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HANSARDFree Trade Agreements13. What recent progress her Department has made on securing free trade agreements with countries around the world.21 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe biggest single item in my inbox is constituents telling me about the challenges in getting face-to-face appointments with their GPs. They tell me about lengthy queues on…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyRugby is at the heart of National Grid’s gas pipeline network, which runs across the country from one side to the other. In the summer, I visited National Grid’s Churchover site,…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Licensing of Master LocksmithsMy right hon. Friend draws attention to an important point. Very often the work done by a rogue locksmith is shoddy and needs to be corrected by a member of the Master Locksmiths…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Licensing of Master LocksmithsThe Government have introduced a whole range of measures to improve security and make people feel safer in their homes, and those are of course very welcome. However, one key…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Licensing of Master LocksmithsI beg to move, That this House has considered the licensing of master locksmiths. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I am pleased to see the Minister…22 Sept 2021HANSARD UK Gas MarketOn Friday, I visited the National Grid gas compressor station at Churchover in my constituency, which is at the centre of both the UK and the network of a resilient system that is…20 Sept 2021HANSARDRugby Community Ambulance StationIn just a week, my constituent Alison Livesey has collected over 4,300 signatures on her online petition calling on the West Midlands ambulance service to abandon its proposals to…15 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. My constituent is involved in a case where controlling and coercive behaviour is alleged, and the case has been delayed due to both covid and a number of failures within the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHGV Driver ShortagesThe Secretary of State has just acknowledged the need for a broader mix of people in the sector—particularly women, who make up only 1% of workers. He has also spoken about how…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHGV Driver ShortagesIt is Rugby!13 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseRugby Community Ambulance Station is a valuable base for ambulances covering Rugby, yet West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust proposes closing it without…09 Sept 2021HANSARDGoods Supply ChainRugby is an excellent location for logistics, being at the centre of England and at the crossroads of the motorway network. However, despite the challenges that the sector faces,…09 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateWill the Foreign Secretary say a little more about his assessment of the characteristics of the Taliban, and does he agree that one feature they have demonstrated is extraordinary…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI was able to visit Afghanistan in November 2011 as a member of the valuable armed forces parliamentary scheme. We went into Bastion, and at the outset we were reminded why we…18 Aug 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure the Secretary of State was shocked to see the huge volumes of litter left around Wembley and London’s west end after the Euro final. He referred earlier to extended…22 Jul 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeWhat diplomatic steps his Department is taking to promote international co-operation on tackling climate change.20 Jul 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeWe have already heard this morning about emissions from China. Following up on the point from my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double), I should say…20 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational TravelThe travel sector has had to deal with more disruption from the pandemic than most as countries are added and then taken away from different coloured lists. Travel agents have…29 Jun 2021HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeI welcome my hon. Friend’s encouragement to people to make their applications, something that my constituent and his family, who have been in the UK since 2008, did together. His…29 Jun 2021