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HANSARDDraft Aviation (Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023The hon. Gentleman has a beautiful constituency and a beautiful cathedral, and I got to see the Staffordshire hoard when I stayed overnight there. I shall escape from this…21 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpThe £20 million announced for Wythenshawe town centre today is testament to the hard-working leadership team at Manchester City Council. However, my personal thanks goes to Gavin…20 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthIt is a pleasure to follow the balanced and thoughtful speech by the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous). Securing high, sustained economic growth in every part of the country…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRail ServicesFresh from slashing and burning HS2 while in Manchester and spouting crank conspiracy theories, the Secretary of State announced Network North. However, that dodgy sounding 1970s…26 Oct 2023HANSARD Civil AviationI am coming on to that. This is about the general demise of transport—about abandoning the centre ground and abandoning an industry. We do not even have a Minister for aviation or…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Civil AviationWhat has this got to do with slots?18 Oct 2023HANSARD Civil AviationThe Minister said that the regulations before the House are a small piece of legislation. He is right, and scholars of Parliament will look back at this motion coming to the Floor…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Flying SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) on the powerful personal…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Flying SchoolsI thank the Minister for his support on that. The report highlights the fact that the lack of diversity and the barriers to access are something we all agree on. This is in no way…12 Sept 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: DecarbonisationThe climate breakdown data coming in from around the planet at the moment is truly terrifying, so decarbonising transport is vital if we are to meet our climate change…13 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsA recent freedom of information request by the Labour party revealed that mental health patients were left waiting more than 5.4 million hours for treatment in A&E last year. Last…11 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsDue to the UK’s out-of-date and inefficient airspace, designed in the 1960s, the average flight from Luton to Jersey emits 24% more carbon than necessary. Modernising UK airspace…08 Jun 2023HANSARDStudent VisasThe vast majority of international students access their courses in the north of England through Manchester airport in my constituency. Will the Minister agree to an economic…24 May 2023HANSARD Heathrow Airport ExpansionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson) on securing the debate and on her passionate…24 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) BillThe hon. Member is making a powerful speech, but he knows that his city is the only city on the island of Ireland without an independent university. We have campaigned for many…10 May 2023HANSARDWythenshawe and Sale Town Centres: RegenerationI will miss my hon. Friend as one of my councillors after Thursday, but I welcome him to these Benches. Under his extraordinary leadership, Trafford went from strength to…02 May 2023HANSARDWythenshawe and Sale Town Centres: RegenerationI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He should be proud of his work in Stockport to regenerate the town. There is nothing quite like “Foodie Friday”, which attracts…02 May 2023HANSARDWythenshawe and Sale Town Centres: RegenerationI am grateful to have secured this Adjournment debate on Wythenshawe and Sale town centres. Town centres are the heart and soul of our communities. They are places where people…02 May 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargePope Francis said in 2015 in his encyclical, “Laudato si”: “The earth, our home, is beginning to look…like an immense pile of filth.” He was not wrong when it comes to the rivers…25 Apr 2023HANSARDP&O Ferries: Discussions with DP WorldIf we want to champion seafarers’ welfare, where is the seafarers’ charter? We have been waiting for it forever. Earlier this month, disgraced P&O made another 60 people…20 Apr 2023