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HANSARD High Speed 2As the right hon. Lady knows, I am a very experienced traveller between Wakefield and London, and know the routes well. May I ask her to pay attention to my hon. Friend the Member…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2It is a pleasure to hear the right hon. Lady speaking in a debate, rather than her listening to me asking for one. Does she recall the number of times that I have said in the…10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2Will the right hon. Lady give way?10 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed 2Does the hon. Gentleman not realise—I think he does—that those of us in the north of England just want reliable and reasonably speedy connections between the towns of the north,…10 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I have an urgent topical question for the Secretary of State. He has always been very good on victim support, and he will be relieved that my question is not about…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to WorkBut the Minister will know that what prisoners need is not only to have been prepared and had training while they are in prison but to have the full monty when they leave. They…09 Jul 2019HANSARDArmed Services: Optimal SizeThe Secretary of State might be aware that my father and two brothers served in the British Army, and I am very concerned at the moment should we be threatened with invasion. Our…08 Jul 2019HANSARDArmed Services: Optimal Size6. What recent estimate she has made of the optimal size of the UK armed services.08 Jul 2019HANSARDYouth ServicesOn Independence Day, may I congratulate all my American cousins on this fine day when they broke away from Britain? I still have my green card from when I emigrated. Youth…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Serco Justice SystemThe Minister has been uncharacteristically defensive and quite strident this morning. Some years ago, I had a hand in using the round robin technique to try to explore just how…04 Jul 2019HANSARDUnduly Lenient Sentence SchemeCan we have clarity on how the scheme works? I have written to Ministers complaining about too lenient sentences and about too severe sentences, and I never hear back. Can we have…04 Jul 2019HANSARDHong KongIt is very good to see the Minister spreading his wings. In fact, I hope he will soon return to the Dispatch Box to say something about the disgraceful and disturbing decision by…02 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has much good advice given to him, but is he picking up the nightmare scenarios that I am getting from senior business people in the north of…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman is being very kind in giving way. He will know the sterling work that my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch) has done in this area. She, like all…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentMy hon. Friend knows that I have boundless admiration for him as Chair of the Select Committee. He mentioned localism and smaller groups. There are a lot of fashions. Something…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartmental OrganisationAnd my tie has whales on it, Mr Speaker—Japan comes to mind. The fact of the matter is that the Secretary of State knows that she has some really good people working in her…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman, an old friend, knows of my passion for cutting road deaths worldwide; this is the biggest killer, especially of children and young people, and mainly of poorer…01 Jul 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesI was amused by that intervention because, of course, my origins in co-operation are in Wales. It is a delight to hear about that initiative. There is also a Clink in London—in…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesI was a chairing a Committee in another part of the House, so I was out of the Chamber for a little while, but I came back for the winding-up speeches. I think it would be a shame…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesLet me help the hon. Gentleman on the history, because I knew Margaret Thatcher and her attitude to co-ops. We have to remember that she was the daughter of a small shopkeeper and…27 Jun 2019