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HANSARDAdult and Further EducationI thank my hon. Friend for his expertise, and he is absolutely right. However, many students when I was teaching struggled with their maths GCSE. They struggled with their basic…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureIt is a great honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie). Who knew about radiator sludge? It is a case in point. One of the privileges of being a…05 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill my hon. Friend please outline what his Department is doing to look at the import of green hydrogen feedstock into the UK, to increase the scale and speed of the UK industry…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Lady is making a fantastic point. Does she agree that we should not restrict this to driving licences or passports? It should include citizenship cards—in fact, perhaps…29 Jun 2023HANSARD Migration and Economic Development PartnershipI spoke with a constituent on Victoria Street, Grimsby a few weeks ago. He said to me that we will never send illegal migrants back to Rwanda because the left-wing establishment…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)I mean the police—not the British Transport police.27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)We are all very concerned about the example given by the hon. Lady. Why are the conductors and British Transport police not reporting those children to the police? That does not…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsBBC local radio is unique. In the multifarious and busy media landscape we have today, it is very rare to be able to say that. Nobody else in the market provides what BBC local…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In these days of flexible working and working from home, and with the technology we can now use with radio, local radio can be unique in how it…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. Unless we are really good at working with digital, it is quite difficult to find our local radio station. Podcasts, BBC Sounds and all…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsWill the Minister give way?22 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Bank of England is raising interest rates to try to stem spending and therefore preventing inflation from being baked into the economy. The same cannot be said for those with…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI do not agree. I am from Grimsby and I can only say it as I see it. I saw on the day that the report was published that Boris Johnson had not been aware of the parties that had…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI thank my right hon. Friend for that. Of course— [ Interruption. ]19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my right hon. Friend for identifying that. Of course, he is absolutely right. I have to say that I do respect the amount of hard work put…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI have to speak in the House today because I cannot see where the evidence is that Boris Johnson misled Parliament knowingly, intentionally or recklessly. [ Interruption. ] I am…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI thank the hon. Gentleman most graciously for giving way. Actually, it was not just about junior unelected officials. Where were the senior managers in this? Where were the line…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI am not a Conservative party grandee. I am not somebody who has followed Boris Johnson’s political or other career for a long time. I am somebody who came here to serve my…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI thank the hon. Lady. What I would say, actually, is that I have had the privilege to work with many unelected officials—special advisers and civil servants —who have been…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonNo, I will not give way at the moment. Those people advised the then Prime Minister again and again that no rules were broken and that guidance was followed at all times.…19 Jun 2023