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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to protect farmers and manufacturers in the hopefully unlikely event of a no-deal Brexit?05 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyFirst, tenants at Edwin Court in my constituency are having to move out of their homes while vital fire safety work is carried out. Will my right hon. Friend ensure that all…05 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his brilliant contribution in bringing forward this amendment. I voted for the withdrawal agreement. I was proud to do so, because the only way to stop…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Education FundingI warmly welcome this huge investment and the decisive action to undo the historically unfair underfunding of areas such as Leicestershire, but if we are to have a hard formula…03 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. East Midlands Trains, my local rail users group and I are bidding for funds for a cycle hub at Market Harborough railway station. The Minister, who has recently visited, knows…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingI thank all Members who have taken part in today’s debate. I know that many Members are not in the building this afternoon, so I am particularly grateful for the eloquent and…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered funding for small schools and village schools. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. This debate is about two…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingMy hon. Friend is completely correct. However, rural schools, partly because they are small schools, have been much more likely to close in recent years. I thank the Department…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingI think my hon. Friend is correct, and I think we both want to see a faster transition to a fairer overall settlement. However, I want to focus on the point about the lump sum.…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingI thank my hon. Friend. He is right and has brilliantly teed up something that I intended to say: the future for small schools and rural schools can be very bright. There are two…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingThe hon. Gentleman is completely correct. This challenge affects all of the United Kingdom. For rural schools that closed, the average walk to the next nearest school is 52…17 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsRecent Ministry of Justice research shows the increasing concentration of crime in the hands of a few prolific criminals, but written answers that I have received in the past few…09 Jul 2019HANSARDNational Funding FormulaVillage schools are incredibly important institutions in rural life, but their numbers absolutely collapsed over the past 40 years. Will my right hon. Friend look very closely, in…24 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Funding Formula15. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the national funding formula on (a) small primary schools and (b) schools in rural areas.24 Jun 2019HANSARD Breathing Space SchemeI take your advice, Mr Speaker. You think I was not here at the very start, and you are surely correct, so I will sit down.19 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe national funding formula for schools is great for underfunded constituencies such as mine, where funding is going up twice as fast as the national average, but village schools…19 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, in particular increasing the use of new technologies such as gel spacers,…18 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a debate on police pension sharing arrangements after divorce, which I believe to be a genuine scandal? One of my constituents has lost tens of thousands of…13 Jun 2019HANSARDPost-18 Education and FundingThanks to tuition fees, the unit of funding in real terms per student is now twice what it was when I went to university, despite universities having many more students. A student…04 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment Trends3. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of employment in Northern Ireland.22 May 2019