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HANSARD Cyber-flashingI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate; we all wait for the Minister’s response. She touched on the issue of a consent-based approach. That touches on the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsCompared with communities across the country, Basingstoke has built 50% more new homes over the past two decades. Local residents want to make sure that we have homes for our…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I share her frustration about not seeing an employment Bill, but given the restrictions that there have been on this place, in terms of…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesSorry; I said “the hon. Lady”. The hon. Gentleman should open his ears.19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesThe hon. Gentleman might reflect on the fact that the furlough scheme will have saved many thousands of jobs. That is a very real support, in a real-time crisis.19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on securing this really important debate. As he said, it…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI am very glad to have had that intervention because many workers listening to this debate will remember how the Government furloughed many, many thousands of people—not just…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI am looking at the Chair; I might give way one more time. I will give way to the hon. Lady, because the hon. Gentleman seemed to have a few—19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesIf the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I think the Chair wants to make sure I do not use too much time. Organisations such as the M3 Job Club can ensure that the long-term…19 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillBecause it will enable people to be part of the system, to register online and to have confidence in what is going on in our election process. I want to probe the Minister on the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillThis debate is about important changes to one of the pillars of our democracy: the way we run free and fair elections. May I commend my hon. Friend the Minister for her diligent…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank my hon. Friend for going through the implications of new clause 11, which I very much welcome. Does it at all affect the Government’s position on the length of election…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Draft Online Safety Bill ReportBack in 2013, when I was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport—I am one of at least two former Culture Secretaries in this debate—I visited a number of social media…13 Jan 2022HANSARDHospitality Sector: Covid-19 SupportThe café and restaurant owners I met in Basingstoke before Christmas saw their bookings plummet in the key pre-Christmas weeks, so they will really welcome the extra support that…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it is important that this place debates such serious allegations, but that we do so once the evidence has been collected, and that—11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventSorry, Mr Speaker. Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it is important that we have a debate in this place about these issues once the final recommendations have been…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and his sheer determination not only to hold people responsible for the wrongdoings they did but to stand up for leaseholders. However,…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Prime Minister for his statement today. I also thank people such as Dr Tim Cooper in my constituency who took up the Prime Minister’s challenge and enabled absolutely…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthThe health of the nation has united this House over the past 22 months, but what we know about the impact of covid on the health of the nation has now changed, which has led to…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for everything that he and his whole team are doing in what are incredibly challenging circumstances. Can I bring him back to the specific issue of…13 Dec 2021