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HANSARD High StreetsI am afraid I will take no further interventions— [ Interruption . ]19 Oct 2021HANSARD High StreetsI fear that the hon. Gentleman is going to take us on a diversion. The tax has been hugely successful. It has eliminated billions and billions of plastic bags from our planet. We…19 Oct 2021HANSARD High StreetsIt is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) on securing this debate on the future of our high…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Greenbelt: Local PlansIt is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. It is also my particular pleasure to be able to address hon. Members as the representative of the new Department…19 Oct 2021HANSARD High StreetsI am afraid I cannot take further interventions as I am a bit pressed for time. I am so sorry. We will invest £4.8 billion in the levelling-up fund to build the next generation of…19 Oct 2021HANSARD High StreetsDespite being a Huddersfield boy, I cannot take further interventions, because we are pushed for time. In Worcester, support from our future high streets fund is being used to…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareFor years, people have come to my surgery with horror stories about the difficulties of accessing care and the frankly squalid conditions that their loved ones have to be in in…07 Sept 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe reason we need to take action through this Bill today is not, as the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) said, because the country is overwhelmed, but…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCyber-attack: MicrosoftThe exchange attacks mark a further dramatic escalation in China’s state-backed espionage, which is stripping our intellectual property and undermining our democracies. My right…20 Jul 2021HANSARD CoronavirusNone of us wants these restrictions to go on for a moment longer than they have to. All of us are proud of our world-leading vaccination effort, and I pay tribute to everyone…16 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetThe last year has had unprecedented effects on our economy, our public services and the world, and it has left us facing some profound choices this autumn. For all the reasons…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Commission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesOne of the refreshing things about the report is the careful balance between acknowledging the challenges that are still very real and the progress that is happening. Here in…20 Apr 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateGiven the incredible success of the UK vaccination programme, it would be terrible to put at risk our opening up by importing new variants like those seen in Brazil. Will my right…09 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersIt is a particular pleasure to see the new Minister in his place today. He is a man who has spent a lot of his life working to improve housing conditions for the poorest people in…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersOne of the great pleasures of recent weeks has been seeing lines of people queuing up outside in Market Harborough and up in Oadby to get their vaccines against the coronavirus.…01 Feb 2021HANSARDEducationLevel 4 apprentices go on to earn more than the average undergraduate. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, 30% of undergraduate degrees lead to negative returns…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningWill my right hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the teachers across Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, who have done an incredible job in keeping schools open for key worker…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Skills for Jobs White PaperLevel 4 apprentices go on to earn more than the average undergraduate. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, 30% of undergraduate degrees lead to negative returns…21 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is excellent that we are leading Europe in vaccinations and it is excellent that we now have strong health borders, but, as the virus bounces around the world, there is a real…20 Jan 2021HANSARDHousing Development LeviesDoes my right hon. Friend agree that, as well as raising more for the infrastructure that is needed to support new housing, more of the cost should be borne by developers rather…11 Jan 2021