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HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI have benefited from training courses and adult education throughout my career, as I am sure many hon. Members have. Although some of the skills that I developed may not have…27 Feb 2023HANSARDBoxing Clubs and Social MobilityI thank my hon. Friend—if I may call him that—for giving way, and congratulate him on securing the debate. May I take up his point about inclusion and social mobility? He may be…27 Feb 2023HANSARDBoxing Clubs and Social MobilityFunding is important. I have a very successful gym in my constituency that the Turpins essentially got started. Ed Cleary, who runs the gym, works across the community. We have…27 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillPerhaps the hon. Gentleman could be more precise about the point I was seeking to make, which was whether we would have been more financially resilient in the financial services…24 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillI am learning a great deal about the hon. Gentleman’s constituency that I was not previously aware of, so I think him for that. I recognise what he is discussing because I, too,…24 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillMy hon. Friend just cited statistics about Germany and Italy, but does he agree that one of the interesting things is the culture of mutuals and co-operatives? Their thinking on…24 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ12. The Prime Minister is no stranger to paying fines. The £2.3 billion he paid last week to the EU after the UK Government allowed Chinese fraudsters to flood Europe with cheap…22 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. This is a really important topic because, as he says, we are not just behind the Government’s target, which most people in the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Company PerformanceI am sure the Government are well aware that the public are really upset about this issue. In my constituency people are very much disgusted by it and they do not see a market in…21 Feb 2023HANSARDExport Opportunities for SMEsSMEs in my area have been doing a huge amount of business internationally. One such company has been exporting 80% of its business for decades. In recent years, it has been…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroI appreciate being given the opportunity to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) on compiling this review—an impressive…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you for granting this point of order. I would welcome your advice. I wrote in both December and January to the Secretary of State for…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his important intervention. He is absolutely right, and he and many others on our side made that point repeatedly in Committee about the unintended…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillLet me start my remarks with the word “otiose”. Occasionally the words that frequent a debate come to symbolise the essence of that issue, and for our debate on Lords amendments…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWe are talking about the Lords amendments, and what is otiose is the debate that was had in the Lords specifically about the tort I am about to speak to. Every time I visit a…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank the right hon. Member for his comments, and for the style and energy that he brings to such interventions. The cases the right hon. Gentleman has been talking about are…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI talk to members of all university communities of course, as the right hon. Member would expect: I talk to the senior leadership teams, UCU members, Unison members, those who are…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He is absolutely right that these sorts of events could go underground, with restricted access, and, because they will be…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am sure that Hansard will have recorded that when I used the word “otiose”, I was talking about the tort.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusAt its heart, the motion is about laying before the House the evidence and analysis undertaken by the Treasury. On the point about fairness, I am sure the British public will want…31 Jan 2023