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HANSARD Leamside LineWill the hon. Member give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside Line£640 million.08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineThe hon. Member knows as well as I do that the main answer for a lot of communities in his constituency and mine is the bus network. The fact is that because of the Conservative…08 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022If the Minister does not know how many times the regulation has been used and how effective it is, how will he do the evaluation to know when it is no longer needed? What will he…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. It is a novelty that the Government are doing something to make it easier for people to vote, especially in the light of…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022rose—07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I get sick and tired, frankly, of Ministers hiding behind quangos. I cannot get the Electoral Commission in here to cross-examine, but I can cross-examine the Minister on behalf…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Right honourable.07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Yes, but the Minister is the one who is introducing the legislation. I accept that the Electoral Commission might collate that information, but would it not be useful for the…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Yes, it is!07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Disappointingly, yes. I am sorry, but I find this astounding. I have no problem with publicising the provision, but what steps has the Department taken to ensure that people know…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022You will not be surprised, Dr Huq, to know that I am not on TikTok—07 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. He announced a county devolution deal for County Durham, which has lost £224 million in Government grants since 2010. At the same…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationIs the hon. Lady aware that operators get around Scotland’s zero waste strategy by transferring waste over the border, much of it to the north-east? That has been raised with the…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationAlong with the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis), I am sick of talking to Governments that have, over the past 10 years, trotted out the same nonsense every…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and Regulationindicated dissent .01 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationI do not disagree with that, but does the Minister not find it remarkable that in 26 years of the landfill tax, HMRC has not had a single successful prosecution in connection with…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationI congratulate the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) on securing the debate. He has summed up the situation well. I have been involved trying to expose this issue…01 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsThe Foreign Secretary comes to the House, talks tough and says that the Government have a readiness to act. It is four years since the Foreign Affairs Committee produced its…31 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and agree with him that should Putin invade Ukraine, tough sanctions will be necessary. However, the Putin regime exists because it…25 Jan 2022