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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)I take your point that—11 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am grateful to panellists for being here and giving up their time. Private schools have had visibility of the Labour party policy on this matter for a long time. I wonder why…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]The Minister is making an excellent speech. Can I echo the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova)? She welcomed the fact that there were more…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]I am very grateful to the Minister for allowing me a second intervention. She has made comments about the first woman bishop, the Bishop of Stockport. In her role as a Minister of…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]My speech will be very brief. I welcome the progress made by the House earlier this week in voting to pass the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill in Committee and on Third…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]Hear, hear.14 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMany people who have permanent and often worsening medical conditions are rejected when they apply for a blue badge with their local authority. The blue badge scheme helps people…14 Nov 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank the hon. Member for Mid Leicestershire (Mr Bedford) for securing this important debate. Pubs and the hospitality…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate the Leader of the House—my constituency neighbour—on her birthday, and wish her and her family the best. Mr Speaker has left the Chair, but I know that he is, like…10 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMr Speaker, on behalf of the people of Stockport, can I congratulate you on your re-election? I also congratulate my fellow Greater Manchester Labour MP on her appointment as…18 Jul 2024HANSARDForeign Affairs and DefenceI congratulate all the hon. Members who have made their maiden speeches. I grew up in Bristol, so I wish the new hon. Member for Bristol Central (Carla Denyer) well in her…18 Jul 2024HANSARDFamilies in Temporary AccommodationI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. In January of this year, my local authority, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, had 153 households in…20 May 2024HANSARDFamilies in Temporary AccommodationI am grateful to the Minister for mentioning the local housing allowance. It has been uprated, but rents in Stockport are already some of the highest in Greater Manchester and the…20 May 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Last Friday, The Guardian reported major structural deficiencies at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. Stepping Hill’s major out-patients building, the radiology department…08 May 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerI will end on a few remarks. I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate from the Front and Back Benches, though I am a bit surprised that we did not have any speakers…25 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerThe hon. Member is making an excellent speech. We already know that people who live in lower-income and more deprived areas have a lower life expectancy than people who live in…25 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerI beg to move, That this House has considered health inequalities in liver disease and liver cancer. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I thank the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerI thank the hon. Member for his intervention; he makes an important point. As one of the most advanced economies in the world, we expect our population to have the best…25 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillI start by placing on record my congratulations on the success of my local club, Stockport County football club, in its elevation to league one. On top of that, it has topped the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDHospital RepairsLast month, I met the chief executive of Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. She informed me that the primary out-patient building, which provides 85% of out-patient capacity,…23 Apr 2024