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HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI welcome the focus on towns rather than cities. In that spirit, will my right hon. Friend consider allocating a proportion of the east midlands’ £110 million for the regeneration…04 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. I will continue to vote to leave the EU on 29 March with a deal, but will the Minister explain how funding for university programmes such as those carried out in the…28 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [ Lords ]It is a pleasure to speak in this Committee, which is timely because public awareness of the abhorrent practice of FGM has increased over recent months and years. As the momentum…25 Feb 2019HANSARDOnline Platforms: Extremist ContentCampaigners against the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation have highlighted how young girls are often coerced into undergoing the procedure through using online…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Small Modular ReactorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Copeland (Trudy Harrison) on securing this timely debate. As I see it,…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Serious ViolenceIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) and to hear him explain the work he has done, as well as his experiences. I commend him for his knowledge…18 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCheap synthetic drugs such as Spice and Mamba are increasingly becoming a problem in our towns, especially among the homeless and the vulnerable. With users posing a perceived…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) on getting one of his many private Members’ Bills to…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point; this is about priorities, and our priority may not actually be changing the level of VAT. I look forward to hearing the Minister’s…08 Feb 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Service Animals) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) in this Third Reading debate. I, too, congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillI was just about to finish, but I will give way.08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillAs my hon. Friend mentioned Barbara Castle, I want to put it on the record that she had the same education as I did. We went to the same school—Bradford Girls’ Grammar School. On…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) on her stewardship of this small but important piece of legislation to remove the sunset…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKrose—04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKMy hon. Friend talked about junior parkruns, which reminds us that habits formed in childhood often last a lifetime. Initiatives such as the Erewash school sport partnership do…04 Feb 2019HANSARDEquitable LifeIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Gordon Marsden). His description of the type of person affected by this scandal is very apt and applies throughout…31 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast week, I held a Westminster Hall debate on the contribution that the furniture industry makes to our economy, in which Members from across the House highlighted the important…31 Jan 2019HANSARDEquitable LifeI completely agree with the hon. and learned Lady. Along with London and Edinburgh, Leeds is a great financial centre as well. It is important that we get this right to make sure…31 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsCotmanhay Junior School in my constituency has increased its proportion of pupils attaining the required level of key stage 2 standards from 35% to an amazing 67% over the last…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersAs I outlined earlier, the Government have produced an export strategy, which I would encourage all SMEs to look at and take part in. That is one of my messages today. I shall…23 Jan 2019