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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for his answer. He will know that the west midlands is a major centre—if not the major centre—for car manufacturing. What discussions has he had with…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Previous Ministers for rail have been up to the National Memorial Arboretum to see the existing freight line between Lichfield and Burton. It would be remarkably cheap to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022It was pretty extensive.11 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I am delighted that my hon. Friend has given way. On cryptoassets, will he assure me that he or his Department will work closely with GCHQ on this? Without its help we will not…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionI have been quite shocked by the luddites on the Opposition Front Bench, who have been quite open in saying that they will weaponise the issue in a general election. For those who…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Rob and Sally Mercer, in their farm near Lichfield, each week provide fresh meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables to around 250 families. They run an education project, too, and…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for presenting this Bill, as will be my constituents in Lichfield. We are blessed with a particularly wonderful hospice, St Giles…08 Sept 2022HANSARDAvanti West CoastI thank the hon. Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) for tabling this urgent question. Even though Avanti has a reduced timetable, it has not provided reliability. It is still…07 Sept 2022HANSARDIranThe hostility with Iran has caused even greater friendship between the adjoining Arab countries and the state of Israel, so is not now the time to follow the US and some other…06 Sept 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipMay I first say what a great pleasure it is to ask my right hon. Friend—and she will always be my friend—this question? Will she say— [ Interruption. ] Sorry, that was an…21 Jul 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership12. What progress her Department has made on securing UK membership of the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership.21 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is thanks to the team on the Front Bench and the Prime Minister that I am still able to wear this badge showing the Ukrainian flag, because had it not been for the supply of…18 Jul 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessWill my right hon. Friend take the opportunity to praise the Meteorological Office, which was able to predict the heatwave with its Cray computers and declare a red alert days in…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. I personally think that our party is making the same mistake the Labour party made when it knifed Tony Blair. Is my right…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He may not agree with me, but I think that he is being a little unfair to the Leader of the Opposition. The pointless…18 Jul 2022HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: LicensingThe hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) is absolutely right to identify the issue that she has in York and in other parts of the country, but will my hon. Friend also…07 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. My right hon. Friend has already said that the penetration of high speed broadband has gone up in just three years from 6% to 69%, particularly in rural areas. However, is she…07 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the Mayor of the West Midlands—oh my gosh, I have forgotten his name; oh yes, it has come back to me—Andy Street. How does the Minister…05 Jul 2022HANSARDHigh Speed Rail 2With millions of tonnes of soil being moved across Lichfield, roads closed and the canal obstructed because of HS2, perhaps we can help Scotland by giving them our bit of HS2?29 Jun 2022