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HANSARDDementia Research in the UKI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) on securing and leading today’s important debate, and I have enjoyed all the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRail Connectivity: Leicester, Coventry and NottinghamI appreciate that our region has to compete with others, but the Minister will know that the east midlands region has the lowest level of transport rail spending in the country…08 Feb 2022HANSARDRail Connectivity: Leicester, Coventry and NottinghamWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARDRail Connectivity: Leicester, Coventry and NottinghamDoes my hon. Friend share my frustration at the delays that we constantly get from this Government? It has been almost a year since Midlands Connect developed the strategic…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityMy hon. Friend is making a really important point. Last year, the Meadows food bank, just one of the food banks in my constituency, gave out 38 tonnes of food and fed 40,000 meals…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpHow can we take seriously the Secretary of State’s promise to turbo-charge places such as my city when his Government have spent 12 years draining the fuel tank and slashing the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention; she made a very important and valuable point. As many hon. Members have said, bees are already under threat as a direct result of the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this morning, Sir Roger. As we have heard loud and clear, my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard)…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group on deafness, it is a great privilege to speak in this debate and to support the British Sign Language Bill. It has been a long road…28 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillDoes the hon. Lady agree that when we provide access for disabled people, we often improve public services for everyone? For example, the provision of audio-visual announcements…28 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. I am sure many of us want to thank people who got us to this stage. Through my time as chair of the all-party group I have heard…28 Jan 2022HANSARD UK Government Recognition of SomalilandMy hon. Friend is making a powerful contribution to an extremely good debate. Does he agree that Somaliland stands as a beacon of hope and shows what can be achieved where there…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am delighted that JVT is returning to the University of Nottingham, but I am worried about what he will hear from local clinicians. This week, I received an email from a doctor…13 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am clearly not alone in dealing with large number of constituents with family members trapped in Afghanistan. They are increasingly desperate, because until today they did not…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI hope that the Leader of the House will join me in sending condolences to the family and many friends of my constituent Karl White, who died just before Christmas. Karl spent 32…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryI am sure that I am not alone in hoping that when the Secretary of State next replies to questions from the shadow Education Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Houghton and…05 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Government Support for BusinessFor more than a week, hospitality businesses and workers in Nottingham have been contacting me desperately worried about falling custom at what should be their busiest time of…16 Dec 2021HANSARDFCDO StaffingI have a great many constituents with family members trapped in Afghanistan who are living in hiding and fearing for their lives. One family member writes: “It’s such a struggle…16 Dec 2021HANSARDMajor Road Blockages: Climate ActivistsRoads across this country are blocked every single day not by protesters, but by traffic congestion, at a huge cost to health, the environment and business. This problem will only…16 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateTesting and self-isolating are vital in preventing transmission, but for people in precarious jobs who are struggling to make ends meet, it can be incredibly worrying and…13 Dec 2021