesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have seen an explosion of insecure employment in this country in recent years. We wonder why people are so fed up with the way this…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his well-deserved meteoric rise. I want to ask a question following a meeting that I had with a constituent last week. He has been a…23 May 2019HANSARD Arthritis and EmploymentI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and welcome her to this place. She will clearly have a great deal of professional expertise to bring to bear. I will talk a little…21 May 2019HANSARD Arthritis and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Bill Grant) on securing the debate, which is of great…21 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have been applying for some time, without success, for a debate on transport issues in Cheshire as we urgently need to discuss some of the things that are occurring. If my…16 May 2019HANSARD Investigation of VeteransLike all Members here, I have veterans in my constituency who are very angry at the way this issue has been handled and extremely concerned about issues being dredged up from 20,…16 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceFor a change. Like the majority of hon. Members here, I have regular dialogue with my local police. Last week’s conversation was mainly about what they had been doing to tackle a…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceI am pleased to be able to contribute to the debate following a visit to my local police station last week—in a professional capacity, of course.15 May 2019