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HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am not sure what colour the sky is in the Minister’s world, but it is certainly not the same colour as it is for many teachers I speak to in my constituency. He has obviously…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI begin by saying thank you to the hard-working teachers and support staff both in County Durham, which I represent, and throughout the country. I would also like to pay tribute…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamMy hon. Friend is correct. She highlights that example in County Durham, but there are many more between the more affluent areas and the pockets of poverty. They have been there…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamRight honourable.12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamDoes my hon. Friend agree that, especially in mental health, the outcomes for an individual are better if we intervene early, at a young age, rather than leaving problems…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamI thank the Minister for that. She is a new Minister, so I will give her a word of advice: do not come to a debate and just read out a civil servant’s speech, as she did today. It…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamI beg to move, That this House has considered public health in County Durham. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen. I am pleased to have secured this debate,…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamUnder the last Labour Government, my hon. Friend, along with my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson), pioneered a free school meals initiative.…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamWill the Minister give way?12 Jun 2019HANSARD Public Health: County DurhamI agree with the Minister that local communities are best placed to decide these things, but is she happy with the fact that under the new funding formula, there is no onus on…12 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, and to see the Minister again. We passed in the corridor earlier this week and noted that it had been several…22 May 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019Does my hon. Friend agree that if we had left on 29 March with no deal and these instruments had come into being, large areas would not have been covered? That is being corrected…22 May 2019HANSARD Christmas Island Nuclear Testing: CompensationThe hon. Lady is making a very good speech. When I was the Under-Secretary of State for Defence in 2009, a settlement proposal was made to the test veterans’ lawyers. Having…21 May 2019HANSARD Christmas Island Nuclear Testing: CompensationOn the family risk, as part of the compensation that was offered and never taken forward, a study was done in, I think, 2009 of family members. The Minister may well want to look…21 May 2019HANSARDDefence ProcurementThe Minister said that this is to make UK yards more efficient, but what they need is throughput of work. His Department has chosen to put the contract for the fleet solid support…20 May 2019HANSARD No-Deal Brexit: Cross-channel FreightThe criticism is not that preparations should not have been made; it is criticism of the way in which the contracts were awarded. The Secretary of State is doing his usual trick…02 May 2019HANSARD National Security Council LeakThe hon. Member for Glasgow South (Stewart Malcolm McDonald) asked the Minister a very direct question: whether he thought that the Official Secrets Act had been broken. In reply,…02 May 2019HANSARDContinuous At-Sea DeterrentThe right hon. Gentleman was here when I spoke, and one of the issues was that the Conservative Government in the 1990s did not order submarines and turned off the skill base and…10 Apr 2019HANSARDContinuous At-Sea DeterrentI welcome this debate. Reference has already been made to the men and women of our submarine service who have been part of Operation Relentless over the past 50 years, and I add…10 Apr 2019HANSARDContinuous At-Sea DeterrentWill the hon. Gentleman give way?10 Apr 2019