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HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsOne of our key asks is that this 53-mile section of road is looked at as a whole, rather than in individual pieces. There is a marvellous precedent in the midlands with the work…23 Mar 2022HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsMy hon. Friend is right. The environmental benefits are important, but I want to focus on the one that we would achieve by having less congestion, with car engines running for…23 Mar 2022HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsI thank my hon. Friend for that contribution. We do want to make the road safer as it is a horrible road for drivers to negotiate. I also want to talk about sustainability. As…23 Mar 2022HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsI am grateful to the Minister for her remarks. She has appreciated the passion in the midlands for improvements to this road. It is a piecemeal road; we have great bits that have…23 Mar 2022HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsMy hon. Friend is right. The road sits as the boundary—it is the boundary of my constituency, the boundary of Warwickshire, and a regional boundary—but the local authorities have…23 Mar 2022HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsMy hon. Friend anticipates my point. He is exactly right: we need to have an efficient road that enables growth to take place. One of the challenges of the A5 is that it is…23 Mar 2022HANSARD A5 in the Midlands: ImprovementsMy hon. Friend no doubt has constituents who will have experience of that overflow traffic in exactly the same way that I do. I will talk a little later on about how the A5 acts…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Local Enterprise PartnershipsOne strength of LEPs is that the functional geography was delivered by the LEPs themselves. It was left to people in their own areas to determine what makes a sound economic unit.…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Local Enterprise PartnershipsI was delighted to hear my hon. Friend refer to the work of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP in supporting suppliers of the electric vehicle supply chain. She talked about SMEs,…16 Mar 2022HANSARDSchool Buildings: RefurbishmentAshlawn School in my constituency is outstanding, with currently the longest waiting list for secondary places in Warwickshire. There is a need to renovate many of the school’s…14 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsI welcome the additional Government measures announced today, but will the Foreign Secretary recognise and indeed encourage the actions of UK individuals and companies who have…28 Feb 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeIt is good that the measures will be with us tomorrow, but my constituents who have gone through the process of buying a property will find it hard to appreciate how, over many…28 Feb 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector JobsJobs in the energy sector depend on an effective market, and that depends on consumers exercising their choice to change supplier, but switching fell by 73% in the year just gone…22 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have heard on several occasions about visits to jobcentres, and I have had the opportunity to visit Rugby on several occasions to see the excellent work of the work coaches…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care Recovery in EnglandDoes the Minister agree that there must be an important role in this programme for smaller hospitals such as St Cross in Rugby, where on a recent visit I saw some brand new…07 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI know that the Minister will agree that my constituents have the right to expect that victims of economic crime will get the same redress as for other crimes, including where the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTonga: Volcano Eruption and TsunamiNo one could fail to be moved by the pictures of the devastation in Tonga that has followed the tsunami, but there are good links between Tonga and our country, not least through…24 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Following on from the excellent news on the economy and jobs, the Prime Minister will remember my question to him last June about the proposals for a gigafactory in Coventry.…19 Jan 2022HANSARDUK Defence Jobs18. What steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs throughout the UK.10 Jan 2022HANSARDUK Defence JobsAs joint chair of the all-party group on manufacturing, I know that Jack Dromey would have appreciated the emphasis today on manufacturing and UK jobs. The national shipbuilding…10 Jan 2022