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HANSARD Leaving the EUAbsolutely. The business situation is also a human situation, because we are talking about the loss of jobs and livelihoods. I want briefly to touch on agriculture and food…05 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities have the provision that they need locally, the London Borough of Richmond is running a cumulative deficit…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateSome local authorities are reporting that up to 500 unexpected positive cases have been downloaded to their system. Some are two weeks old and have had no contact at all from the…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Leaving the EUThere are two types of uncertainty. Crashing out without a deal at the end of the transition period is complete uncertainty, in terms of the unknown. Although there may be some…05 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has reportedly said that improving the lives of disabled people is a personal mission, but his Coronavirus Act 2020 has watered down the right to care for the…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19The Secretary of State talks about testing being so important in providing data. Does he therefore regret that in recent weeks, we have seen 40% of testing capacity taken out of…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19On 23 January, a full two months before the national lockdown, the Secretary of State came to the House to give his very first statement about a virus that none of us had heard…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19The Prime Minister will no doubt be aware of the alarming rate at which coronavirus cases are rising among black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, particularly among the Asian…22 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am sure the Secretary of State will agree that one of the greatest tragedies of the first wave of this dreadful virus was the loss of life in and the impact on our social care…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWhile there are some welcome announcements in this statement, I am utterly astounded that there is only one reference to coronavirus testing when we see cases rising across the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation Sector JobsWhat discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on employment protection for people working in the aviation industry.17 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation Sector JobsAs has already been noted, while it is welcome that British Airways has potentially dropped some of its bully-boy tactics of threatening to fire and rehire its workforce on much…17 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Self-employed and Freelance WorkersDoes the hon. Member agree that many freelancers, particularly in the creative industries, where it is really precarious and people live contract to contract, make ends meet with…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAxial SpondyloarthritisI congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important debate. My husband also suffers from ankylosing spondylitis. Like the hon. Member, he started getting symptoms when he…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During the Secretary of State’s response to me earlier in the statement, he said that I was wrong to raise the issue earlier this week…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAxial SpondyloarthritisWhile I welcome the guidance and the pathway, what does the Minister suggest can be done to tackle the clinical conservatism that we quite often find among specialists even once…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusLike many other Members, I have been inundated with emails from doctors, teachers and parents unable to access the tests that they desperately need. Several of them have been…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorI am sure that, like me, the hon. Member has heard many heartbreaking stories from constituents who have been treated appallingly by this nation’s flag carrier. Will she call on…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI note from the statement that organised sport is exempt from the new regulations. We all want life to return to normal, including sport, which is an important sector of our…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWWF has today published the “Living Planet” report, which paints a shocking picture of global biodiversity loss. However, it also finds that we can restore nature by taking urgent…10 Sept 2020