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HANSARDRugby League Clubs: Financial SupportMay I offer you, Mr Speaker, belated congratulations on having been elected Speaker one year ago yesterday? I pay tribute to you for the work that you have always done to promote…05 Nov 2020HANSARDAccess to JusticeEquality before the law is a fundamental right, but for the vast majority of people in the country who are not eligible for legal aid, that right does not actually exist. Facing a…03 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Roll-on Roll-off Ferry ServicesWhat assessment he has made of the future viability of international roll-on roll-off ferry services from the UK.22 Oct 2020HANSARDInternational Roll-on Roll-off Ferry ServicesI thank the Secretary of State and the Minister for their helpful engagement with me over P&O ferries threatening to scrap the Hull to Zeebrugge route. International shipping…22 Oct 2020HANSARDNHS Test and TraceWhat recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Test and Trace service.06 Oct 2020HANSARDNHS Test and TraceSchools in my constituency are having to close, disrupting children’s education and the work of their parents. Serco’s test and trace has been an unmitigated disaster. It is more…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationI am very worried because unemployment in east Hull is already at 10%—and it is rising. We cannot possibly wait for vital opportunities to retrain and reskill. Having left school…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewOver six months into the pandemic, people in my constituency still see no sign of the world-beating test and trace system that they were promised. Does the Secretary of State feel…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCriminal Legal AidAgain, we have heard warm words from the Dispatch Box. I am sorry to have to spoil the Justice Secretary’s birthday, but the truth is this: the Government simply have not got to…22 Sept 2020HANSARDSeafarers: Furlough SchemeThe job retention scheme has clearly helped businesses right across our economy, including in the maritime industries of port constituencies such as mine in east Hull, but when it…17 Sept 2020HANSARDSeafarers: Furlough SchemeWhat estimate he has made of the number of UK seafarers who will be directly affected by the end of the Government’s furlough schemes.17 Sept 2020HANSARDAccess to JusticeLegal aid lawyers are being asked, yet again, to carry the can for a decade of mismanagement on the part of successive Tory Ministers. Lawyers are now expected to work extended…14 Jul 2020HANSARDMaritime Sector JobsP&O Ferries, which is owned by the Government of Dubai, has pocketed millions from the British taxpayer during the covid crisis. It is now intending to make British seafarers…02 Jul 2020HANSARDMaritime Sector JobsWhat steps he is taking to help protect jobs in the maritime sector.02 Jul 2020HANSARD Caravan Industry: Hull and East RidingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) on securing this incredibly important debate. I want to reiterate some of the points…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Caravan Industry: Hull and East RidingMadam Deputy Speaker, you are absolutely right of course, and I take your advice on board, and apologise indeed. Madam Deputy Speaker, I finish, as I was saying, on a plea to the…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Caravan Industry: Hull and East RidingI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. I do not expect an answer on the two chief asks immediately, because the Minister will, of course, have to make representations…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Horizon: Sub-Postmaster ConvictionsMany hundreds of postmasters were forced to pay back many thousands of pounds to the Post Office—moneys that were never in fact owed or, indeed, missing. That in itself should…10 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLegal aid lawyers, often doing the most complex cases, are already struggling for their financial survival, but the Justice Secretary now plans to pile on more pressure through…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt’s cynical.09 Jun 2020