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HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesIt is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on securing this important…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesWill the Minister give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpWirral Council is facing a budget black hole of more than £20 million. I have pledged to do whatever I can to save the fantastic public services that so many of my constituents…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI applaud my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), the shadow Secretary of State for climate change and net zero, for demonstrating the strong…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxNo— [ Interruption. ] I am sorry. Even so, that is not enough for this Cabinet of millionaires. In fact, last month, the Education Secretary had the temerity to take to the…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Future of the NHSIt is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, and to follow the powerful contributions of my hon. Friends. I draw hon. Members to my entry in the Register of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportNo one has said in the House this afternoon that 155,000 people died of covid. That is why we introduced the rules. This is simply not the comprehensive report that the British…31 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of LivingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Cummins. I thank the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) for securing this important debate. She made an…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationEvery day, in my constituency of Birkenhead, parents are going hungry so that their children can eat, while elderly people are living in freezing homes because they simply cannot…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of LivingCould the Minister tell me how it is that 27 energy firms have gone bankrupt? There is something wrong. Could he explain to the Chamber why?25 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedIt is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for introducing this debate and for making his…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesIt is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins, and I thank my good and hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) for having secured this important debate. I…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are, mercifully, in a much better position today than we were this time a year ago, and that is thanks to the heroic efforts of the NHS in the roll-out of vaccinations, but…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesWe tend to blame everything on the pandemic. Zero-hours contracts were here before the pandemic. All that has happened is massive exploitation of zero-hours contracts. The…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Coronavirus Grant Schemes: FraudThe announcement that no action will be taken to recover the nearly £4 billion fraudulently claimed from the covid support schemes stands in stark contrast to the Government’s…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideWhile I welcome any town or regeneration funds, the funding the Minister mentions is specifically for the regeneration of Birkenhead. What we are talking about is transformational…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideI totally agree with my hon. Friend. I will try to cover that issue a little later on. That was why local leaders were so emphatic in urging Ministers to commit to the development…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideI agree with my hon. Friend and will try to cover that point a bit later in my speech. I secured the debate today because I believe that our constituents deserve better, and to…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideI beg to move, That this House has considered transport connectivity in Merseyside. It is a great privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I warmly thank my hon.…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Transport Connectivity: MerseysideI totally agree with my hon. Friend: my next sentence was going to include the words “cheap and nasty”. This is levelling down, rather than levelling up. The electrification of…12 Jan 2022