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HANSARDFree Trade Agreements2. How many free trade agreements her Department is negotiating.02 Dec 2021HANSARDOutcome of COP264. What assessment his Department has made of the outcomes of COP26.01 Dec 2021HANSARD Adult Social CareThe number of stranded and super-stranded patients at Kettering General Hospital has recently been increasing. Thankfully it is not at the level it was a few years ago, when as…01 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenStorm Arwen was an extreme weather event, but we are having more extreme weather events as the climate changes. Already, every winter in this House we have urgent questions and…01 Dec 2021HANSARDOutcome of COP26I congratulate the President of COP26 on his personal dedication, hard work and commitment at the Glasgow summit. Will he confirm that, as a result of the summit, for the first…01 Dec 2021HANSARDBelarusThe weaponisation of vulnerable refugees seeking to escape conflict in the middle east by Belarus is a gross infringement of their human rights. What are Her Majesty’s Government…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI commend the Secretary of State on the swift actions he has taken in relation to the new variant. He is completely right that the booster programme is more important now than…26 Nov 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords AppointmentsIt is good to have a bicameral Parliament, but is not the fundamental problem with the House of Lords simply that it is too large and not enough of them turn up? There are 800…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I welcome the recent appointment of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to his new role in co-ordinating efforts across the Government to tackle the cross-channel migrant…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) on producing such an excellent report and doing so at pace. Kettering Town football club is a…25 Nov 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI have good news from Kettering. To highlight that, may we have a debate in Government time on private enterprise? So many new businesses have opened in Kettering that this week…25 Nov 2021HANSARD Army Restructuring: Future SoldierI commend the Secretary of State for being clearly on top of and in command of his brief. I welcome the plans for a fully deployable, fully modernised, full-scale warfighting…25 Nov 2021HANSARDEnglish Channel Small Boats IncidentAgainst the background of British troops being sent to Poland to help to secure the border with Belarus, can the Home Secretary confirm and clarify the basis of her broad and…25 Nov 2021HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationThe Kettering parliamentary constituency generates enough renewable energy from wind and solar to power all 45,000 local homes, and is one of the greenest constituencies in the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthI welcome the improved connectivity from Kettering railway station to the north as a result of Government investment in our railways. We have recently had our twice-an-hour…24 Nov 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings22. What steps she is taking to (a) prevent and (b) speed up the removal of illegal migrants using small boats to cross the channel; and what recent representations she has made…22 Nov 2021HANSARDChannel CrossingsGiven that we have given tens of millions of pounds to the French, including in night-vision equipment, automatic number plate recognition technology and access to drones, is it…22 Nov 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsCrossing the English channel in an overcrowded flimsy boat has been described as the equivalent of a pedestrian trying to cross both carriageways of the M25 in rush hour. In terms…22 Nov 2021HANSARDBBC Licence FeeIn 2017, the BBC agreed to take over the funding of free TV licences for over-75s in return for increased income from increases in the licence fee and other commercial funding…18 Nov 2021HANSARDOffences Against the Person Act 1861: Section 24Women and girls in pubs and nightclubs understandably feel vulnerable to having their drinks spiked, being spiked by needles or being supplied with dodgy and illegal drugs. The…18 Nov 2021