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HANSARDChildminders: Recruitment and RetentionThe Early Years Alliance has stated that the Government’s £66 million of extra funding for early years offers will have a “negligible” effect for providers, who are facing…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildminders: Recruitment and Retention1. What steps he is taking to increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of childminders.20 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionWill the right hon. Lady give way?15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that, despite the grand statements from the Government, they are missing all the targets that they are putting in…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionThe Secretary of State mentioned electric vehicles and charging points, and Slough Borough Council, in my constituency, is leading the way in Berkshire. Although we gratefully…15 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. For some weird, inexplicable reason, the Government have a dangerous and flawed obsession with handing huge contracts to private firms to run our prisons. I appreciate that…14 Jan 2020HANSARD Prime Minister’s StatementThank you very much, Mr Speaker. While addressing the Democratic Unionist party conference in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister promised that there would be no border down the…19 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesSchool- children are taught that a Queen’s Speech follows the election of a new Government and sets out the programme that the Government want to enact. The next time I visit one…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI take on board what the hon. Gentleman says, but what is extremely unusual is the manner in which the Prime Minister tried to shut down and prorogue Parliament. I will return to…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesOn raising standards, will the Secretary of State use this opportunity to reassure maintained nursery schools that their funding will continue and that they will not be faced with…16 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressIn terms of law and order, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the Conservative party has lost any shred of reputation with regard to keeping our communities safe? In…14 Oct 2019HANSARDIn-work PovertyWith regard to in-work poverty, 20% of people in relative poverty in 2016-17 were single people without children and 11% were couples without children. The Government have done…07 Oct 2019HANSARDIn-work Poverty5. What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of in-work poverty.07 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsCurrently, approximately 97% of the UK’s export financial support for energy in developing countries goes to fossil fuels and only 1% to renewable energy. That is a ridiculous and…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy right hon. Friend is so right about why we are here today to discuss the Bill. I, too, pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Canterbury (Rosie Duffield), who spoke so…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ14. If I decide to wear a turban, or you, Mr Speaker, decide to wear a cross, or he decides to wear a kippah or skull cap, or she decides to wear a hijab or a burqa, does that…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate on water safety, since many of us feel strongly about the issue. In my constituency, there have been fatalities in…24 Jul 2019HANSARDMid-Wales Growth Deal13. Given that a western rail link to Heathrow would connect south Wales stations such as Swansea, Cardiff and Newport directly to Heathrow, cutting up to half an hour off journey…26 Jun 2019HANSARDMid-Wales Growth DealWhat representations has the Secretary of State personally made to the Chancellor and the Department for Transport to support this scheme?26 Jun 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill (First sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that the issue of spiralling costs concerns many of us up and down the country? If we do not get this right, it will have a huge impact on how services…25 Jun 2019