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HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeIt was 307 years ago that Thomas Newcomen demonstrated the first working steam engine up in Dudley Castle. It was put to work pretty rapidly, pumping the water out of Lord…01 May 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseThe Minister is being generous. The only danger with introducing such statistics, which all the social media companies are desperate to put into our hands, is that it creates the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseI am grateful for that because I believe we are on the same page. I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that the police forces in this country will need to be radically…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseBefore the Minister finishes, I am grateful for the opportunity to ask her whether she thinks that the Law Commission’s work is going to finish in time to allow her to bring a…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline AbuseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ryan. I, too, congratulate Katie Price and her family on bringing forward the petition. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionThe west midlands was the home of the industrial revolution. We sparked the carbon revolution; we would like to lead the zero-carbon revolution. However, it has been harder to…23 Apr 2019HANSARDOnline DisinformationThe rocket fuel for fake news and disinformation is the tidal wave of dark money flowing into dark ads that are targeted with psychographic precision. Vote Leave has admitted…11 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI was staggered to hear the Minister’s complacency about homelessness, which is wholly misplaced. In my region of the west midlands, which is under a Tory Mayor, homelessness or…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Educationrose —20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationThese are important new rules and I am glad that my Front Bench is giving them our wholehearted support. On the Labour Benches, we are very proud of our role in repealing section…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationThat is not what Parkfield School has done. It has agreed to go into dialogue with parents to ensure that the Equality Act is taught. That is the fact of the position.20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationLet me correct the hon. Gentleman on a point of substance. The long-term curriculum plan of the school was set at the beginning of the year, and that is what the school continues…20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationWill the hon. Gentleman give way?20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI am the local Member.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Educationindicated dissent .20 Mar 2019HANSARD Educationrose —20 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationI am grateful. As the Minister knows, I have worked with his officials every day for the past month on one of the issues in one of my schools. The parents at that school believe…20 Mar 2019HANSARDWelfare SupportI spent most of Saturday collecting a third of a tonne of food for our local food banks as part of our Winter of Compassion campaign. It is already clear that we will have to run…18 Mar 2019HANSARDHomelessnessHome- lessness in Birmingham has increased by nearly 1,000% and almost 100 people have died homeless in the past five years. This is a moral emergency. My interviews with homeless…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Mobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. In front of the Committee is another example of how ill-prepared the Government are for a no-deal situation, which is…26 Feb 2019