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HANSARD Classical Music: Funding and SupportLet me say as a Mancunian that English National Opera would be more than welcome in Manchester, either to reside or to visit, but as a former director of the Hallé, I want to…29 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Ms Harris. Twenty resolutions relating to fire protection at sea have been implemented by the International Maritime…27 Mar 2023HANSARDAttracting Investment: Support for TownsManchester and Trafford are cracking on with regenerating Wythenshawe and Sale town centres in my constituency, despite submitting excellent but ultimately unsuccessful…27 Mar 2023HANSARDAttracting Investment: Support for Towns12. What steps he is taking as part of his Department’s levelling up policies to support towns in attracting investment.27 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg). I look forward to catching up once again at our annual meet-up at the carnival in July, and I wish him all…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationHallelujah!20 Mar 2023HANSARDHunger Crisis in East Africa9. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the hunger crisis in east Africa.14 Mar 2023HANSARDHunger Crisis in East AfricaThe £156 million of aid to which the Minister referred is five times less than the amount provided by the UK Government six years ago to deal with a milder crisis. In a week when…14 Mar 2023HANSARDSuicide Prevention and the National CurriculumMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech, particularly in the light of her excellent health service background, long before she came to this House. I hope that I have now…13 Mar 2023HANSARDSuicide Prevention and the National CurriculumAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) for bringing this petition to us. My constituent…13 Mar 2023HANSARDSuicide Prevention and the National CurriculumI thank my colleague for his intervention. I am sure that the Education Minister will have heard that fully. I know the Minister to be an extraordinarily honourable man who takes…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI represent an airport seat and have a number of hotels currently in use in my constituency, but for 19 months one hotel in particular has since the fall of Kabul been used by…07 Mar 2023HANSARDAviation: Noise and FuelThe Secretary of State made no commitment on the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK at a recent airports conference. This week, the Minister for aviation in the…02 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. We are here because maybe we have not fully left the EU, as the Minister said, after the treaty of Windsor—I am not…28 Feb 2023HANSARDResidential Buildings: RemediationMy constituent Joanne Davies faces a nightmare scenario. In a few weeks’ time, she will have to fork out £5,000 because of regulatory change in the light of Grenfell. She gets no…20 Feb 2023HANSARDResidential Buildings: Remediation12. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect leaseholders in low-rise apartment blocks from increases in building insurance costs caused by cladding issues.20 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]No, I have not seen any sign of the charter. I would have thought Conservative Members would want to get one over on the French. As an avid Manchester City fan, I might have to…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Gentleman, the former Minister, for all his work in this area. I know that he was extraordinarily committed and was as upset as everyone else in this House—he put…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to new clause 2, which stands in my name and those of my hon. Friends. The new clause would ensure that the Bill contains sufficient checks and balances so that it…07 Feb 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Thank you, Ms Harris. That chief executive stays in place. The point is that if P&O Ferries or any of its low-cost rivals wanted to do that again, nothing in the Bill will stop it…17 Jan 2023