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HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasThe problem is that the Minister is still talking about 2050 when we have a crisis right now. It is clear that the Government refused to support a windfall tax on the energy…09 Feb 2022HANSARDElective TreatmentAs a clinician, I am astounded by what the Secretary of State has brought forward today. First, he talks about health inequality, then puts forward a solution that will exclude…08 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care Recovery in EnglandThe elective recovery fund had perverse thresholds written into it, so those hospitals that really struggled and battled with the pandemic were the very ones that did not get any…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard, for what I think is the first time. I thank the Petitions Committee for tabling today’s petition debate. Indeed,…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActWill the Minister give way?07 Feb 2022HANSARDModern Railway: 200th AnniversaryClearly, in York the 200th anniversary will be incredibly significant, with both the reopening of the National Railway Museum, which will be an incredible moment, and the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDModern Railway: 200th Anniversary7. Whether he has plans to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway in 2025.03 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateOlder people, sick people at home and many disabled people will need to put on their heating for longer, and therefore will be paying more. What additional steps will the…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpThe broken housing market is the bigger driver of inequality across York, with the boom in second homes and holiday lets. Therefore, the aspiration of the people of York is being…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ10. The problem with a distracted Prime Minister is that he makes the wrong choices. While he has been living it up, many of my constituents are living on the breadline as food,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportToday should have been about contrition and remorse, but it seems that the Prime Minister does not understand the meaning of “sorry”; instead, it has insulted the people who have…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentThe Health Secretary has not only bullied and threatened NHS staff at a time when they are so fragile, but ignored the royal colleges and all the trade unions when they said that…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSkin Conditions and Mental HealthThank you for calling me in this debate, Mr Gray. I also thank the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) for bringing this issue to the Floor of the House. I want…25 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Humanitarian Situation11. What diplomatic steps she is taking to help secure safe routes in third countries for people seeking to leave Afghanistan.25 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Humanitarian SituationAfghan citizens at risk cannot move, because without safe destinations and third countries to escape to, they will not be safeguarded by the specific measures in place against…25 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Just 5.5% of people in low-income families are still vaccinated against covid-19. That means disaster for so many nations. Why are the Government blocking the patent when the…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedI am grateful to the hon. Member. Does he recognise that the requirement to have a hepatitis vaccination is only in the public heath green book? It is not mandatory in statute.24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedI thank all the petitioners, including 354 from my constituency of York Central, for enabling us to have this important and timely debate just days before legislation will mean…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedI want to come back to the response I had from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Erewash, to a parliamentary question I tabled. It said…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMy city of York has developed an interest in how titles are assigned and in how they can be removed from people whose title takes the name of a geographical location. In 1917,…20 Jan 2022