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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady once again seeks to raise question marks over what has happened in Tees Valley, as her Labour party colleagues have done. I gently point out that, under the 13 years…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAnd, indeed, the previous Labour Mayor. If you want affordable urban housing, you need to have Conservative leadership in City Hall.05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpI can think of few things I would enjoy more. I always enjoy visiting Peterborough, which gives me an opportunity not only to work with my hon. Friend, who is such an effective…05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpThe hon. Gentleman is a very effective and passionate advocate not just for his constituents but for coalfield communities more broadly, but recent work by the Onward think-tank…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Planning Policy FrameworkI know Hull is the second most flood-prone city in England and I applaud the work undertaken by the local authority and championed by the hon. Lady. I do not know whether I will…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government are committed to ensuring that we have a fitting memorial to the holocaust, and we will be bringing forward legislation to ensure that we can do just that. That…05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpI do not recognise that characterisation. Once again, I smile at the way in which “hunger games” trips from the lips of Labour MPs. Only this Administration have been responsible…05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpMy hon. Friend makes a good point. It is important that we support the work that is anticipated for Ferryhill station. In his constituency, Hitachi produces state-of-the-art…05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpI also pass on my condolences to Tyrone O’Sullivan’s family. The coalfield communities’ travails throughout the 1980s and ’90s weigh with us, and some of the investment made since…05 Jun 2023HANSARDDeposit Return Scheme: UK Internal Market ActI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that wonderful reference to the Eurythmics classic. We are both Annie Lennox fans, whatever else may divide us. The Scottish Government…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Planning Policy FrameworkThe consultation on our new national planning policy framework closed on 2 March. We received more than 26,000 responses. We are giving them consideration at the moment, and we…05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that bus services are vital, not least for rural communities such as those he represents. I would like to talk to him and to Westmorland and…05 Jun 2023HANSARDDeposit Return Scheme: UK Internal Market ActI am tempted to reply that if I ask the question, “How many SNP MPs does it take to change a lightbulb?” the answer is, inevitably, “Well, we have to wait for the motorhome to…05 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Planning Policy FrameworkAs well as being a brilliant constituency Member of Parliament, my hon. Friend makes an important point that will resonate with many Members across this House. I hope that we will…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is on exactly the right lines. That is what the NPPF consultation hopes to do.05 Jun 2023HANSARDDeposit Return Scheme: UK Internal Market ActI am tempted to say that the SNP should can it on this question, because the businesses with which the Scottish Government have been interacting have been uniform, loud and clear…05 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Levelling UpI take this opportunity to thank my right hon. Friend for his leadership on this issue. The levelling up White Paper would not have been published without his determination to…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has talked to me about this issue before, and I think his concerns are absolutely on the button. I should say that proposals have been brought forward by my right…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have had good conversations with the SNP leaders of Aberdeen City Council and Dundee City Council and, indeed, the SNP leader of Glasgow City Council, as well as with the Deputy…05 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am tempted to say that if the hon. Gentleman has evidence, he should please share it. It is the case that Labour in Teesside, including Labour in Middlesbrough, has consistently…05 Jun 2023