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HANSARD Prisons (Substance Testing) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am leading the debate on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan). She is…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Prisons (Substance Testing) BillWith the leave of the House, I would like to make a very brief final remark. I know that my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan) has been…16 Oct 2020HANSARDEducational AttainmentIn blue wall constituencies such as North West Durham and more broadly across the north of England, it is quite clear that the Government’s lifelong learning announcement will…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Prime Minister and the Chancellor for the £200 billion they have already put in, which has supported employers and employees in my constituency, but North West Durham…12 Oct 2020HANSARDEducational AttainmentWhat steps his Department is taking to help ensure improvement in educational attainment in each region of the UK.12 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthI agree with quite a lot of what the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) has just said, and also what was said by my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I will not be speaking for as long as I did yesterday in the Adjournment debate. I will just say a few words about the Minister, who is a great neighbour. He is the sort of…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Shotley Bridge Community HospitalWe are both pushing the Minister on that exact point. Crucially, I would like the Minister to confirm that Government funding from the hospital programme will cover the difference…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Shotley Bridge Community HospitalI thank the right hon. Gentleman for mentioning that. My understanding is that there are still three sites under discussion, but it will be around Consett. I am pushing the…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Shotley Bridge Community HospitalWhen I applied for this Adjournment debate, the situation was by no means as clear as it appears to be following the announcement from the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Shotley Bridge Community HospitalThe invitation definitely still stands, and the Minister is welcome whenever he would like to visit.06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for his continued engagement with me and other colleagues from all sides of the House throughout this crisis and also for our new Boris hospital…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI would like to associate myself with the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey) earlier. Yesterday, a review and audit of art across Parliament by…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Fly-tipping: PenaltiesMy hon. Friend is making a very important point about the attitudinal change during lockdown, as was picked up by the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) as…01 Oct 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesSchools, further education colleges and universities in and around my constituency are doing all they can to get great, positive educational outcomes for the young people they are…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I pay tribute to many of the local people in my constituency of North West Durham, including the NHS staff, the care staff and those who have helped out in the community. In…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodThis Government were elected with an overwhelming mandate to get Brexit done. In fact, substantially in order to ensure that the 2016 vote was respected, constituencies such as…23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Lady makes an interesting point, but she does not answer the point that I was making: the amendment that her party is supporting would mean that any part of the UK could…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillNo. I have already given way to the hon. Lady once on this point. More broadly, it is crucial that as we leave the European Union we give as much confidence as possible to British…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman might not have recognised where the Conservative party has moved to, but I guarantee that a lot of voters across the country did recognise that, especially when…22 Sept 2020