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HANSARD Business of the HousePatients in hospitals should be well cared for and safe, so my constituent Mr Walsh was devasted when his 41-year-old son was unlawfully killed in a hospital ward at the hands of…26 May 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateI welcome this statement from my right hon. Friend. In particular, I welcome the increase in the household support fund. This targeted intervention is exactly what people need. It…26 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldSafety is at the heart of what so many parents think of when they send their child into these settings, and I welcome the family help. Last week a child died in a nursery in my…16 May 2022HANSARD WhistleblowingI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish an independent Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing in accordance with the…26 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.28 Feb 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) for securing this urgent question. I know he will agree with me that the role of the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLocal Tennis CourtsGood broadband connectivity is vital not only for leisure, but for working from home. But one street in my constituency is a street of two halves—one with 8 megabits per second…10 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI welcome this White Paper and the multi-billion pound investments in brownfield regeneration, connectivity, research and development, and especially the innovation accelerators,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton on securing this important urgent question. The National Crime Agency, using figures supplied by the national fraud…26 Jan 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership14. What progress her Department has made on securing UK membership of the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership.20 Jan 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipMany people in Cheadle work in the tech sector, where jobs in digital, HealthTech and FinTech provide high-skilled, well-paid work. Given the high rate of northern unicorn…20 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI welcome the announcement and thank my right hon. Friend for listening to leaseholders who have faced the prospect of bankruptcy because of defects that needed to be put right.…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAt the beginning of 2020, Stepping Hill Hospital in my constituency was under such severe winter pressures that it was reaching critical OPEL, or operations pressure escalation…05 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021The right hon. Gentleman is developing a really important point. Has he considered the possibility for the future of people using community charging points? In exactly the same…08 Dec 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationThis will be a worrying time for Bulb customers, who will be concerned not only about the continuity of their supply, but about the protection of the payments that they have…24 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I have listened to the reasoning behind the amendments, and I feel that they are based on an acknowledgement that people in the health service have perhaps so far not found…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am so pleased to see and hear this balanced argument, and the way that all the considerations have been taken into account. With regard to the penalties for disclosure of…26 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ9. The failings of Greater Manchester police, which have led to it being placed in special measures, are well documented, including the failure to record 80,000 crimes, including…20 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for highlighting this issue with such importance. We know that patient choice is vital when a person gets to those end-of-life stages and has a…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)In supporting my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central, I also ask our hon. Friend the Minister to clarify this matter. As we all know, the voluntary sector is hugely…16 Sept 2021