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HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2The right hon. Lady is absolutely right. I recently visited my family and saw the wonders of north Wales, and, although it was lovely to see the scenic countryside on steam…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingThe Minister is being generous with his time. I take on board his points about the quiet revolution in genomics and medical science more generally, but while that is taking place,…25 Oct 2021HANSARDUniversity Tuition FeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. The petition calls for debates between MPs and university students, as the hon. Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt)…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I am grateful to speak in such an important debate; official parliamentary petitions on the banning of animal…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Access to CashIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Miller. On behalf of many of my Slough constituents, I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAs has been said, it is great to hear about these plans, and we have been hearing about them for some time. Once we set aside all the blurb and the peripheral extraneous issues…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillOn tackling air pollution, does the hon. Member not agree that, to take people off road and on to rail, it is about time the Government built the western rail link to Heathrow? It…20 Oct 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyThe hon. Lady eloquently makes my point, and even that calculation of two hours has been demonstrated to be completely off the mark; the number of extra hours hard-working Brits…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyI express my gratitude to the Labour Treasury team for facilitating this opportunity to debate the devastating effect of Government policy on the finances of working people. I…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyMy hon. Friend has demonstrated in this debate that he is an endless fountain of statistics; despite not being on the call list, he has made many interventions that make…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyThe crisis in Heathrow has impacted not only my Slough constituents but regional airports and the economy of Wales, about which I know my right hon. Friend feels passionately.…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The lockdowns during the pandemic have brought into sharp focus the stark digital divide in our country. Despite Government promises, 1.9 million households still do not have…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI fully agree. Women’s rights are important and we need to preserve them. Many may not know that Afghanistan used to be home to around 500,000 Sikhs in the 1970s, but today, that…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeGiven that I have raised the Afghanistan security situation with the Government for months, I fully support this motion for a Joint Committee investigation into our chaotic and…15 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I thank the hon. Gentleman, who has supported the point that I have made thus far and will continue to make in my speech—namely, that the Government do not have a grip on the…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I am grateful to hon. Members for speaking so passionately and eloquently about what can be a very divisive and…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I thank my hon. Friend. Yes, I am always happy to engage in a debate in the main Chamber. Given the level of excitement and passion among hon. Members, I think the Government and…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2This is definitely the last intervention—briefly please.13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I thank the hon. Lady. I gave way to her because she is my neighbour and I know she wanted to get those things on the record on behalf of her constituents. I agree with her to the…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHS2 and East West Rail: Construction TrafficEarlier this year, the Prime Minister told this House that the Government were “going to develop the eastern leg as well as the whole of the HS2.” —[ Official Report , 10 February…09 Sept 2021