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HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingI thank the Minister for that invitation. I am very hopeful that I can come with her on the visit. To go back to the £3 billion in improvement funding, she has just said that £1.2…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered the future funding of urban transport. This is an important subject, Mr Sharma, and there is an awful lot to say about it. Looking…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Homes for Ukraine SchemeI think the Minister is going to get asked these questions over and over again until we get some adequate answers from him. First, it cannot be justified that councils are, quite…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingI appreciate this is not the Minister’s area, but the rail Minister has helpfully agreed to meet me specifically about the Barrow Hill scheme. I wondered whether at some point the…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingIs that sooner than “shortly”?31 Mar 2022HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingI thank all three contributors to the debate, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough (Gill Furniss) and the Minister. It has been a…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUrban Transport: Future FundingI did not talk about electric vehicles, as this debate is about public transport, but as the owner of one myself, I know the frustration of not having enough charge points to go…31 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillThe Minister has talked about one side of the budget. The other side of the budget is spending. Local authorities provide incredibly important services that are of particular…24 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementMay I draw attention to two stories in the Sheffield Star today? Sheffield is still a city of steel. Ben McIvor, president of Forged Solutions Group, which employs 400 skilled…23 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeI think that it is accepted in principle there will be general support for a scheme that allows individuals to welcome refugees into their homes. In terms of detail, the Secretary…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineLast week, I asked the Home Secretary about the arrangements for refugees when they come here. Many of them will need places for their children in schools and mental health…10 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseMy hon. Friend has mentioned not taxing buy-to-let landlords who have a number of properties. I do not think she is aware that the permanent secretary for the Department for…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseThe idea of trying to raise a specific allocated funding source for social care came from a report in 2018 jointly done by then Housing, Communities and Local Government…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseThe hon. Member mentioned the 150,000 people who will benefit from the cap on care costs, and they are disproportionately people in more expensive homes. Where in that funding is…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseThe Minister talks about health and social care, but will he confirm that there is not a single penny in this extra funding to enable local authorities to cover their social care…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseWill the Minister give way?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseWill the Minister give way now?08 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityThe Government’s White Paper is rightly ambitious. I think there will be general support for that ambition across the House, and rightly so, because we have some of the most…07 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineReceiving refugees here is the first step; how we treat them once they get here is just as important. I appreciate that the Home Secretary has said that that becomes a…01 Mar 2022HANSARDFood and Farming: Devon and CornwallNext to contribute is Anthony Mangnall. I remind Members again to limit speeches to seven minutes, or else the last speakers will not get as much time.23 Feb 2022