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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAlthough demand for special needs support across the north has risen by 39%, funding has risen by only 8%. In the next school year, Sheffield will receive £3.7 million less in the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingI thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the University of Sheffield students’ union Zero Waste Shop. That is a well-established initiative, and I join him in celebrating the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDChildhood Obesity12. What recent assessment he has made of progress in implementing Childhood obesity: a plan for action, chapter 2, published in June 2018.18 Jun 2019HANSARDChildhood ObesityAlongside prevention, we have to do more to help the growing number of children who are already overweight or obese. It is more than a year since the Health and Social Care…18 Jun 2019HANSARD EU/British Citizens’ RightsI start by paying tribute to the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa), who has won respect on both sides of the House and in the country for the way in which he…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.13 Jun 2019HANSARDTaxi Services12. What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) safety and (b) regulation of taxi services.13 Jun 2019HANSARDTaxi ServicesThe task and finish group to which the Minister refers made its recommendation last September. Five months later, the Government’s response was only that they would consider the…13 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter the May 2018 timetable changes, I raised with Ministers the sacrificing of direct London to Sheffield train services to improve local services for London and the south-east.…13 Jun 2019HANSARDHate Crime Action Plan3. What discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the timetable for the publication of the next four-year hate crime action plan.12 Jun 2019HANSARDHate Crime Action PlanI thank the Minister for that reply. She will know that, disturbingly, the latest police figures record a 17% increase in hate crime. Does she accept that this is at least in part…12 Jun 2019HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: Targets23. Last month, this House declared a climate emergency and called on the Government to“set ambitious, short-term targets for the roll-out of renewable and low carbon energy and…11 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is almost three years since I reassured students at Sheffield Park Academy, in my constituency, that the Government were acting to introduce sharia-compliant student loans.…06 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesThe empty Government Benches will send a powerful message to EU nationals across the country. Many of them in my constituency contacted me to say that they had registered to vote…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPost-18 Education and FundingI wonder if I can give the Secretary of State the opportunity to answer a question he has sidestepped so far. He said in his opening remarks: “The panel’s recommendations on…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would be grateful for your advice on an urgent matter. One of my constituents is a Zimbabwean national, an asylum seeker, who had an outstanding…21 May 2019HANSARD Points of Orderrose—21 May 2019HANSARDCustoms UnionI guess that might have come close to a suggestion that the Secretary of State does agree with those who are opposing the Prime Minister’s position. But this is, after all, a…16 May 2019HANSARDCustoms UnionOn Monday, the Secretary of State’s two predecessors, 11 other former Cabinet Ministers and the Chair of the 1922 Committee wrote to the Prime Minister urging her “to reject a…16 May 2019HANSARD Shared Prosperity FundI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) on securing this debate. In the 1980s, when the Thatcher Government broke the industries on which our…14 May 2019