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HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationWhat a fantastic debate we have had this afternoon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) very warmly on securing it. I am…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationThe Minister is helpfully helping me join some dots. Why does he think that it is right for the Government to intervene to ensure that the consumer has particular cyber-security…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Internet of Things: RegulationBefore the Minister moves on, I just want to clarify one point. Is it his position to accept that data that is generated as user data does have an economic value, but that it is…03 Oct 2019HANSARD International Climate ActionI want to follow the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), who is right to say that we will not be a leader abroad unless we are a…26 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Inflation aside, this multi-billion increase in cost betrays nothing other than sheer incompetence in the management of this project. In the west midlands, 100,000 jobs are now in…05 Sept 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessWe do not know, because obviously there is not a safeguarding adult review for everyone who dies. There should be a safeguarding adult review for everyone who dies, because my…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Bailey. A stone’s throw from St Philip’s Cathedral, on the steps of the House of Fraser, in the heart of…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are hiding behind definitions of “affordable housing” that are frankly meaningless in the real world. What we need to be doing is building…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessIt was not so long ago that, at about 2 am or 3 am, I met a man who goes by the name of “Ginge”. He sleeps in the Barclays bank lobby at Colmore Row, and has schizophrenia and…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessWhile the Minister is being constructive and generous, and before he finishes, could he undertake to try to secure an explanation as to why the £211 million promised to the West…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessGood answer.24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessI am grateful; I will be very brief. When the Mayor came to office, Her Majesty’s Government promised £211 million to build new homes. Parliamentary questions show that £209…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and Homelessnessrose—24 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2I will in a moment. Coming from Birmingham, what I treasure above all is jobs. We have had the slowest jobs recovery since the financial crisis of any city region, and HS2 will…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom) on securing the debate and on giving…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2Precisely. If we measure what we treasure, and if we treasure jobs, HS2 is, frankly, a project that we need. However, that is not all I treasure; I also treasure tangible action…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2The former Secretary of State is right to make that point, because a number of significant businesses are now relocating to what is the worst unemployment hotspot in the country;…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2I am all for that, so long as it does not introduce a moment of delay in driving this forward. Frankly, our economy cannot have any further delay. I treasure a project that puts…10 Jul 2019HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetI, too, welcome today’s statement as an important step forward. I hope the Secretary of State will join me in congratulating Birmingham City Council, which last night declared a…12 Jun 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI, too, commend my hon. Friend for the leadership that he has shown on this issue. Hate crime against Muslims has risen by almost 100% since the Brexit referendum. In my…16 May 2019