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HANSARDCollege Spending: Effect of VATThese funding announcements are extremely welcome in my constituency, and I have lobbied hard at all levels for these funding increases. Does the Secretary of State share my…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionDoes my hon. Friend share my puzzlement? Opposition Members are looking at a Government who have lost their majority, cannot get their business through and are offering the chance…04 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitWhat discussions has my right hon. Friend had about the green climate change fund and what progress has been made? Will he give us an update?03 Sept 2019HANSARDKashmirI have met my Pakistani and Indian communities, who are very concerned about the Kashmir situation. The revocation of article 370 of the Indian constitution without involving the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI was elected chair at the inaugural meeting of the all-party parliamentary group for sustainable clothing and textiles. This House should have a debate on whether we are moving…18 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsMany colleagues will visit the lobbying event on trophy hunting today, and this is in the same week as Japan has resumed commercial whaling. What more can we do to send the…03 Jul 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingThe hon. Gentleman is making an important point about the packaging surrounding the goods we buy, but there are also the goods themselves. As the chair of the all-party…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSixth-Form Students: FundingSchools in my constituency have been arguing for more funding at every level, but they particularly want a funding settlement for 16 to 19-year-olds that represents the pressures…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingOn the recycling of bottles, I took the APPG to the Veolia recycling plant in Dagenham. A problem that we have is that a lot of plastic cannot be used more than once. That plant…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George, and to participate in this timely debate. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the prevention of plastic…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingWe have all become used to seeing huge bales of hay in fields covered in plastic shrink wrap. Does my hon. Friend have a view on that?24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingThinking about my Appspond Lane heap of wood, does the hon. Gentleman agree that there has to be a market, some incentivisation to use the recycled goods? Otherwise, they become a…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewOrder. I know this is a hugely interesting debate in which lots of people will want to take part, but I ask for interventions to be brief, because Mr Field has a lot of colleagues…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewOrder. Given the number of Members who wish to speak, there will be a six-minute time limit from the very start. I call John Howell.19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI am sure colleagues have not missed the fact that they have shown such discipline that the Minister and shadow Minister will have a generous amount of time—it may well be that…19 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on the procedural nature of the motion. There are 10 leadership candidates and they have not yet been whittled down, yet this is…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have just been asked to nominate a day. Mr Speaker, you are always a friend of all the Back Benchers. It seems to me that there is a worry about…12 Jun 2019HANSARDKnife CrimePiggybacking on the shoehorn, so to speak, farmers are often victims of rural crime, antisocial behaviour, fly-tipping and the theft of farm machinery. What more is going to be…10 Jun 2019HANSARD AnimalsDoes my hon. Friend agree that we also have to stamp down on those who steal puppies to order? Many puppies are taken from outside people’s houses, outside shops and the like…05 Jun 2019HANSARD UK Telecoms: HuaweiWe are only here today because there has been a leak. That is incredibly regrettable for the whole of the House—I have heard that opinion from both sides of the House—and national…25 Apr 2019