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HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI grew up in a relatively white, and middle-class we could say, suburb of Brighton: a town called Lewes. The people of Lewes will hate me calling it a suburb of Brighton, but it…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActQuite! We all know how the game of Chinese whispers works, and the danger is that if children learn things second hand, the message will have been garbled or lost by the time it…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActWill the Minister give way?25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI am slightly concerned that we are getting caught up in the wrong way about age-appropriateness. The Minister referred to the times when this education would be introduced, full…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActCan the right hon. Gentleman clarify for me what we mean, in this context, by “sensitive”? Do we mean talking about families with single parents, and so on, or are we talking…25 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family ReunionDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that one other barrier the Government must address is the high cost of citizenship applications, particularly for child refugees, who might have been…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Export Licences: High Court JudgmentI have just returned from the Court of Appeal, where I listened to the judgment. The judges, in paragraph 141, say there was a decision in 2016 no longer to apply criterion 2 on…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsIn the Committee I asked—as the Chairman of the Committee my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg) asked again today in the Chamber—about the inclusion…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsThe UN Secretary-General has said that the process in a voluntary national review should be for the Government to consult Parliament and the Opposition, as well as members of the…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsDoes my hon. Friend find it appalling, as I do, that British fighter jets using British ammunition and flown by people trained in Britain on routes that are set out in Saudi…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsThe hon. Gentleman celebrates the fact that this debate is happening today, but should it not have happened a year ago and been followed up with 17 sectoral debates in which we…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsDoes my hon. Friend share my disappointment that the Government did a VNR only at the end of the cycle? The Netherlands has already done one and is embarking on a second. The…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsAt the September high-level political forum, which is the summit, there will be a review of the modalities of the HLPF and the VNR. Does my hon. Friend agree that we could submit…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that it is not just a starting point? There was meant to be a 10-year programme for action on the sustainable consumption and production patterns…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsIs the hon. Gentleman therefore concerned, as I am, that a number of the prospective Conservative Prime Ministers are talking about slashing it and that the lead candidate is even…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Sustainable Development GoalsDoes my hon. Friend agree that, just like in 1992 when after the Earth summit every local council produced a local agenda 21, the Government should be mandating local councils to…11 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.05 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, during the urgent question, the Government were asked how many names of EU citizens were transmitted from this country to other countries after the 7 May deadline. What…05 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesAnd the Commission said it was wrong.04 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesGoodness me, man!04 Jun 2019