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HANSARDAffordable Housing: Planning ReformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) on securing, as he called it, a timely debate that…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I was grateful to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan) for meeting me last week to discuss the lack…06 Dec 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Third sitting)Diplomatic.18 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI once again declare my interest as a member of the Standards Committee, which seems to be gaining more responsibilities and notoriety every day. Lord Bew’s introductory letter to…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI think that point about the Lords was answered by the Leader of the House earlier, and I think he made the position very clear. I am personally very sympathetic to paragraph (1)…17 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI congratulate the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) on securing this debate and very much welcome it. I, too, am a member of the Standards Committee. Usually,…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseIf ever an intervention killed a career, Mr Speaker! It is the untold story of last week’s situation that absolutely none of the points raised by Mr Paterson and his various…08 Nov 2021HANSARDRoadsMore than 300 of my constituents have already signed my petition backing plans to improve junction 28 of the M1. It has been a constant bottleneck; residents of Pinxton and South…04 Nov 2021HANSARDRoads5. What steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of roads in England.04 Nov 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Schedule 10) (No. 2) Regulations 2021No it didn’t.27 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. May I place on record my condolences to the families of the two colleagues whom we have lost? I recently undertook residents surveys in Heath and Shirebrook in my…18 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUSDoes the Prime Minister agree that this new partnership with Australia, which builds on the recently announced trade deal that will boost jobs and businesses across the country,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyMy hon. Friend is giving an excellent speech. One thing he has touched on, but perhaps not expanded on, is the efficiencies that local government has found. Are there any…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI am very grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s concern about our future job prospects, but I would much rather be standing for a party that is willing to invest in the NHS, to be the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ilford South (Sam Tarry), if only because he asked what we would say to the people in his constituency who have been struggling. It…08 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillI am pretty sure that I dealt with the point about numbers in the first part of what I said. In regard to the idea that millions will be disfranchised, I think a number of 3.5…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillThe Minister set out in her opening remarks that 98% of people have access to appropriate ID already and that a free alternative will be available from councils, so I am a little…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillNo, I cannot easily recall such an issue, and I hope that that is never our approach in this House. I appreciate that Opposition Members have raised many points that they feel…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillDoes the Minister agree that often the victims of postal vote harvesting are those who come from many of the groups that the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillThere have been moments today, listening to Opposition Members, when I have felt like I have been missing my tin foil hat. My hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Tom Randall) and…07 Sept 2021