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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI do not know about you, Mr Speaker, but I am still not clear what has actually changed about and since two or three weeks ago, when the Prime Minister ridiculed my right hon.…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is welcome news that the fleet solid support ships will now be built in Britain. Can the Secretary of State assure us that British steel will be used exclusively to build those…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThank you for squeezing me in, Mr Speaker. Can I say that it was not just the Mayor, but all the leaders and most of the MPs across Greater Manchester? We are a city united this…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) ) REGULATIONS 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I think it is the first time I have done so. It is good to be here. While we are very supportive of the regulations,…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI have just finished a call with Greater Manchester colleagues and the Minister for Care, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), about the moving of Greater…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateCan I thank the Prime Minister for listening to calls from Members from across Greater Manchester on both sides of the House to work with us locally to tackle the virus while…12 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your excellent chairmanship, Sir David. Labour supports the regulations on the whole because, as the Minister outlined, these technical changes to…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am reassured by the Secretary of State’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith) that Manchester will not be subject to further restrictions…05 Oct 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Like him, I had a wry laugh when I saw that advert.29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI rise to speak to the new clauses in my name and those of my hon. and right hon. Friends. Here we are again—day five in the new House of Commons series, “The Internal Market Bill…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillPerhaps the hon. Gentleman might be able to answer that question. Which is it?29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI will just make some progress, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind. Those noble contributions aside, we really have heard it all from those on the Government Benches during these…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesWhat we have seen this week in two halls of residence in my constituency sums up everything that the Government are getting wrong in handling this crisis: no planning over the…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman is failing to answer my point, which is that there is nothing in the Bill to protect against the very thing that the Prime Minister told us we needed an…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For the first time probably in my political career, I agree with Lord Howard on that point as well. Our new clause 1 would require Ministers to…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI strongly agree; I will come to that point shortly. The Government’s next justification was that it was necessary to rip up the withdrawal agreement because the European Union is…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point, but I am afraid that, as we heard last week, her constituency is unlikely to get more money, because it is not one of the new Conservative seats…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillYes, I do agree. I will mention that point in a moment. For the people of Northern Ireland, this is not the latest episode in a Brexit drama; it is a profoundly worrying moment.…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThat is what we are calling for—getting Brexit done; getting the oven-ready deal done. The hon. Gentleman says that is what this Bill is about. The Government have had months to…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman has failed to give me an example, so I am not sure what he is referring to. He has spent his whole political career campaigning for us to leave the EU treaties,…29 Sept 2020