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HANSARDFootball Index CollapseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) for securing this important debate. The collapse of Football…07 Jun 2022HANSARD Public Order BillIt says everything we need to know about this Government’s priorities that their first Bill since the Queen’s Speech does not seek to address an out-of-control cost of living…23 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesIn my constituency and in similarly deprived areas around the country, the Government have been remarkably silent about what they intend to do about the cost of living crisis in…17 May 2022HANSARDHousing Associations: Right to BuyThere is a desperate shortage of social housing in this country; more than 1 million households are waiting for social homes. However, rather than taking the decisive action that…16 May 2022HANSARDHousing Associations: Right to Buy9. What steps he plans to take to extend right-to-buy schemes to housing associations.16 May 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI have spoken before about the importance of ensuring a genuinely fair and equitable distribution of wealth throughout English football. The fan-led review rightly suggests that…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesIt is a great privilege to speak in what must be one of the most momentous occasions in the House’s recent history, because one of the most fundamental principles of any democracy…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdatePeople across the House will agree that the situation in Ukraine is serious, and there is no doubt that we fully support what we are trying to do. However, setting that aside for…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Carer’s AllowanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I am immensely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner) for securing this…30 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesThe Government’s response to the mass sackings of 800 P&O workers has been shameful. Ministers failed to step in and save jobs, and in October they refused to support Labour…28 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank all my constituents who have lent their names to this important petition and the countless others who have…14 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanI welcome the spirit of these plans, but I urge the Government to act even faster. Russian gas and oil constitutes just a tiny fraction of the UK’s energy mix and we must break…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseI thank the Leader of the Opposition, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer), and the shadow Chancellor, my hon. Friend the Member…08 Mar 2022HANSARD UK ShipbuildingI accept the point about the budget for defence and for shipbuilding, but when the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities travelled to my constituency…03 Mar 2022HANSARD UK ShipbuildingThe right hon. Member makes a good point. As well as building for defence procurement, we should be building commercial vessels. The terms of the competition dictate that the FSS…03 Mar 2022HANSARD UK ShipbuildingIt is great to speak to a packed House. It is a great honour to be able to open this important debate about the future of UK shipbuilding. I am very glad to see the Minister in…03 Mar 2022HANSARD Legal Aid: North-WestIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Fovargue, and I congratulate my good and hon. Friend the Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey) on having secured…22 Feb 2022HANSARDStorm EuniceMay I add my condolences about the people who died during these storms? Yesterday, hundreds of people in the north-west were forced to flee their homes as rivers burst their…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesI thank my hon. Friend for raising the issue of Woodchurch leisure centre and swimming pool, and for all her hard work in leading the campaign to keep its doors open. She has made…08 Feb 2022HANSARDElective TreatmentAcross the country, millions of people are waiting for potentially life-changing procedures, and it is absolutely right that every effort be made to bring this backlog down, but…08 Feb 2022