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HANSARDWhistleblowingThe Minister heard some of my comments about the Financial Conduct Authority and its, at best, quite tepid approach to whistleblowers. What are we to do when, effectively, an…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Income TaxDoes the Minister think that the hon. Member for Bootle understands how reliefs work? He said that it was about giving away millions of pounds to corporations. Actually, if a…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingIt is a pleasure and an honour to follow the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb), who has done such incredible work in this area and on the all-party parliamentary…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI support that principle and many other recommendations mentioned by the right hon. Member for North Norfolk. I will be interested to hear from my hon. Friend the Member for…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI could not agree more. My right hon. Friend highlights the importance of some of these cases. We have to ask why an organisation would not want to know about this. My role before…03 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI certainly do not want to debate the matter with you, Mr Deputy Speaker, because you are obviously in the right, but I would just like to invite my hon. Friends to my…02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), and it has been a pleasure to serve on the Select Committee under his guidance for the last four…02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI do not want to upset Mr Deputy Speaker, but this is a very relevant issue, because fracking is part of local planning policy. Can I invite both my hon. Friend the Member for…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Lady is making some powerful points, many of which I agree with, and I am also concerned by some of the pledges in the leadership contest about the spending of taxpayers’…02 Jul 2019HANSARDSpending ReviewI certainly agree with my right hon. Friend that we need to be careful with our spending pledges, but I think that investment spending is different, particularly when the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI understand that the hon. Gentleman’s preference was not for making cuts to local authorities over the past few years, and he makes a good case for that. However, faced with the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Governmentrose —02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentMy right hon. Friend makes a good point. However, I believe that healthcare is different. Social care should be funded differently because everybody has a personal responsibility…02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI entirely agree with the hon. Lady on this. The Select Committees on Health and Social Care and on Housing, Communities and Local Government issued a joint report on the future…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Disabled Access: Thirsk StationI am grateful to you for granting this important debate, Mr Speaker, because train travel has never been more popular or important. Around 20,000 miles of railway track…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Disabled Access: Thirsk StationI understand that other stations are in a similar position, but how unusual is it for a station to provide no access to either platform, for either inbound or outbound trains,…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Disabled Access: Thirsk StationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. As I will say later, around 40% of stations do not have access for disabled people, and we know that disabled people are accounting for a…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Disabled Access: Thirsk StationThe entry continues— “which is reliant upon staff assistance, and cannot be accessed outside of staffed hours.” Fortunately, we are starting from a good place in this debate, as…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayJust to continue with the Yorkshire theme, may I suggest, as a fellow Yorkshire Member of Parliament and with regard to my hon. Friend’s earlier comments about being a reservist,…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), who has been one of the world leaders in the debate on this issue. I welcome the…24 Jun 2019