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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI congratulate my right hon. Friend and his team on the work they have done to put us in such a relatively strong position to vaccinate in the coming months, and I pay tribute to…30 Dec 2020HANSARDAviation Sector: Financial SupportI thank the Minister for that additional support for regional airports, which is very welcome, but the steps taken by the Government generally to move a small distance towards…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthLet me start with some positives. I say to the Health Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), for whom I have the highest regard, that her team in…01 Dec 2020HANSARDAviation Sector: Financial SupportWhat recent financial support his Department has provided to the aviation sector; and if he will make a statement.01 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is aware of my concern about the economic collapse that the pandemic has caused in some of the world’s most important conservation areas and the resulting…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingIn my constituency, the biggest concern for residents has been the inappropriate application of these rules and the EWS form to much lower-rise buildings than were ever envisaged…24 Nov 2020HANSARDAviation IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of the aviation industry. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Before I start my remarks,…18 Nov 2020HANSARDAviation IndustryI applaud all the contributions to the debate from Members from all parts of the House, and I hope that our comments are listened to more widely than simply in this room. I do not…18 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Government’s substantial investment in hospital services in my area. The Secretary of State knows that I remain disappointed that Epsom, was not the NHS’s choice of…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyListening to both the parties opposite, given how important free trade is for prosperity, I say thank goodness we are the ones in government. I commend my right hon. Friend and…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done to secure access to supplies of what we hope will be approved vaccines very soon. He has done a fantastic job on that, as…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Food Labelling (Environmental Sustainability)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require food manufacturers to label products to indicate the environmental sustainability of their origins; and for…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI support my right hon. Friend’s targeted approach. It is absolutely wrong, in my view, to close businesses and lock people in their homes in a broadbrush way in areas where the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDPlanning and House BuildingWe were elected 12 months ago on a platform of building more houses, and we need to build more houses; there is no doubt about that at all. But we were also elected on a platform…08 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend will be aware that I have argued strongly for the aviation industry to get Government support in order to get going again. I will continue to do that, but I…08 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportAlthough I am clear that my right hon. Friend and his colleagues in the Treasury have done a Herculean job in bringing forward schemes to support jobs in the economy, I, like the…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19I praise my right hon. Friend for what he has done through this pandemic. He has an impossibly difficult job. He has had to take decisions quickly, and he is right to take…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19It is a pleasure to follow my old sparring partner the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). Although I do not agree with everything he says, he does talk some sense. We face a…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI welcome the measures my right hon. Friend has announced today, as he seems to be getting the balance absolutely right, and I praise him for the job he is doing. However, we have…21 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMy constituents are sharing the same experiences as those of my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt), so I encourage my right hon. Friend the Secretary…15 Sept 2020