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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Some 45% of Cheshire military personnel—220 of them—are living in the lowest standard of single accommodation. That is pretty shameful, and something needs to happen about it…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionA number of constituents have got in touch with me from Castle View House, where several flats are sub-metered. They are desperate, and have been for some time, for payments to…25 Jan 2023HANSARDApprenticeships: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I pay credit to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) for bringing this debate alive with such…24 Jan 2023HANSARDDraft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2023I have a short question for the Minister: why move from 12 to 10 years old?23 Jan 2023HANSARDEducationJames Kerfoot, the headteacher of Rudheath Senior Academy, which serves my constituents, has introduced free school meals for all pupils. Why does the Minister not do the same?23 Jan 2023HANSARDRail Service ImprovementsThe Minister will be very much aware of the chaos that customers experience on the Avanti West Coast line. What assurances can he give me that Avanti will not be given yet another…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillSurely parliamentary sovereignty is giving Members of Parliament control, not the Executive or bureaucrats in Whitehall.18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am after my hon. Friend’s help on this: was it a figment of my imagination, or did those on the Government Benches drive through a piece of legislation that curtailed the…18 Jan 2023HANSARD Child Maintenance ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, just as it is a pleasure to serve alongside you as a neighbouring MP. I thank the hon. Member for Caithness,…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsJames Kerfoot, the headteacher of Rudheath Senior Academy, which serves my constituents, has introduced free school meals for all pupils. Why does the Minister not do the same?16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI stand as a former shop steward and convener. I proudly refer to my register of interests—do have a look. I cannot begin to express my anger, dismay and disgust at this piece of…16 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI start, as many hon. Members have done, by thanking our NHS and social care staff. They go above and beyond every day and have sacrificed so much, especially over the past few…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI will not give way. We do not have much time. We have heard about covid and about flu. Those are facts, but let us take a journey through history to 2010, when waiting lists were…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionJust before Christmas, I went to the ambulance station in Warrington, which is in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust. I spoke to workers there who have withdrawn their…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportWhat would the Minister say to Mr Uppall, who runs a vital service—a post office—in Hartford, in my constituency? What would he say to the likes of Alison, the landlady of the…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]Which line in the Bill will prevent, say, a future landlord who has a close relationship with a future Minister from securing a contract worth millions of pounds for personal…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCheshire West and Chester Council and I have put in an excellent bid in round 2 of the levelling-up fund for the corridor at Winnington bridge. On what day in January can we…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill Treasury Ministers work with Transport Ministers to give Avanti West Coast’s customers an early Christmas present by removing the contract from it, putting it into public…20 Dec 2022HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyLast week Hannah, a young mum from the Runcorn part of my constituency, visited nine different pharmacies looking for the appropriate medication for her four-year-old little boy.…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I concur on that, and the smell of hypocrisy is somewhat nauseating across the Chamber. We are still without answers as to why the CEO of P&O Ferries felt empowered enough to tell…19 Dec 2022