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HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandInequality and the wealth gap still exist, probably in all regions—we see it here in London too. Prosperity has never reached some parts of our region, which has led to…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandI am happy to say that I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Skills are so important. We hear from employers all the time that they often cannot find the necessary skills in the local…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon) for securing this important debate and for her…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandMy hon. Friend is making a very good point, which I want to reinforce by putting it on record that, from my recollection, the regional development agency in the north-east was the…05 Jun 2019HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: North-East of EnglandNot too many.05 Jun 2019HANSARDInvisible Disabilities and Accessibility ChallengesI am sure the Minister will be making all those points in his contribution. The Government pledged to halve the disabled employment gap to 15 percentage points in 2015, but the…05 Jun 2019HANSARDInvisible Disabilities and Accessibility ChallengesThis has been a fantastic, high-quality debate. It is a shame that the attendance was a bit— [ Interruption. ] Yes, it is quality over quantity, which is what we tend to find at…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Sure Start: IFS ReportOn the eve of the election in 2010, David Cameron, who became Prime Minister, promised that Sure Start would be safe in his hands, yet here we are nine years later and over 1,000…05 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Three weeks ago, the Prime Minister received a copy of the children’s future food inquiry report, delivered to No. 10 by Dame Emma Thompson and six young food ambassadors who…15 May 2019HANSARD HealthI am happy to be closing an excellent debate on public health in what is, as we have heard, Mental Health Awareness Week. I thank those who have contributed to the debate: the…14 May 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Robertson. I want to start by officially welcoming the Minister to her new role. It is the first opportunity I…13 May 2019HANSARDPre-eclampsiaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Hollobone. I am sure that happened just earlier this week or maybe it was last week; maybe it is every week. I thank…09 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryThere is indeed a lot we can learn from other countries. My hon. Friend the Member for City of Durham and I visited Sweden at the start of our parliamentary careers, and that is…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sExactly. I am pleased that my hon. Friend has made that intervention to make that point. The BBC needs to innovate, move forward and get better. This move would be to its…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sI welcome the opportunity to debate free TV licences for over-75s. My mam, who I know will be watching, as a lot of pensioners do—I am sure lots of people besides our mams will be…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sI want to expand on the point about the difference between the welfare state as originally devised by the 1945 Government, and what we have now. Does the hon. Gentleman accept…08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryPeople might say, “They can send children in with a packed lunch,” but as my hon. Friend knows, only 1% of packed lunches were found by a report on school food to be as healthy as…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sWill my hon. Friend give way?08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. I am sure he was in the House, as I was, when the Equality Act 2010 was passed. The Act made it lawful to breastfeed…08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for securing this important and very timely…08 May 2019