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HANSARDBuilding SafetyI wrote to the Secretary of State over two months ago highlighting the case of a student housing block that had been evacuated, with all tenants relocated, as a result of multiple…20 Jan 2020HANSARDYorkshire: Access to Arts and CultureI thank the Minister for her answer. She is right to highlight the one-off and capital funding that has been available. That is welcome, but she will know that the key challenges…16 Jan 2020HANSARDYorkshire: Access to Arts and Culture4. What recent steps she has taken to improve access to arts and culture in Yorkshire.16 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. That was one of the issues that we discussed with the Schools Minister and about which the headteachers from Sheffield felt…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentI very much agree with my hon. Friend, but a strategic intervention to address the needs of one company is very different from a generalised further additional subsidy to a…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentLet me echo the comments that have been made by colleagues on both sides of the House about the many excellent maiden speeches that we have heard today. Some of those new Members…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEducation and Local GovernmentAll resources diverted to mental health will be welcomed, and on that point, I am happy to conclude.14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will come on to my observations on how we could have gone forward much more successfully as one country in delivering on the mandate of the referendum in 2016, but I think—this…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Lady makes an important point, and it came up in Committee. That is why I have pressed Ministers time and again to release their equalities impact assessment of the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his comments, which anticipate a point I was just about to make. He is absolutely right. Throughout this process we have called for alignment on…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillWell, the Home Office has got form on these things, hasn’t it? Let me explain why I am concerned specifically on this issue. Pre-settled status is intended for those EU citizens…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI understand the hon. Gentleman’s point that we are a country of nations and regions and I hope, in relation to the comments I was making to Ministers, that in reaching out they…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will explain precisely what I mean by my comments, which echo the intervention made by my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock). The last four years have divided…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillYes, three years. Through our new clause 4 we tried to offer a way of giving Parliament the role for which we were elected—and it is the role that my hon. Friend describes—without…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments, but also endorse the point he makes, and it has been a constant strand of the discussions over the past two days.09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI take the hon. Gentleman’s point. We had a whole debate around sovereignty in which my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol West (Thangam Debbonaire) made some very astute…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEnvironmental StandardsThe Secretary of State will know that the EU’s groundbreaking European green deal includes many policies with which UK alignment will be straightforward. Others will be more…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI join the Minister in thanking the panel of Chairs for presiding over the Committee stages and the work they did in preparation for the debates we had, the staff in the Public…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt would not be the same debate if I did not. I am happy to do so.09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI very much agree with my hon. Friend. It is a difficult moment for many, and I will come on specifically to some of the issues involving EU nationals that were not resolved by…09 Jan 2020