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HANSARDMental Wellbeing of PupilsI am both eager and angry this morning, which is why I wanted to get in my question to the ministerial team as early as possible. Are Ministers aware of the great scandal that…23 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe ministerial team will know that those of us who have been lifelong campaigners for road safety are extremely worried that in future our Government will accept lower standards…19 May 2022HANSARDTransport CostsIs the Minister aware of the huge costs for people who live in Wakefield and Huddersfield that have resulted from the fact that the small, regular and very good service between…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure the Leader of the House would like to wish Huddersfield Town and Huddersfield Giants well in their challenges. May I press the Leader of the House on two things? First,…19 May 2022HANSARD Food Price InflationNone of us came into this place thinking that we would see a day when children went to bed with no food in their tummy and no heat in their home. I know the Secretary of State to…19 May 2022HANSARDEffects of High Marginal Deduction RatesMay I invite the Minister to come to Wakefield with me? I was there on Saturday morning. The people there have not read the Bloomberg report, but they can feel the impact of…17 May 2022HANSARDLocal InfrastructureWill the Minister wake up to the reality of what is going on in local authorities up and down the country? Cuts since the 2010 election have run down the resources of every…16 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI have been in the House rather longer than the hon. Gentleman and I remember when the first windfall tax was introduced; it was by the Conservative Prime Minister Margaret…12 May 2022HANSARDBusiness QuestionI have every confidence that Huddersfield Town will succeed in being promoted to the premiership, but I will leave it there. I want to ask the Leader of the House about a…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesDoes my right hon. Friend agree that closing down Channel 4 in Leeds by selling it off will be a mortal blow to the creative industries in the north of England?12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesIn a second. I meet a lot of people who are earning pretty good money, professional people with good salaries, and they tell me, “We should be paying more tax.” They say, “We want…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Minister mentioned me, but then was intervened on, perfectly legitimately, by a colleague. I think she was about to say that I had…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesTwo minutes. We have demoralised so many people on the frontline. I do not use that in a military sense; I mean our health workers, nurses, doctors, care workers and local…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that crucial to our recovery and crucial to our workforce is the ability of women to get back into the workforce and have hours of work that suit…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesI was reminded by my staff that I have been present at 42 Queen’s Speeches—this is the 42nd. May I say how concerned I am that the Government seem to be downgrading Parliament all…12 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIf the Home Secretary will allow me to intervene, I co-chair with the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) the all-party parliamentary group on miscarriages…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeMy right hon. Friend is coming up with some telling statistics. I have talked to constituents and the police, who say that morale has never been lower and their numbers have never…11 May 2022HANSARDParish MinistryWill the hon. Gentleman give some attention to what the Church of England is doing to stimulate the ministry up and down the country by giving far more incentives to get involved…28 Apr 2022HANSARDFertiliser CostsDoes the Minister agree, though, that we must be careful about what we put on our soil in terms of weed killers and nutrients? According to Cambridge University, soil degradation…28 Apr 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationI feel a bit sorry for the Minister, because the Secretary of State is not here. We all know what the game is: this shabby little bunch in No. 10 are determined to undermine…27 Apr 2022