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HANSARDLevelling-up Missions: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) on securing the debate. I pay tribute…31 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Missions: East of EnglandMy hon. Friend, the chair of the GEML rail taskforce, has hit the nail on the head: this speaks to a fundamental failure in Whitehall, and my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney…31 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Missions: East of EnglandMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will come on to energy shortly for another reason, and I will pick up on that point after I conclude on the issue of roads. Essex is a net…31 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Missions: East of EnglandBefore my hon. Friend moves on to further education, let me ask about skills devolution; we in Essex have wanted this for a long time, so we must have it. What work is taking…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Essex Mental Health Independent InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for her contribution. I also want to pay tribute to the families who are here today. We support the point she makes about a…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State is well aware of the challenges facing Essex mental health care and the independent inquiry there into so many patients who have died. Can he tell the House…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He was commenting on my earlier remarks about new clause 2 and the specifics around a timetable. I completely recognise that much of…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety Billrose —17 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickThere is no doubt that it is a sorry, and in fact tragic, state of affairs that the House has convened to discuss this issue again today. The Home Secretary will fully recognise…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillI rise to speak to new clause 2 on the offence of failing to comply with a relevant duty. I pay tribute to my right hon. and hon. Friends who have championed new clause 2 to…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillThe hon. Member is absolutely right, and I do not think anyone in the House would disagree with that. We have to carry on learning in life, and that links to technology and other…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Energy Minister is more than aware of the deep anger in my constituency and across the east of England about National Grid’s green proposals to put pylons…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI cannot give way, because I do not have time. Importantly, I wish to press the Government to consider widening the list of sectors where minimum service standards are needed. I…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI say to the hon. Lady and to all Members in the House that we are facing fundamental economic challenges right now, and they have to be met within the financial envelope of this…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn light of the Government’s new emphasis on numeracy in schools, may I make a plea that the Government do not forget about literacy in schools and in particular how we can…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI do not have time to give way. It is reform that we should be talking about today—reform that can lead to better public service delivery, changes to our laws—16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner). It was somewhat inevitable that this debate would quickly become partisan, and she…16 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Zoos10. What recent support her Department has provided to zoos.12 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for ZoosThe Minister will be aware of the incredible work that zoos across the country, and in particular Colchester zoo in my constituency, undertake on conservation, tourism and job…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I praise my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) for all his work and his very significant and…11 Jan 2023