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HANSARD Exempt AccommodationI thank my hon. Friend for drawing the Committee’s attention to the issue, because he had had experience in his constituency, as he pointed out to us. He was the first Member who…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Exempt AccommodationThe hon. Gentleman is spot on with that. When we went to Birmingham, we heard not from individuals living in exempt accommodation, but from those living in communities where…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Exempt AccommodationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to identify a particular group of people who need support and proper accommodation, and who can easily be exploited. There are many groups in…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Exempt AccommodationWe did not specifically look at that issue, but we looked at giving councils the powers to ensure that standards are met. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that one of the…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Exempt AccommodationI thank the hon. Member genuinely for the way he engaged with the Committee as a Minister. Some Ministers engage better than others with Select Committees, and although he did not…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Exempt AccommodationThe Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee today published its report on exempt accommodation. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for providing time for this…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI am interested in what the hon. Gentleman is asking for. He must accept that the airport in Teesside is costing an awful lot of public money. Presumably he is happy for the Mayor…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportDoes my hon. Friend share my disappointment that parts of South Yorkshire sometimes think that the way forward is to have a row with other parts of South Yorkshire rather than…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI am sorry if I confused you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I hope that I did not confuse anybody else at the same time. I was intervening on my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportMany of my constituents really value Doncaster Sheffield airport and want to keep it open. I hope that, putting aside party politics, the Minister will congratulate Oliver…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe hon. Gentleman was just asked a direct question. It does not need a public inquiry to work out what the factual position is. Will he say very clearly what powers he thinks the…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to push the Minister a little bit further, as he might appreciate. There is widespread support for the fan-led review. Okay, have the discussions about how it is going to…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillMy right hon. Friend talked about the Government imposing the ban because of the risk of disturbance to local communities. There was a proposal to frack in Marsh Lane, which…19 Oct 2022HANSARDInvestment ZonesIt seems that investment zones are one of the few bits of the mini-Budget that are still on the table. Can the Secretary of State clearly explain how investment zones will be…17 Oct 2022HANSARDBus ServicesThe Minister will not necessarily know what the 8, 27 and 655 bus routes in my constituency have in common. The answer is that they have all been cut completely, or substantially…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Costs in WalesI ask the Minister to leave a couple of minutes for the hon. Member for Cardiff North (Anna McMorrin) to sum up at the end.11 Oct 2022HANSARD Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: DiagnosisMargaret Ferrier has one minute to wind up.11 Oct 2022HANSARD Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: DiagnosisTo co-operate with the timing, we head to the Front Benches, with five minutes for the Opposition, 10 minutes for the Minister and a couple of minutes at the end for the mover to…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: DiagnosisThose Members who were listening intently to what I said earlier will have noticed that I tried to extend the debate by a further half hour, although we do have to start the…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: DiagnosisThe wind-ups have to start at about quarter past, so that is six Back Benchers in about an hour. I think you can probably work out the time limits for yourselves in that respect.…11 Oct 2022