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HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Area) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela, and I thank the Minister for his opening speech. Next week marks one year since the World Health Organisation…02 Mar 2021HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Area) Regulations 2021I will move on. Can the Minister explain why his own council, South Gloucestershire, which is led by the Conservatives, has felt compelled to set the maximum 4.99% council tax…02 Mar 2021HANSARD Uber: Supreme Court RulingDoes the Minister agree with the GMB union, which fought this legal battle for four years, that now is the time for Uber to face up to its legal and moral responsibilities, pay…24 Feb 2021HANSARDDraft Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I am happy to join the Minister in supporting the creation of the new unitary authorities. I put on record the…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, The Sunday Times revealed that property developers who have built flats covered in dangerous cladding have donated £2.5 million to the Conservative party since 2017.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19It has now been 338 days since Australia closed its borders; 909 Australians have lost their lives since then. It is 335 days since New Zealand closed its borders—a policy which…22 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersI agree with my hon. Friend. It certainly is time for the Government to get a grip. It would be remiss of me not to highlight and thank those campaigners who will keep on pressing…01 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I certainly do agree. Over the past few months, Ministers have started publicly to row back on their previous promises to protect…01 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersI welcome the new Minister, the hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), to his place. I look forward to working together constructively over the coming years. As we have…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseBringing down the cost of school uniforms for parents and carers is more important than ever in these challenging economic times. What intervention can the Leader of the House…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19The year 2020 was a difficult one—a year like no other in my lifetime. The first stage of 2021 is proving to be even more challenging, with over 80,000 deaths, infections going…12 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Fire Safety CostsA belated happy new year to you, Mr Speaker. Clauses 88 and 89 of the Government’s draft Building Safety Bill will impose a charge on leaseholders, not developers and not the…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Educational SettingsGiven that the company Computacenter, which was awarded the £96 million contract with no competition, failed to deliver all the laptop kits to vulnerable children in the first…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Education: Return in JanuarySurely, given that Cheshire West and Chester has now been put into tier 4, we require an update from the Secretary of State on whether primary schools are going to reopen on…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Planning for the FutureIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I thank the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) for securing this important debate and for putting net…15 Dec 2020HANSARDEmployers: Dismiss and Re-engage TacticsFirst it was British Airways, and now British Gas/Centrica has threatened thousands of employees with fire and rehire tactics, including a number of my constituents, such as Wayne…15 Dec 2020HANSARDEmployers: Dismiss and Re-engage TacticsWhat steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of dismiss and re-engage tactics by employers.15 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outToday is a great day for Britain and the world, and I thank all those involved on a global level to ensure that we have light at the end of the tunnel, and hope and optimism.…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthYesterday, I received an email from Alison, who runs the Bears Paw pub in the Frodsham part of my constituency, the town where I live. That historic pub is at the heart of the…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Agricultural Transition PlanCutting income payments by 50% over a period of three years, starting in January, is not evolutionary as the Secretary of State said, but revolutionary. In fact, some might…30 Nov 2020