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HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket OfficeIf we take at face value what the train companies are saying—that this is an effort to save money—and they are moving staff out of the ticket office on to the platform, is the…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Scunthorpe Station Ticket Officerose —20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseVirgin Media recently upgraded some landlines in Cleethorpes, but it advised its customers via text that there would be a short period of disconnection. Unfortunately, not…20 Jul 2023HANSARDAll-party Parliamentary GroupsI agree with many of the points made—particularly those made by my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton)—and fully support the report’s aims in…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI join others in congratulating the Secretary of State, her predecessors and all the Ministers involved in delivering this excellent deal, which, as has been said, is really good…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Summerland Fire: 50th AnniversaryI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and I congratulate him on bringing forward the debate. As it happens, I was in the Isle of Man last week, as a guest of the President of…12 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanMay I add my words of condolence for Lord Kerslake, who served on the greater Grimsby regeneration board, which oversees regeneration in the Grimsby-Cleethorpes area? We greatly…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Abortion: Offences against the Person ActI always find it distressing, when these issues are debated, that so little concern is expressed for the welfare of the unborn child. Surely that should be an equal priority,…15 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIn Barton-upon-Humber in the north of my constituency, the planning inspectors just overturned the local authority’s decision to develop a housing estate with 390 new homes.…15 Jun 2023HANSARD Williams-Shapps Plan for RailMy hon. Friend the former Minister identifies some of the downsides, although, as I mentioned earlier, there is no perfect solution. My next sentence was going to be that creating…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Williams-Shapps Plan for RailI entirely agree. I concede that even under the current system, the separation of cost and revenue across two departments creates perverse incentives. No business that wanted to…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Williams-Shapps Plan for RailI think it is fair to say that it has been a lively debate, with contributions from many colleagues. That shows how rail issues always arouse the passions of hon. Members. In…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Williams-Shapps Plan for RailI beg to move, That this House has considered progress on delivering the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Fovargue. Reform of our…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIn the weeks since the BBC announced cuts to local radio, there have been many events and questions in this House and elsewhere. Sadly, however, that seems to have had little…08 Jun 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI am sure the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be delighted if rail companies, some of which take a rather lax approach to ticket inspection, ensured that passengers had a valid…08 Jun 2023HANSARD KosovoAs the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to the western Balkans, I have a brief that includes both Serbia and Kosovo. I recognise the importance of stability in encouraging UK…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresThe anger and frustration of my constituents has been focused on illegal migration up until now, but that anger and frustration will grow when they consider these legal migration…25 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseNAViGO, a social enterprise in my constituency providing excellent mental health services, has been refunded from the Department for the recent pay award to NHS staff, but it has…25 May 2023HANSARDFraud13. What steps her Department is taking to tackle fraud.22 May 2023HANSARDFraudI welcome Minister’s proposal that Action Fraud should have greater capacity. I have experienced a number of constituency cases where elderly people were robbed of their life…22 May 2023