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HANSARDBritishvoltI thank my hon. Friend for bringing this debate to the House. Cambois is in the constituency of Wansbeck, not Blyth, as some seem to think. What we are discussing will impact not…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIf we attack the trade unions, which are made up of members who are workers, then we are attacking the workers. The Government’s proposed legislation and the response I just got…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI direct the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a proud trade union member. The Government are on a mission to take power from the people,…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillNo. This Government are turning back the clock not just on workers’ rights but on the rights of the vast majority of this country. As always, Ministers are only concerned about…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironment Agency Budget: Sewage DischargeI have raised previously in the House, and in letters to Ofwat, the Environment Agency and Northumbrian Water, the disastrous impact on waterways in my constituency of the…12 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironment Agency Budget: Sewage Discharge16. Whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of a reduction in the Environment Agency’s budget on levels of sewage discharge.12 Jan 2023HANSARDRoyal Mail and the Universal Service ObligationI thank all hon. and right hon. Members for speaking in the debate. I am not surprised to hear the Minister say that he will be voting for the legislation on Monday; I will…12 Jan 2023HANSARDRoyal Mail and the Universal Service ObligationI beg to move, That this House has considered Royal Mail and the future of the Universal Service Obligation. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ali. The future…12 Jan 2023HANSARDBacklog of Criminal Court CasesThe Minister says that it is not a disaster, but the courts backlog has undeniably been made worse by the common platform system that Crown Prosecution Service members have been…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionThe Minister’s proposals criminalise workers for taking action in legitimate disputes, threatening to turn the clock back on workers’ rights by 200 years. The Tolpuddle martyrs…10 Jan 2023HANSARDBacklog of Criminal Court Cases7. What recent estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of criminal court cases in Jarrow constituency.10 Jan 2023HANSARD Cost of FoodIt is an honour to speak under your chairship, Mr Gray. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing the debate. One in six Jarrow…14 Dec 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates8. What steps she is taking to increase the proportion of cases relating to violence against women and girls that are prosecuted.07 Dec 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution RatesThe commitment to introducing specialist rape courts has not been met. Instead, there is a pilot scheme in just four locations, yet survivors cannot select where their cases are…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyLast week’s autumn statement failed to address our major economic problems. We have had 12 years of cuts leading to the collapse of our public services. The Government are now…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ14. In 1936, people from my constituency marched to Parliament demanding jobs. They were living in poverty and were hungry. Some 86 years later, 39% of kids in Jarrow are still…16 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I thank the Minister for the constructive meeting that I and others had with him last week regarding the Post Office Horizon scandal, but he will know that no one from the…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Privatisation does not work. It does not work for our national health service—we have another amber alert in the NHS blood service, which this week’s Chancellor sold when he…19 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System Reform2. What steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.18 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformCrime is up, charges are down, criminals are getting off and victims are being let down—and that is just in the Met police. Yesterday, we saw the alarming weight of evidence from…18 Oct 2022