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HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureIt is a matter for the UK Government. It would be one thing for the SNP to go into a general election campaign saying, “A vote for us is about independence,” but it is not the…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpThe cat is out of the bag. I am amazed that the Minister is being quite as brazen as he is. A moment ago, my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) asked the…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe will try to get back to some sense of reality after the nonsense we have just heard. This is a really important and wide-ranging Bill, and there are many aspects that I and my…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI support entirely the need to make sure that sentences fit the crime, but is not the reality that courts have huge backlogs and are reluctant to jail people who should be in…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI wonder whether the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson) has actually hit on something that might be helpful to the House. There are many aspects of the…15 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt would be impossible not to recognise that the Chancellor, as he sat down to consider what was in his Budget, would have had the start of some very grey hairs in that carefully…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Education OutcomesThose listening to the Secretary of State’s answers in this session so far will fear previous failures being repeated. He talks about a targeted approach, but in the next breath…01 Mar 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingThe Secretary of State was right to praise councils for their role. Here in Chesterfield, we have seen a big reduction in the amount of rough sleeping during the pandemic as the…25 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment's Management of the EconomyIt is telling that the Chancellor has chosen not to respond to this economic debate about the last 10 years and the response required as we emerge from coronavirus. I suspect that…23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. You will be pleased to see that I have all my clothes on. This is an important debate as we head towards the Budget. As somebody who was…23 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine UpdateThe vaccination centre in Chesterfield, the largest town in Derbyshire, is open for only two days this week and for a maximum of two days next week, because NHS England apparently…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersIt is a great pleasure to speak in this important debate. I heard the Health Minister’s contribution. It is very interesting that this is a Home Office Opposition day, but we do…01 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination ProgrammeWhat recent discussions he has had with Scottish Ministers on the covid-19 vaccination programme in Scotland.27 Jan 2021HANSARD Russian Federation: Human RightsThe Minister’s angry condemnation of the Russian regime is unlikely to cause much lost sleep in Moscow while the British Government’s actions are so feeble. Last week, the Foreign…27 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination ProgrammeI thank the Minister for his kind words, and I assure him that I am in rude health. The Minister will be aware that Scotland’s over-80s population has been left more vulnerable…27 Jan 2021HANSARDTechnical and Vocational ExamsI pay tribute to everyone in the further education sector, and particularly those college leaders who have been left with very difficult decisions to make this January because of…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Elections: May 2021It is a great pleasure to see the Minister on the road to recovery; I wish her well. Does she agree that, for these elections to have validity, we need people not only to be able…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Response: Defence SupportI share the admiration for our armed forces that many hon. Members have highlighted, and I share frustration that the Defence Secretary and other hon. Members have expressed about…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsThe vaccination centre in Chesterfield—the largest town in Derbyshire—is opening only on Wednesday. It is clear from recent conversations with Derby and Derbyshire clinical…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePeople across Chesterfield will be very disappointed that, with all the work that they have done and with Chesterfield having lower transmission rates than some of the areas in…17 Dec 2020