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HANSARD 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 the Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough (Gill Furniss) wants the Government to say that every school must have a library. Is the Minister for that, or…24 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 2024HANSARDAlcohol-dependent Parents: Support for ChildrenI have turned over a new leaf, Mr Speaker. May I urge the Secretary of State to take this issue very seriously, to direct much more social media at young people and to get into…23 Jan 2024HANSARDAlcohol-dependent Parents: Support for Childrenrose—23 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill the Minister give way?22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the National Farmers Union has been positive on many of these issues? Does he agree with what it says about hydrogen being a source of…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Could I just make it clear to the House that I was not here for the main debate, but came in for the wind-ups, because I was chairing a…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have been in this House longer than most people, and it is a courtesy to the House in a winding-up speech to give way in an…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill the Minister give way?22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill the Minister give way?22 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Green SpacesThe Minister might know that we have wonderful public green spaces in our country—many of them are around London and in West Yorkshire—but is he aware that the decline of…22 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Green SpacesBecause if they cannot get there to visit them, they cannot love them.22 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillCan the Home Secretary assure us that if this Bill is passed tonight there will be a system in place that accurately tests its success, month by month and week by week, so that we…17 Jan 2024HANSARDReducing MigrationI beg the Home Secretary to spread those more enlightened views to some of his colleagues. Migration should not be a dirty word. I am the son of a migrant. I migrated myself to…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThe Prime Minister may not be aware—perhaps he is—that I am not the greatest expert on international relations, but I was born on 17 August 1940, when the German bombs were…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemThe Minister keeps citing the British people. Are not most people in this country looking at what has happened on this vital question since 2010—over all the years for which this…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRoad ResurfacingThe Secretary of State will know that we all want good roads, but we also want safe roads. Can I draw his attention to the dreadful road accidents killing young people recently?…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, a brave group of women lobbied us in this House about lobular breast cancer. It is a much lesser known cancer, but thousands of women in our country suffer from it, and…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the ministerial team stop briefing against hydrogen combustion engines? The fact is that hydrogen is on its way, in trucks and JCBs. Cummins in my constituency is prepared…14 Dec 2023