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HANSARDFormer Offenders: Employment SupportDoes my right hon. Friend agree that prisoners and ex-offenders out on licence should help fill the labour shortage, that on release all prisoners, including some ex-Labour MPs,…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI thank my hon. Friend for giving way again: he is being very generous with his time. Does he agree that once the inquiry takes place and we get to the bottom of this, and the…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI thank my hon. Friend for bringing this subject to the Chamber. It is very, very important. Does he agree that the only way we will know the full scale of these vile crimes in…26 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn 2018, the independent leader of Ashfield District Council ripped up the draft local plan, and promised to deliver a new plan to build 8,000 houses over 15 years and protect our…21 Oct 2021HANSARDInjunction to Protect the M25This injunction is welcome news. Does the Minister agree that the police should now adopt a zero-tolerance approach and that, as soon as one of these morons sets foot on the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDVeterans and Military Charities: Additional SupportSadly, some veterans end up living on our streets. The solution is not just to give them a bed, a job or a roof over their head; what they need is real, targeted mental health…20 Sept 2021HANSARDVeterans and Military Charities: Additional Support1. What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the additional support for veterans and military charities announced on 6 September 2021.20 Sept 2021HANSARDMobile Phone Data: Criminal TrialsCould my right hon. and learned Friend please explain how mobile phone data is being used to track and capture people smugglers who are sending illegal immigrants over the channel?16 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. D. H. Lawrence is Ashfield’s most famous son, and I thank the Government for the extra funding they supplied last year for the D. H. Lawrence Centre in Eastwood. Will the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDMobile Phone Data: Criminal Trials2. What steps she is taking to improve the disclosure of mobile phone data in criminal trials.16 Sept 2021HANSARDInfrastructure for Businesses: WeymouthWe have thousands of illegal immigrants arriving on our shores every single month. When are we going to take some direct action, and send the boats straight back?08 Sept 2021HANSARD International Travel RulesAlmost 70% of Ashfield residents have been double jabbed. Although that has given us back our domestic freedoms, does the Minister agree that another freedom that we need to get…19 Jul 2021HANSARDRegeneration of Towns and High StreetsNow then, Ashfield has benefited from more than £70 million from the towns fund and the future high streets fund, which is welcome news to our struggling high streets, but the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillNow then, Janis Bite was 13 years old and living in Latvia at the start of world war two. Two years later, the Nazis came. Their request was simple: one male member from each…19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. That is absolutely right. I spoke to Janis’s family last week in Ashfield, and they made exactly that point. I will feed that back…19 Jul 2021HANSARDRegeneration of Towns and High StreetsWhat steps he is taking to regenerate towns and high streets.19 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the important points that he is making in the Chamber tonight, but the most important thing I want to thank him for is mentioning the word…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillNow then, if we control what students in universities can listen to, we are controlling what they can think and the type of person they will become. That may work in places such…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCourt Cases: Media CommentWhat steps he has taken to help ensure that court cases are not prejudiced by inappropriate (a) reporting by the media and (b) comment by the public.01 Jul 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryUnder the last Labour Government, steel production in this country fell by almost 50% to its lowest level since 1934. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Labour party should look…21 Jun 2021