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HANSARDPublic Services: Developing CountriesT6. July is set to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. Areas such as the Lake Chad basin, where more than 4.5 million people are already displaced, are the most…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I apologise for taking time on another point of order on the question of the Home Office’s failure to answer questions satisfactorily, but you…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. She has done well to secure the debate and to highlight the excellent work of Women for Refugee Women. Does she agree that behind many of…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI thank the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick Boles) for securing this debate, and for the thoughtful and powerful way in which he opened it. Like him, I will share a…04 Jul 2019HANSARD English for Speakers of Other LanguagesI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate, which is about a subject many of us have been raising over the last nine years as we have seen the erosion of courses.…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ3. The Prime Minister hopes that net zero emissions by 2050 will be part of her legacy—although many of us would hope that we will achieve that objective sooner—but it needs…03 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingLast Friday, the inquest opened into the death of my constituent Jack Ritchie and I spoke to his parents shortly before the statement. He is one of too many young men who have…02 Jul 2019HANSARDSecurity Co-operationI see that yesterday the Minister tried to mitigate fears about a no-deal departure by saying that it “is not a world war.” That might be an insight into his thinking, but is…27 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsI will mention the 22% increase specifically as I proceed. I am delighted that Members from across the regions that would have benefited are in the Chamber. Everybody will want to…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsI am sorry that the Minister deliberately misrepresented my intervention. That was a comfortable way of dodging the question before us, which is: will our regions lose out as a…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsThe Minister knows we are not talking about the current period of structural funds. We are talking about the next period of structural funds, and about what we would have expected…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsWill the Minister give way?26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsThat intervention clearly comes with the great knowledge and experience that my hon. Friend brings as Chair of the Select Committee. I hope that the Minister will pay attention to…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the impact on all our areas if there is not adequate investment in economic development.26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. A feature of the wider debate on Brexit is that so many critical issues that will shape the outcome—structural funds, immigration and…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsI beg to move, That this House has considered replacement of EU structural funds for least developed regions. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I am grateful…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsI agree. The European Union has demonstrated itself to be a very effective redistributive mechanism, taking from richer areas and redistributing to poorer ones. In my area of…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, in particular about investment in transport infrastructure. Without that, the wider area of my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan…26 Jun 2019HANSARD EU Structural Funds: Least Developed RegionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but that is not part of the CPMR analysis, nor has the House of Commons Library suggested that it is a factor that should be taken…26 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.24 Jun 2019