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HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillWill the Minister give way on that point?02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillWill the Minister give way on that point?02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillIt is her Bill.02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillOne of the arguments that we hear time and again is, “Are you going to let the getaway driver get away with it?” Does my hon. Friend agree that this Bill would not do that, and…02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a very complex argument, and I have been listening to it. There is some interesting material in it. He has been speaking for more than half an hour,…02 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Sector: ProfitsWhen will the Minister wake up to the fact that, since Brexit, food prices have rocketed? My constituents cannot afford to buy staple foods. Is it not the truth that farmers are…01 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Sector: Profits2. Whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure profits in the food sector are fairly distributed.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseEveryone has wished you a happy birthday, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was nervously thinking of saying, “Pinch, punch, first day of the month,” but, knowing your character, I don’t…01 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI do not agree with most of what the Minister has said today. We are all in favour of pharmacies, but I think this statement is a distraction from the real problems in our health…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstHas the Minister looked at the number of pharmacies that have closed in the poorest areas of our country? Lastly, what is she going to do about companies like Boots? It has even…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEarly Years EducationWhy has it taken 14 years for the Government to get around to having a plan? They got rid of children’s centres and Sure Start centres, and they have not replaced them with…29 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the right hon. Lady agree that we need highly qualified, excellent teachers in every school? Is she worried, as I am, that so many highly qualified, gifted teachers are…29 Jan 2024HANSARDEarly Years Education9. What steps she is taking to improve early years education.29 Jan 2024HANSARDScience and Technology Sector: Inward InvestmentWill the Secretary of State and her team pay much more attention to the science and innovation possibilities in the hydrogen sector—that is, hydrogen energy and power? This is…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I inform the Leader of the House that we already have a holocaust memorial centre at the University of Huddersfield at the heart of Huddersfield? All Members hope that the new…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State look at the impact assessments of universities? The traditional universities are failing to meet the standards of sustainable development research, and…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Books in Primary SchoolsDoes the Minister agree that one of the real problems we all have—I have it in Huddersfield; everyone has it in their constituency—is early stimulation? We see so many parents now…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Books in Primary SchoolsThe Minister is making some very good points, but this is not just about books, surely—it is about what those books are. I had the honour of knowing Benjamin Zephaniah, who opened…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Books in Primary SchoolsThe hon. Lady may remember the Education Committee’s winter reports on the importance of early literacy from the time that I chaired the Committee. A key thing to come out of one…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Books in Primary SchoolsMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that libraries in primary schools are more important in areas of deprivation than in areas of affluence? It is…24 Jan 2024