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HANSARDAsylum Seekers4. Whether the Church provides training for clergy on supporting asylum seekers wishing to convert to Christianity.22 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that individual sports clubs have a role to play in providing youth services? In that respect, can I thank the Government for funding…22 Feb 2024HANSARDAsylum SeekersMy hon. Friend will have heard the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) at Prime Minister’s questions. The problem is, this…22 Feb 2024HANSARDDomestic AbuseOne of the most insidious forms of domestic abuse is conversion therapy. It is cruel and it does not work. Could my hon. Friend give me some indication of when legislation will…07 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstAlthough my right hon. Friend and I share a common scepticism of the sclerotic state of the European Union, there are lessons to be learned from Europe. I am glad to see that,…31 Jan 2024HANSARDRail InfrastructureWill my hon. Friend join me in congratulating Network Rail and its subcontractors on completing the repair works on the longest wooden rail bridge in Europe across the Mawddach…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. My right hon. Friend has already mentioned the article in The Sunday Times , but is she aware that it is comparing apples and oranges? British students go straight into a…29 Jan 2024HANSARDHouthi Attacks: Supply ChainsI will think of one, Mr Speaker. As my hon. Friend has said, we are the eighth largest manufacturer in the world—and where is the centre of manufacturing? It is, of course, the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDHouthi Attacks: Supply Chains5. What steps her Department is taking to help protect supply chains in the context of the Houthi attacks in the Persian Gulf.25 Jan 2024HANSARD High Speed 2 CompensationI thank my near neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Theo Clarke) for introducing this debate. We have heard a catalogue of problems from various colleagues here on…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLoan ChargeI am following the hon. Lady’s arguments and agree very much with her. Does she not agree that this is almost contrary to jurisprudence? There is no double jeopardy, so a person…18 Jan 2024HANSARD High Speed 2 CompensationThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous in giving way. Would he generously accept that, if it had not been for Lord Adonis changing the original plan, HS2 would have gone…18 Jan 2024HANSARD High Speed 2 CompensationDid the hon. Gentleman know that before Lord Adonis got his grubby hands on it, a design for HS2 was made by Arup? HS2 would have connected with HS1, and would have gone into…18 Jan 2024HANSARD High Speed 2 CompensationIt is extraordinary, and it just demonstrates what an organisation this is—not only dysfunctional, but unfair. In an intervention, I talked about my constituent Siân Froggatt, who…18 Jan 2024HANSARD High Speed 2 CompensationI have a constituent called Siân Froggatt, and she had a compulsory purchase order made against part of her farm, involving land that is the only way she can access her farm.…18 Jan 2024HANSARDHS2 Cancellation and Network NorthWill the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Jan 2024HANSARDHS2 Cancellation and Network NorthI am sorry to intervene on my hon. Friend again, but he mentions Handsacre, which of course is in my Lichfield constituency, and I am fascinated by what he says. I know, for…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHS2 Cancellation and Network NorthI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate on an issue that is very important for Staffordshire, as he rightly points out. Does he know—perhaps the Minister can clarify…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHS2 Cancellation and Network NorthOn a point of order, Mr Davies. The whole nation is dying to know whether Labour will reinstate HS2 phase 2a. Is it in order for the hon. Gentleman to refuse to take any questions?17 Jan 2024HANSARDHS2 Cancellation and Network NorthWill the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Jan 2024