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HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI particularly welcome the initiative to improve services in coastal and rural areas. The Health Secretary and I are constituency neighbours, and she will know the complexities of…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend and his colleagues will be aware of the challenges that businesses and households face in coastal communities. As the Budget approaches, may I urge him to be…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseHappy birthday, Madam Deputy Speaker. Members will be familiar with the various drop-in sessions held in the House, particularly those organised by campaign groups and charities…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]I welcome our accession to CPTPP, which I think will be of great national benefit, but understandably Members across the House will look to businesses in their constituency. The…29 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing on from the question by my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft), for the sake of clarity, can the Secretary of State confirm that it remains the…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I add my words of condolence to the family of Tony Lloyd? I served with him on the International Trade Committee. He always made a valuable contribution and will be sadly…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCOP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlAndrew Lewer has two minutes to wind up.18 Jan 2024HANSARDReducing Migration7. What steps he is taking to reduce legal migration.15 Jan 2024HANSARDReducing MigrationMy right hon. Friend will know that the net migration figure of over 700,000 is completely unsustainable. Were it to continue, that would represent the creation of 10 new…15 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Humber-side police now has over 800 more officers than in 2010, which obviously enables it to provide a better service to my constituents. Crucially, it also has top-class…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend has referred to arm’s length Government agencies, of which the Post Office is just one. I am sure that Members across the House will have experience of…11 Jan 2024HANSARD Civil Nuclear Road MapI welcome the Minister’s statement. Clearly, nuclear will have a major part to play in energy generation in coming years. A number of companies have already looked at sites in my…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCabinet OfficeThe renewable energy sector offers great opportunities for SMEs to become involved in the supply chain. Many of them are unaware of the public sector tenders that are out there.…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsThe excellent TV drama brought home to millions of people what I and many Members of this House already knew, which is the trauma caused to individual people. On a wider scale, it…08 Jan 2024HANSARDChristmas, Christianity and CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Sadly, it is very much the case. He does so much work, along with the Prime Minister’s envoy, my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is well aware of the threat to thousands of jobs at Scunthorpe steelworks and many more in the supply chain that supports it, all of which would have a…19 Dec 2023HANSARDChristmas, Christianity and CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Maria. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) on securing this very timely debate on the three C’s:…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseWhen the House debated the amendment by the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) a couple of weeks ago, I gave the Government the benefit of the…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRail ServicesUntil fairly recently, Northern Trains provided a Saturdays-only service between Sheffield and Cleethorpes via Brigg. That has now changed to one train a day, five days a week,…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I again raise the issue of potential job losses at the Scunthorpe steelworks? As the Leader of the House will know, it has been raised a number of times, but this would not…14 Dec 2023