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HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020I congratulate the Minister on getting through all those legal niceties. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I enjoy our long conversations, sometimes…22 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirusAll of us who grew up in Wythenshawe are very proud of Marcus Rashford today. Does the Secretary of State agree with the Health Foundation that people facing the greatest…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Aviation Sector WorkersBritish aviation is in freefall. BA, Ryanair, Virgin Atlantic and now the Emirates are set to lay off tens of thousands of staff. The job retention scheme is becoming the job…18 May 2020HANSARD Economic UpdateHundreds upon hundreds of aviation workers in my constituency were sent home today. Coronavirus has devastated the airline industry. Because they had less than three years’…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSt Patrick’s DayI am delighted to intervene on the hon. Member. St Patrick’s lorica—the poem upon his breastplate—refers to a “shield in the strife”. Is St Patrick’s message relevant to today’s…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsThe Minister mentions 0.1%, but the Education Policy Institute found that there were 69,000 unexplained exits from school in 2017 alone. Does the Minister really believe that our…02 Mar 2020HANSARDSchool Admissions ProcessWe are having a debate on admissions. I think the Minister has strayed some way off his brief. Perhaps his civil servants have given him the wrong speech today. Perhaps he could…27 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool Admissions ProcessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. We have something in common. I was recruited to the Labour movement in the mid-1980s by someone who I think was a great…27 Feb 2020HANSARDSchool ExclusionsIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Bone, and to follow the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson), who is a fellow Manchester City fan. I am sure that he will be on the…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Social MobilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I welcome the Minister to her new role. I know from my time on the Front Bench that she takes a keen interest in…12 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureDespite going under my house, HS2 will reduce journey times from Manchester airport in my constituency to London from two hours 24 minutes to 59 minutes, opening up a plethora of…11 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportWhen His Excellency the President of China Xi Jinping visited my constituency in 2015, he spoke eloquently about 30 years of the twinning arrangement between Manchester and Wuhan.…05 Feb 2020HANSARDTeacher Recruitment and RetentionThe Minister surely knows that the pay rise he mentioned will only return starting salaries to where they were in 2010. Furthermore, the prospect of a pay rise in three years’…20 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeThe Minister went to school a stone’s throw from Manchester airport in my constituency, but is the voice of northern England being heard? After the Thomas Cook debacle, 2.8…14 Jan 2020HANSARD Thomas Cook CustomersI thank the Secretary of State for her personal energy, commitment and skill in chairing the Government taskforce on the collapse of Thomas Cook. I agree with both Front-Bench…05 Nov 2019HANSARDSyriaThis is an honour, Mr Speaker. Mr Ahmed, a Syrian Kurd constituent of mine, has relayed his deep concerns for family and friends in the region. Communities without security cannot…05 Nov 2019HANSARD School Uniform CostsIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) on securing the debate…05 Nov 2019HANSARDSyria19. What discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the feasibility of implementing a no-fly zone over northern Syria.05 Nov 2019HANSARDDraft Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2019Thank you, Dame Cheryl. I thank the Minister for setting out the order. I listened carefully to what she said. As the Opposition have said on previous occasions, and as my…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. It will not come as a galloping shock for him to hear that I have been campaigning for the medical school in Londonderry.…30 Oct 2019