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HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe Chancellor mentioned that his energy package would cost £60 billion for just six months, but the Prime Minister promised that the package would go on until 2024—a £240 billion…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Free School Meals and Child PovertyI welcome the Minister to her position. Having worked with her on the transport brief at the start of the pandemic, I know that she will be diligent in the role. Even though my…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Free School Meals and Child PovertyI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this Adjournment debate on such an important matter. As a former primary school teacher for many years, I know what she is saying: a…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on securing this debate after many months—in an…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateForgive me, Minister, but it is already too late for some businesses. Alexandros, a very popular restaurant in my constituency, has announced that it is closing while it assesses…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentWill the hon. Member join me in thanking the Government for dealing with the issue of extreme unction when it came to Sir David and setting up a commission to look at third-party…21 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I will get back to the points that the Minister raised. The plan that was published on 30 June contains eight points relating to staff recruitment. We are past the mid-point of…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2022As we are already into the summer season, airlines’ ability to fill vacant slots has likely passed. That capacity might have had a real impact on our regions—on the tourist trade…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2022Just a little, but it is interesting all the same. Here we are discussing slot allocations once again. The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 was supposed to…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2022As ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, particularly today, because it is the 150th anniversary of the Ballot Act 1872 which, apropos of nothing,…18 Jul 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests14. Whether he is taking steps to appoint an independent adviser on Ministers’ interests.14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The brilliant Sale High School in my constituency is in desperate need of refurbishment. To that end, I have been working with local partners to put a deal on the table. With…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThat was a clumsy attempt to unseat the secretary-general of the Commonwealth. It was hardly good statecraft, Prime Minister.04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is my great pleasure to welcome the Secretary of State to oral questions today, because he was absent without leave last time, and he is missing in action when it comes to…30 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Amendment Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Ms Rees. I hope that you will allow me to take a liberty in welcoming the pupils and teachers from Dobyns-Bennett High…14 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Amendment Order 2022The purpose of the instrument is to ensure that anyone polluting from a hovercraft is indictable and, as the Minister said, to bring hovercrafts under the same governance as ships…14 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point about rules. St Thomas More—a former occupant of your Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker—said that this land is planted with rules, and that those…07 Jun 2022HANSARD Children’s Education Recovery and Childcare CostsAre you Nick Gibb in disguise?07 Jun 2022HANSARDViolence against Religious Groups: NigeriaI, like hundreds of millions across the planet, had the pleasure of celebrating Pentecost yesterday and, with no disrespect to the Minister, I think that the FCDO still does not…06 Jun 2022HANSARDLocal Transport Plans: DecarbonisationThank you, Mr Speaker. The Minister and I both know that the quickest way to decarbonise the air around our nation’s great airports is to implement the airspace modernisation…19 May 2022