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HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination of ChildrenMy focus at the moment is on ensuring the effective roll-out of the programme for 12 to 15-year-olds. We must ensure that the booster programme is rolled out effectively, and…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 VaccinationsThank you, Ms Ghani. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for introducing this debate on these important topics, and I commend…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 VaccinationsI thank the hon. Gentleman for the question. If he will excuse me, I have obviously been in post a short time. As I am led to believe, it is people who regularly go into care…20 Sept 2021HANSARDStoke-Leek Line: ReopeningI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He has put that on record, and I am sure it will be listened to and noted. Additionally, Stoke-on-Trent has been awarded £34.5 million…20 Jul 2021HANSARDStoke-Leek Line: ReopeningIt was a long-fought battle, like that which my right hon. and hon. Friends in the room are fighting. More broadly, investing in transport links is essential to levelling up…20 Jul 2021HANSARDStoke-Leek Line: ReopeningTo begin, I would like to pass on the apologies of the Minister of State, Department for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), who had planned…20 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaving the EU: Tertiary EducationWill my right hon. Friend reassure the House that as well as ensuring our great universities—such as Derby and Nottingham near my constituency—can continue to educate overseas…09 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Long Eaton, Sandiacre and Stanton Gate are grossly affected by the eastern arm of HS2, but as the Chair of the Transport Committee has already indicated, it brings advantages as…05 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitDoes my right hon. Friend agree that if the leaders of Europe are willing to give the Government time to bring forward new proposals for leaving the EU with a deal, ahead of the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentWill my right hon. Friend look at helping to make the work of the 20,000 more police officers more effective by implementing preventive measures such as restricting the number of…25 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt appears that the introduction of the hybrid Bill for HS2 phase 2b has been delayed yet again, causing further uncertainty and stress to my residents and businesses. Will the…18 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThis year, the school sports premium is worth about half a million pounds to primary schools across my constituency. It has been a key driver in helping more children to establish…17 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver the last couple of weeks, my constituency has been rocked by two serious incidents of crime. I am sure my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will want to join me in…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2My right hon. Friend is talking about journey times, and I completely agree with her that this is not about journey times. She also mentioned capacity, and it is about that, but…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2I, too, have had some very sad cases, where HS2 Ltd is not doing itself any favours. Considering the overall spend, the quibbling is over very small amounts. If it got that bit…10 Jul 2019HANSARDVE and VJ Days: AnniversaryI thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. My father is a veteran of the second world war; he served in India and Burma. Like many other veterans, he will be unable to get to…08 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Given the increasing threat that drones pose to our national security, as recently highlighted by the insightful BBC documentary “Britain’s Next Air Disaster”, what assessment…08 Jul 2019HANSARDVE and VJ Days: Anniversary12. What plans she has to mark the anniversary of VE Day.08 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI would like to take the Chamber on a tour around some of the schools in my constituency. It will be a very positive tour, as I have some great schools in my constituency with…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentLet me start by referring the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. When I heard last week that we were going to be debating the international…01 Jul 2019