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HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandI beseech the hon. Gentleman to recognise that this is a failure of Governments of all colours over many decades to sufficiently and completely resolve this problem. It is a…06 Jul 2022HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s indulgence in giving way a third time, and for him talking about putting the burden of meeting those property costs on some of our…06 Jul 2022HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandAll of us in this Chamber have alluded to the scale and size of the problem. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that this is also a really complex problem because of the types of…06 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 2022HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandI am pleased to hear the tone of the hon. Gentleman’s speech up to this point. Although the debate is focused on the north and north-east, and on the types of housing stock in my…06 Jul 2022HANSARDHome Energy Efficiency: North of EnglandIt is as though the hon. Member has read a paragraph later in my speech. It would, indeed, be a win-win if we tackle this issue. Can we afford to not tackle the issue? Can we…06 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on leading today’s debate and on her carefully…04 Jul 2022HANSARDDead Crustaceans (North-East Coast)The hon. Gentleman is making some important points regarding this issue, which is of significant concern for the whole of the Tees valley community, not least myself and my…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsBurtree in the north of Darlington has been granted garden village status. However, the current difficulties posed by nutrient neutrality guidance from Natural England are causing…27 Jun 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry in EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and to follow the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell). I am pleased to report that my own dentist is in…22 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. I recently had the pleasure of welcoming the Secretary of State for International Trade to Darlington to open the new control room at Modus Ltd, which has invested £24 million…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI am grateful for that intervention, and I could not agree more. This is a difficult topic, and it is important that we are having this debate now; it is important that all…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on leading this debate. I…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI believe that everyone should have high-quality, personalised palliative care, and that is why I am speaking in favour of Lords amendment 12 on palliative care. I wholeheartedly…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI commend my hon. Friend for securing the debate and for his passionate campaign for Great British Railways. The GBR headquarters have sparked a tremendous amount of debate and…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidOn the issue of the public vote, some locations that are bidding have a significant population and some locations, such as mine and such as Crewe, represented by my hon. Friend…29 Mar 2022HANSARDLocal Libraries and Regional MuseumsDarlington Hall is a very special place in our national railway story, so I welcome Tees Valley Combined Authority’s £20 million investment in our rail heritage quarter and the…24 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseDarlington is the birthplace of the modern railway, and I am of the view that Darlington is the best place for the new headquarters of Great British Railways. It just makes…24 Mar 2022HANSARD School Rebuilding ProgrammeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mrs Miller, and to be called to speak. I congratulate the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy), my fellow…22 Mar 2022