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HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy hon. Friend is making some brilliant points. When employers sack pregnant women or women on maternity leave, as well as losing these skilled workers are they not also losing…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillI do not normally come to this place on a Friday, because I normally have better things to do in my constituency, but this Bill is so important that I felt I had to be here today.…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. It is not right; men do not face these questions and this discrimination, and we forget that. It is, unfortunately, still a man’s world. I…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillDoes my right hon. Friend also agree that men play an important role in the future of mankind?21 Oct 2022HANSARD Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillI completely agree with my right hon. and gallant Friend, who makes a really good point. We know this happens: the majority of single parents in this country are ladies—women—and…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Departure of Previous Home SecretaryThank you, Mr Speaker. The shadow Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), makes a really good point: my hon. Friend the…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillI love shale gas and I hope we get loads of it—we have certainly had loads of it today from Opposition Members—but it is not up to me, and it should not be up to people in this…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillThe hon. Member is generous with his time. I wonder if he can recall when his leader said: “I love shale gas—it is much cleaner than coal and we need more gas. I hope we get loads…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillThe shadow Secretary of State can very well shake his head. What I say to him is, please come to a place like Ashfield. I know you don’t visit your own constituency very often,…19 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up FundEastwood is famous for two things: D. H. Lawrence and a whole list of lazy Labour MPs who have not brought one penny of investment into the forgotten town of Nottinghamshire.…17 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Fund18. How many areas have been allocated funding under the levelling-up fund.17 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseNow then, I thought things were bad in Ashfield when I was told by residents that one of the district councillors had gone to live in Wales, over 100 miles away, but my hon.…13 Oct 2022HANSARDGlobal Food SecurityNow then, we have a chap in Ashfield whose name is Wade, who runs the only independent cheese counter in Ashfield. He tells me that Putin’s war in Ukraine is increasing food…06 Sept 2022HANSARDGlobal Food Security4. What steps she has taken to improve global food security.06 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn Ashfield, I have pensioners who cannot get to the local library or the post office because of a lack of bus drivers, but there is no lack of bus drivers in Kent, shipping…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseNow then. The BBC has covered up for Jimmy Savile, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris and a whole list of predatory perverts. Now, sadly, it is attacking our brave SAS in an outrageous…21 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI recently had the good fortune to spend a few hours with an ambulance driver from Ashfield who drives for the East Midlands ambulance service. He told me that he is so…18 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseNow then, Brian Lee, an 82-year-old from Skegby, in Ashfield, is deeply disappointed with Trentbarton’s decision to axe the 141 bus service, which is a lifeline to Brian and many…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsNot every civil servant and local government officer is back at work after the pandemic, which is creating backlogs and is a waste of taxpayers’ money, so what more can we do to…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.14 Jul 2022