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HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) on bringing forward this important Bill. Having had the privilege of guiding my own private Member’s Bill in…28 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the BEIS ministerial team for the investment of £10.65 million in the Centre for Process Innovation at Darlington, which is leading the way in ribonucleic acid technology.…25 Oct 2022HANSARDApprenticeships and Teacher TrainingI can provide an example from personal experience in respect of the solicitor apprenticeship route. In my previous business, I recruited a young lady at the age of 18 who did not…19 Oct 2022HANSARDApprenticeships and Teacher TrainingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I begin by congratulating my County Durham colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden),…19 Oct 2022HANSARDHome Ownership: Government SupportMy right hon. Friend will know that 836 families in Darlington have benefited from Help to Buy in the past year, and 715 of them were first-time buyers. Given the success of the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDHome Ownership: Government Support14. What steps the Government are taking to support home ownership.17 Oct 2022HANSARD Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: DiagnosisIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) on securing this debate. I also…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenThank you, Mr Speaker, for your indulgence post 10 o’clock for those of us who are here; it is really appreciated. It is a privilege to follow so many incredible tributes to Her…09 Sept 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekI want to point out to the hon. Gentleman, as someone representing an urban constituency, that off-road bikes cause a problem on our streets and roads. It is not necessarily a…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Jacob Young) for securing the debate. It is a great pleasure to see my…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekI am grateful to my hon. Friend and constituent for his valuable intervention extolling the virtues of working together. I would like to draw the attention of the hon. Member for…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekThe hon. Member raises an important point. I think we can summarise this as the “broken window” theory. We all want to live in good, clean and smart communities. Graffiti is a…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekI will give way to my hon. Friend one last time.20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekAs my hon. Friend well knows, I have very little rurality in my constituency. My job is to represent the people of Darlington. As a constituent of mine, he knows the problems that…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekI would welcome the hon. Lady’s suggestions and ideas as to what she, her party or any of us could do to encourage and improve the reporting of antisocial behaviour.20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekI am truly enlightened by the hon. Lady’s response to my intervention, and truly shocked that we do not have national statistics and that there is not a level playing field across…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekThe hon. Lady makes an important point about the value of our PCSOs and the work they do in our community. In Darlington, we have seen 136 new officers recruited to Durham…20 Jul 2022HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour Awareness WeekI am grateful to the Minister for highlighting section 59 notices, which, as she will have heard in my speech, are having an appreciable impact in Darlington. The specific problem…20 Jul 2022HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandI beg to move, That this House has considered energy efficiency of homes in the north of England. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I am delighted…06 Jul 2022HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandI thank the hon. Member for her intervention. If she is referring to homes in her constituency, I can well understand and imagine that they have the same issues as homes in the…06 Jul 2022