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HANSARDYouth Investment Fund3. What assessment she has made of the impact of the youth investment fund on opportunities for young people.23 May 2024HANSARDYouth Investment FundLike others, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me over my first Parliament—I hope to come back for another one with a different constituency name. On the substantive…23 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. In my constituency, I have many local grassroots football teams, including Newton Aycliffe, which has just achieved the highest league position in their history, and Ferryhill…23 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI will be the last Member of Parliament for Sedgefield, but I hope to be the first Member of Parliament for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor. Like many colleagues, I would like…23 May 2024HANSARDPrison Media BillIn terms of the people affected, my hon. Friend has mentioned the prison officers and people living near the prisons, but there are also people such as the family of my…22 May 2024HANSARDPrison Media BillJust before I get to the point of my intervention, I have made an awful error and would like to correct the record. I came into this Bill Committee thinking about Christie…22 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) for securing this incredibly important debate. From…21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeLike many others, I obviously welcome yesterday’s statement and today’s comprehensive follow-up. My Sedgefield constituent David Farry has been in touch to ask me to thank the…21 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandI endorse what my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) said about the importance of rail links. A restoring your railway project has been approved for…21 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandWill the hon. Member give more information about precisely how he will achieve those objectives?21 May 2024HANSARD Bus Services: EnglandI am interested to see how that plays out in terms of consistency. We have a new North East Mayor in my part of the world who has just said that she is going to look at…21 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I and other colleagues, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) and the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden), would like to follow up…20 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow is the Minister working to improve the supply of rolling stock orders, to give customers a better experience, and importantly, to give companies such as Hitachi orders to bid…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseEarlier this week, I met guests from Police UK Disability Sport who were hosted by my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson). Police UK Disability…16 May 2024HANSARDMiners and Mining CommunitiesI look forward to that opportunity. I have written to the North East Mayor asking for engagement on that, and I would be delighted if the hon. Lady joined me for such a meeting,…09 May 2024HANSARD Future of Rail ManufacturingThank you, Sir Gary. Credit to the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for securing this critically important debate. I will try to skip parts of this as I go through. When…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Future of Rail ManufacturingI will probably surprise the right hon. Member by agreeing with him. The way in which the Japanese and Hitachi work is all about generational levels of training, investment and…23 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsTo reinforce my hon. Friend’s point about where these issues arise, even in my constituency, there is an application for 1,200 acres, and a number of other applications on a…18 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsI ask the Prime Minister to thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport for holding further meetings with Hitachi this morning—and, indeed, with the union…17 Apr 2024HANSARDRail Manufacturing: Job LossesMy constituency incorporates the Newton Aycliffe Hitachi factory. As has been mentioned, it is the home of the railways—200 years ago, the first train went on the line just next…16 Apr 2024