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350 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDSmall Businesses’ Rising Costs9. What steps he is taking to support small businesses with rising costs.29 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Businesses’ Rising CostsBusinesses such as Sidhu’s chippies in my constituency had pinned their hopes on the Chancellor reducing VAT to 12.5%. They are now going to be pushed to the brink as energy costs…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Smoke-free EnglandI congratulate the hon. Member on this Adjournment debate. He may know that I have never smoked, but I am a strong advocate of vaping. Does he agree that, if the Government are…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Smoke-free EnglandThis week is the beginning of VApril, which is a campaign run by the industry to support smokers who are looking to quit. Would the Minister support efforts to encourage adult…29 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsThose announcements are welcome. Will the Minister recognise the work being done by the excellent Northumbria police and crime commissioner, Kim McGuinness, who has such a…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Businesses: Energy CostsGiven that the Federation of Small Businesses has said that small business confidence in the north-east is now at minus 64%, can the Minister say what consideration he is giving…22 Feb 2022HANSARDSmall Businesses: Energy Costs10. What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses to meet rising energy costs.22 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this really important debate. She expresses very eloquently the real problem for people in our area: if they do not have a car, their…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Hadrian’s Wall: Newcastle’s West EndMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic case for Hadrian’s Wall—not the “Roman wall”; there are others—in the west end of Newcastle. Talking about all of the wall for this 1,900th…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on an excellent, well-researched speech and on…26 Jan 2022HANSARDPrison and Probation Officers: Recruitment and Retention4. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the recruitment and retention of prison and probation officers.14 Dec 2021HANSARDPrison and Probation Officers: Recruitment and RetentionThe prisons White Paper concedes that attrition rates among prison officers are too high, “causing an unsustainable level of turnover in the system… contributing to a vicious…14 Dec 2021HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit Uplift21. What assessment she has made of the impact of removing the £20 uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit on household budgets.13 Dec 2021HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit UpliftA survey by Christians Against Poverty found that 67% of its service users will struggle to pay for essentials in the coming months, with 35% already falling behind with bills and…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyThe drugs, alcohol and justice cross-party parliamentary group fully supports Dame Carol’s recommendations as key. Will the Minister meet the group to discuss how treatment…06 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ8. The River Tyne, with its world-renowned offshore and subsea sectors, has been repeatedly sidelined by the Government, despite myself and others constantly lobbying Ministers…17 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine). I congratulate the hon. Member for Inverclyde (Ronnie Cowan) on securing this debate, which, as…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesCOP9 is due to start next week and, as yet, the Government have not announced their delegation. Will the Minister therefore please tell us who the delegates might be and what…01 Nov 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)My hon. Friend is exactly right. That was one of the biggest fears about freeports, and it is why we so desperately needed them to be close to each other. With inflation set to…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Anne Marie Morris). Today my husband Ray would have been 75, and he would have been glued to the Parliament channel,…28 Oct 2021