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HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyI am pleased to hear that there are adequate supplies of penicillin and amoxicillin. My hon. Friend will be aware that some tetracyclines are less effective with certain ethnic…19 Dec 2022HANSARDWest Midlands EconomyWhen my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister recently visited the National Memorial Arboretum, he was slightly late, but I do not blame him because he had to come by road. My…14 Dec 2022HANSARDWest Midlands EconomyQ12. What recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of the West Midlands on the economy of that region.14 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI take the point that the hon. Lady makes, but will she not accept that the Opposition deliberately sought to conflate the two issues of Owen Paterson’s guilt and that of…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I totally agree with what he says. It was the appeals process that many of us objected to and, additionally, the fact that the…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesWill my hon. Friend give way?12 Dec 2022HANSARDCivil Service: Recruitment6. Whether he is taking steps to increase the number of senior civil servants recruited from the private sector.08 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe city of Lichfield is currently experiencing a huge amount of house building, which happens in other parts of the country too, so I welcome the Government’s decision that the…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Seasonal Worker Visas: Sponsorship CertificatesHorticultural operations around Lichfield will, I think, be very reassured by what my right hon. Friend has said today. When I voted for Brexit, I voted for sovereignty. I…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCivil Service: RecruitmentBut it is not just about senior civil servants. I think middle-ranking and junior civil servants could also benefit from a fresh influx of the dynamism and different attitudes…08 Dec 2022HANSARDSupreme Court Judgment: Scottish Independence ReferendumDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the Supreme Court’s judgment will also have an unexpected side effect in that it will force the Scottish Government to concentrate on domestic…07 Dec 2022HANSARDMedical Students: University Places14. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing the number of university places for medical students; and if he will make a…06 Dec 2022HANSARDMedical Students: University PlacesI thank my hon. Friend for his answer. He will know that it takes five or six gruelling years to get a Bachelor of Medicine or a Bachelor of Surgery degree—or Doctor of Medicine…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Rail Cancellations and Service LevelsThe Minister comes to his position having been a very successful and, I think, very thoughtful Chair of the Transport Committee. He will know that there is a balance of blame—it…01 Dec 2022HANSARDHistoric Cathedrals: Maintenance CostsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, particularly for his kind words about me, which were very decent of him. He will know that the chair of the Association of English Cathedrals was…01 Dec 2022HANSARDHistoric Cathedrals: Maintenance Costs6. Whether he has held recent discussions with the chair of the Association of English Cathedrals on the maintenance costs of historic cathedrals.01 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities will have seen in the news today that between 400 and 500 migrant workers were killed building the stadia in Qatar. Does…30 Nov 2022HANSARDChannel 4 Privatisation: Television Production IndustryWill my hon. Friend take this opportunity to praise the work of production companies, not only in Cardiff but Aberystwyth and elsewhere in Wales? Is he aware that some of those…23 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Canals and WaterwaysI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. I have forgotten its name, but I have walked along the canal in Stone. It is a beautiful canal, and all the things it generates, such…22 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Canals and WaterwaysI am more than happy to do so. The work that is being done in my hon. Friend’s constituency—as in my own constituency, with the Lichfield and Hatherton canals—is testament to the…22 Nov 2022