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HANSARDUniversity Performance3. Whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy on improving the performance of Northern Irish universities as measured by the Times Higher…22 Nov 2023HANSARDUniversity PerformanceIs the Minister aware that when I was speaking on the deck of the Titanic centre only two weeks ago, I was thinking about him and the Conservative Government? Is he also aware…22 Nov 2023HANSARDCabinet OfficeWill this team wake up? They have huge potential in the Cabinet Office to influence every Department of State. From my perspective, as a passionate supporter of sustainable…07 Nov 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Water Pollution and OverflowsI have never heard such codswallop in all my time in the House. I was born by the Thames and I love the rivers, and I have to say to the Minister that I have seen no Government in…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House consider arranging for a statement or an early debate on the dangers of gambling and the gambling industry’s impact on children and young people?…19 Oct 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office DirectorOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. During Question Time, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that air quality in our country was improving. There is…19 Oct 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office DirectorWill the new head of the SFO take the job very seriously and look again at some of the big fraudsters and at the penalties? Will the Solicitor General ask the new director why…19 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsI saw a tweet to the Minister earlier this morning saying that one man’s error is another man’s total cock-up—I do not know whether that is technical language, Mr Speaker. The…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityThe Secretary of State reminds me of the unfortunate astronaut who by mistake is still circling the moon somewhere, out of touch, when he only expected to be up there for three…16 Oct 2023HANSARDBrownfield Land: DevelopmentThe Secretary of State is a very clever man, and he must know that if there had been a large amount of brownfield land, it would have been built on. The fact of the matter is that…16 Oct 2023HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageIf the Secretary of State is looking for innovation that will make a real difference to economic growth, will she look at not only carbon capture and storage, but hydrogen? Many…19 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2Huddersfield is a proud railway town. Is the Minister telling my constituents and the rest of the country that this is an abysmal failure of the country—the country of Brunel and…18 Sept 2023HANSARDKnife CrimeI draw the Minister’s attention to the sad fact that most MPs have had the tragedy of knife crime in our constituencies. We had a dreadful incident in Huddersfield. Is it not time…18 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I know that the Secretary of State is under great pressure today—she seems to be out of her depth in quite shallow water—but she misquoted…13 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsI ask the Secretary of State this pertinent question: what does she say to the senior executive at Yorkshire Water, who, when I complained about the quality of the water in some…13 Sept 2023HANSARDCriminal Courts: BacklogIs the Minister aware that the criminal courts are full of cases relating to joint enterprise, a terrible miscarriage of justice? Will he and the Justice team promise to meet me…12 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateWill the Deputy Prime Minister remind the House of December 2016, when the then Prime Minister David Cameron was in the Plough pub in Cadsden with President Xi? We were all urged…11 Sept 2023HANSARDG20 SummitMany of us were very impressed by the close relationship that the Prime Minister obviously has with Prime Minister Modi. When he had private time with Prime Minister Modi, did he…11 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe previous Secretary of State promised that he would come to David Brown Santasalo in Huddersfield to see the wonderful work that the company does producing the defence…11 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIs the Leader of the House aware that Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals, where many of us have benefited from treatment, are among the very few of our hospitals at the top of the…07 Sept 2023