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HANSARD TransportIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Canterbury (Rosie Duffield) and I thoroughly endorse her comments on the importance of rural bus services in our area of east Kent. I…19 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is vital that we speed up deportations and give effect to the new Rwanda agreement without the twists and tricks of those who put their political…18 May 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeDoes the Home Secretary agree that there is both a moral and financial responsibility to bring small boat crossings to an end and to save lives? That is what this bold package of…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the Prime Minister for his fulsome apology today. Given that, does he agree that the priority for the House and the Government must be the very real challenges facing our…19 Apr 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI warmly welcome the strong package of measures announced today. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the behaviour of the directors of P&O is disgraceful, and they must be held…30 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesI thank my hon. Friend the Minister and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for working so closely with me and others since P&O took this disgraceful decision. Does my…28 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to take legal action to hold P&O Ferries and DP World to account. I again call on them to reverse their action and reinstate the workers.…23 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI have said that several times. The appalling mishandling and mistreatment of P&O workers also threatens to cause problems on Kent roads and wider harm to the UK economy. I have…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. It is clear that this decision was authorised and made by DP World, and it is right that DP World should be held to account for…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsP&O’s mass sacking of ferry workers and their proposed replacement with agency contractors is a body blow to our Dover and east Kent community, where the majority of these job…21 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesDoes my hon. Friend agree that the way in which P&O Ferries and DP World have acted is shabby, disgraceful and utterly unacceptable? They have mistreated 600 loyal workers in…17 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsDover is once again beset by miles of traffic jams along the motorways, affecting residents and local businesses alike—not because of Brexit but because of Brussels bureaucracy…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI welcome my right hon. Friend’s apology. He has taken responsibility; he has apologised; and it is right that he should do so. Can he confirm that tackling the small boats crisis…31 Jan 2022HANSARDThrowline StationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) on his opening remarks and the Petitions…24 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and to speak on this important topic, which is very close to my heart. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of…05 Jan 2022HANSARD European Entry-Exit System Requirements: Port of DoverI beg to move, That this House has considered the application of European Entry and Exit System requirements to the Port of Dover. It is a pleasure to serve under your…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI am extremely moved and saddened by the comments of the hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Andy McDonald). My great sympathies and good wishes to him and his family. This is such an…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillMy hon. Friend clearly has considerable practical experience in medicine, and, as I have said, the subject of medical cannabis and the treatment of children is very much a…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAs I said earlier, that is the perpetual loop. This is not an approved medicine, so it cannot be funded despite being a legal medicine that can be prescribed. The prescription…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI rise in support of amendment 150 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash), to which I am a signatory. Before I turn to that, I welcome Government…07 Dec 2021