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HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI very much congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire, who is promoting the Bill and doing so in a way that has enabled it to progress further than one might have…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesWill the Minister give way on that point?08 Feb 2022HANSARDSexual Offences: Timeliness of CasesAccording to the latest figures from last September, 23% of the cases waiting in the Crown court backlog have been outstanding for more than a year. That is up from 15% in the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDSexual Offences: Timeliness of Cases9. What recent assessment he has made of the timeliness of cases involving allegations of sexual offences.08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on her contribution and on obtaining…08 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Prime Minister has just said that he accepts the findings of the report. One of them says: “There were failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No 10 and the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for telling her story; a story that often is not heard. She is making a great speech. I was the Minister for disabled people at the time when BSL…28 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the House Commission BillIt was called the coalition agreement.28 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationThere have been newspaper reports of Downing Street staff being told to delete evidence of parties from their phones and staff fearing to give evidence to the Sue Gray inquiry for…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideThe Minister has said that he recognises the importance of transport connectivity and improving the economy of the Liverpool city region. Then why have his Government decided to…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideI congratulate my hon. Friend on obtaining this debate. In view of what he has just said about the opportunities of the programme proposed by Transport for the North, does he…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventThe Minister has come here today—pretty lonely, on his own—for the Prime Minister, to deal with the serious questions that have been raised, but no self-respecting Minister would…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ4. After inquest verdicts that the 97 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, the right hon. Gentleman stood for election to this House on a…15 Dec 2021HANSARDApproved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill (Morning sitting)I congratulate the hon. Member on his own experience with Bills, which he has recently acquired, I think. Does he agree that enabling testing for a wider range of substances ought…15 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords] (Second sitting)I have every sympathy with the hon. Gentleman’s plea that homeowners—leaseholders think they are homeowners, but they do not own everything—should have the right to do things such…07 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I agree with my hon. Friend about the savage reduction in available resource that the Government have visited on Liverpool. I am interested to hear from the Minister about the…07 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am grateful to the Minister; it is remarkably honest of him to say that he does not know. One does not always hear that from Ministers, but am I getting the sense that the…07 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is good to see that there is some provision about enforcement because there is often a gap in legislation, so the law is made and practical enforcement is not set out. I find…07 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have some concerns about the Minister’s suggestion that we should not keep clause 8 in the legislation, partly because of the exchange that we just had on clause 7. I expressed…07 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Does the Minister mean the clause? I cannot see an amendment to clause 8.07 Dec 2021