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HANSARDLocal Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend is making an important point about size. I would be grateful if he could address the point that size—the total number of people a local authority covers or its…25 Feb 2022HANSARDLocal Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillI compliment my hon. Friend on the way in which he is presenting his Bill and seeking to deliver for his constituents. Does he agree that it is only right that places such as his…25 Feb 2022HANSARDMarriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (Dr Evans), and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) on having brought…25 Feb 2022HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163) .25 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. Can she outline to the House why the last Labour Government did not deem it necessary to reopen the Leamside line?08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineWill the hon. Lady give way?08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineAs the hon. Lady will know, my constituency has received massive investment—Treasury jobs, the Darlington Economic Campus and a whole host of other civil service jobs. Does she…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn Darlington, organisations such as Family Help provide specialist domestic abuse support for women and children fleeing abuse. Our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021 sets out a…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineMy job as the Member of Parliament for Darlington is to stand up for the services that reach my constituency, just as I am sure the right hon. Gentleman would fight if the…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Hollobone. The debate raises a hugely important issue for the connectivity of communities across the north-east, and I…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention: he has raised some of the points that I was going to mention. The connectivity of our region is pivotal to Darlington, given our…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Leamside LineWill the right hon. Gentleman give way again?08 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) on securing this debate and for his…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend my right hon. Friend for the steps he has taken to level up in Darlington, with the establishment of the Darlington economic campus. Will he update the House on the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomatic Pension EnrolmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and to be called to speak in today’s debate, which has been so ably led by my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and I am very grateful for his praise, which is making me blush. In Committee, I made similar references to the people whose shoulders…21 Jan 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillIt may further assist the House for me to clarify that I have had extensive engagement throughout the country with a variety of private hire taxi operators and vehicle hire…21 Jan 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillIt may assist the House if, following the interventions that my hon. Friend has just generously taken, I put on the record and clarify the fact that in respect of the decisions…21 Jan 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He raises a very important point about the cost, which I will address in further detail later in my speech. However, it…21 Jan 2022HANSARD Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I want to begin this morning by thanking the many people who have been involved in the long gestation of the Bill. As an…21 Jan 2022