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HANSARD Teesworks: Accountability and ScrutinyThe right hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Mr Clarke) was incorrect when he said that all the members involved in that decision were Labour councillors;…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHigher Education Students: Statutory Duty of CareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I express my particular thanks to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) for his impassioned speech. I thank…05 Jun 2023HANSARDHigher Education Students: Statutory Duty of CareI thank my hon. Friend. I totally agree, and my condolences to her on her particular experience. I believe that is something that should be introduced as well. I will come to the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about that, and I have examples of that in my constituency; letters will suddenly appear demanding, let us say, £13,000 from each and every…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThe Father of the House is absolutely right. In one of the properties in which I was a leaseholder, we set up as directors and took control of the property. We appointed our own…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is incredibly complex and extremely expensive to go through that process. The last Labour Government’s Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformI recall, back in the 1980s, the scandal of endowment mortgages. Over the years, I have also owned leasehold properties and had my fingers badly burned, so I understand many of…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformThe hon. Gentleman is an authority on this subject. Is he saying that the reason there is no urgency on this is that the developers are making colossal profits out of it, and that…23 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The Minister may be aware of a company called Green Energy Together, used by authorities up and down the country who have paid significant deposits. The company was wound up…23 May 2023HANSARDUK Car IndustryNever has an industrial strategy been more needed, and never have a Government been found more wanting. We have just 2.5 GW in production currently with Envision, and as the right…17 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ7. I was concerned to read last week that the Prime Minister had to be airlifted to a pharmacy in Southampton after suffering electoral dysfunction. Several weeks earlier he flew…17 May 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.03 May 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI extend my thanks to all those involved in the passage of this Bill on Second Reading, in Committee and this afternoon. I join the Minister in thanking Conservative Members as…03 May 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI rise to speak to new clauses 1 and 2 and amendments 3 to 5, which appear in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins), who is unfortunately…03 May 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI have a huge amount of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, as he knows. Of course I would be concerned about the case of an individual student, but I fear more generally about…02 May 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe last time I was here debating this Bill, I told the Minister that it had spent more time in Parliament than any other Bill sponsored by the Department for Education since…02 May 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillAs the hon. Member will know, the tort has been left in the legislation. A compromise was reached in the other place, so that is in the Bill, as far as we know. Our point is that…02 May 2023HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed CutsAt a time when accountability and scrutiny in public life are more important than ever, the role of the BBC and other media outlets is so important. My local newspaper, for…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDIt seems that there is considerable anger out there—according to my postbag, anyway—that the desired effect of this Government’s actions seems to be discouraging people from…27 Apr 2023HANSARD UkraineA few moments ago, the Minister said that we must give to Ukraine what Ukraine tells us it needs. All of us here will have been in Westminster Hall to hear President Zelensky’s…27 Apr 2023