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HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryDoes my right hon. Friend agree that a lot of the issues with primary care services are about leadership? In my constituency, we have the brilliant Thistlemoor surgery with Dr…21 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaIs this debate not extremely simple? On this side of the House, we believe in saving lives, stopping evil people smugglers and doing something about thousands of undocumented…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesPeterborough is a rail city, and it has been since the 1850s, when the Great Northern line opened going up to York. We have literally thousands of commuters who have moved to…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 Privatisationindicated dissent .14 Jun 2022HANSARDFly-tipping and Illegal DumpingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Saqib Bhatti) on securing this important debate. Fly-tipping is…24 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThis country has allowed and tolerated protests for centuries. I am not convinced that many protests achieve anything much beyond noise, but we are a democracy, and freedom of…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Does he think that ordinary people wanting tough measures against those who commit crime, protest and nuisance is one of the reasons why so…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThe right hon. Lady is a long-standing Member of this House, and she is enormously respected by me and by many people here, but I would respectfully point out that that is not…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the hon. Lady give way?23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillAs always, my right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Interference with key national infrastructure, as set out in clauses 4 and 5, is not legitimate protest.23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillIf the right hon. Gentleman wants to relive the battles of the 1980s, and if he wants to say that preventing legitimate people from earning a living to provide for their families…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillI agree wholeheartedly with that point. Let us get back to the substance of this debate. I will be proud and pleased to stand, perhaps at the next general election, on a record of…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the hon. Member give way?23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the hon. Lady give way?23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the hon. Member give way?23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the hon. Lady give way?23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillI have been listening carefully to the hon. Member, and she is making an interesting speech, but would she agree with some of her own Back Benchers on this? For example, the hon.…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillDoes my right hon. Friend remember recently visiting my Peterborough constituency? He saw it for himself when he met police officers, members of the public and many fine people in…23 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIt gives me great pleasure, as it always does, to speak in this debate on behalf of the great people of Peterborough. This is the best job that I will ever have. Whether I have it…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe hon. Lady makes a thoughtful intervention and I agree with her: often, I want to see the police act much tougher on people blocking ambulances and gluing themselves to the…11 May 2022