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HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionThe hon. Gentleman is making an important and powerful speech. Is he not as frustrated as all of us here and, particularly, the families are at just how long it is taking for all…20 May 2019HANSARDOne Public Estate ProgrammeMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point: this is an oligopoly, with just a few players controlling our land. I increasingly see local authorities coming to arrangements…14 May 2019HANSARDOne Public Estate ProgrammeI thank the Minister; I was getting a little nervous that he was not going to give me enough time to respond. At one stage, I thought I might have a few minutes more, but it is no…14 May 2019HANSARDOne Public Estate ProgrammeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention—I think it was an intervention—and he makes a valid point. There is a huge need to legislate for this, as I have identified, with…14 May 2019HANSARDOne Public Estate ProgrammeI beg to move, That this House has considered One Public Estate. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing me to bring forward this debate. It is a pleasure to serve…14 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sMy hon. Friend is making a powerful and important speech. Does she agree that what we are talking about is a valuable friend to so many lonely, perhaps elderly, people? We are…08 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI have requested a climate change debate a couple of times in the past couple of months, so I am delighted that we are having this one today. I was delighted to attend the session…01 May 2019HANSARD Sikhs: Contribution to the UKI echo the points that my hon. Friend is making so well. In my constituency, the Sikh community has done a huge job and been at the heart of our community, both commercially and…30 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness: Start and GrowthSimilarly, in my constituency, young entrepreneurs trying to set up businesses, particularly in the digital sector, face a real shortage in the availability of electricity through…30 Apr 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsOur higher education sector has been one of the great success stories of recent years, and we have seen huge expansion, which has been predicated on our being part of the European…29 Apr 2019HANSARDHS2: BuckinghamshireI thank the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan) for securing this urgent question. I have had a conversation with her and the right hon. and learned…29 Apr 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property RightsThe Minister is right to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to do more trade internationally, but those businesses are the most vulnerable to the risk of intellectual…25 Apr 2019HANSARD UK Telecoms: HuaweiToday’s Financial Times quotes Rob Joyce, a senior cyber-security adviser to the US National Security Agency, as saying: “We are not going to give them the loaded gun.” He said of…25 Apr 2019HANSARDPublic LibrariesAndrew Carnegie, the great Scottish-US philanthropist, once stated: “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring…11 Apr 2019HANSARDPublic Libraries4. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of access to public libraries on social mobility.11 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilI thank the Prime Minister for listening to the House and working with the European Union to avoid a no-deal exit that would have cost manufacturing greatly. Jaguar Land Rover is…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseA few weeks ago, I asked the Leader of the House for a debate on climate change. Young people and many of us in this place want to see more energy and urgency in addressing the…11 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingThe Minister talks about being ambitious and setting targets. Does he accept the figure, published by the Shelter commission in January, that we need to build 155,000 social homes…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIn the past fortnight, households up and down the country have received their council tax bills. Members will be well aware that people have seen significant increases of almost…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityMy hon. Friend is making important points on this critical subject. I, too, want to pay tribute to the BBC natural history unit, which is based in Bristol, for its extraordinary…03 Apr 2019