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HANSARD Future of Pensions PolicyThe hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. Of course, that was the basis on which the Cridland review undertook its exercise of looking at how to address an ageing…08 Dec 2020HANSARDChildhood Cancers: ResearchIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank all hon. Members for the way they have spoken so movingly. I put on the record my thanks to Chris Copland,…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Schools and ExamsThe announcement that the Government are going to give pupils advance notice of topics at the end of January hardly gives them an opportunity for their mock exams and to…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Schools and ExamsI am grateful to be able to speak in this debate. I certainly concur with the comments made by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) about the national…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe biggest crime of all, of course, is the scale we see of criminal cases committed in the first place, which the failure in the court system is just exposing. Delaying justice…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Homelessness and Temporary AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve under you as the Chair today, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck), who continues to champion the needs…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineI also congratulate the scientific community on their achievements, but will the Secretary of State look with precision at the York model of delivering contact tracing? It has…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthWe need strong public health measures and strong support for our economy. Tragically, the Government have provided neither to a satisfactory extent to rescue businesses that are…01 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor provided £750 million for charities at the start of the pandemic. However, that money has been spent, and the charity sector now faces £10 billion of debt. Many…01 Dec 2020HANSARD NHS Dentistry and Oral Health InequalitiesWill the Minister give way?25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastCharities up and down the land will wonder why the Chancellor has abandoned them today. Charities have already accumulated £10 billion-worth of debt, and 20% of them could fold,…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Parole Board: Maintaining Public SafetyI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for introducing today’s debate. In 2018-19, there were 8,272 hearings that were not concluded at the time, including about 2,500 cases that…25 Nov 2020HANSARD NHS Dentistry and Oral Health InequalitiesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for all her campaigning work on dentistry services. In York, it is really challenging to get registered with an NHS…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsBioYorkshire will place York at the heart of the global bioscience economy. It will cut carbon by 2,800 kilotons, create 4,000 green-collar jobs, upskill 25,000 workers, and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCharity-funded Medical ResearchI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The interdependence of the various sectors in coming together really puts the UK in a unique position in the way it advances so…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Funding for Local AuthoritiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) on introducing this debate. I…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCharity-funded Medical ResearchIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Dr Davies) on securing today’s timely debate and the Backbench Business Committee…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCharity-funded Medical ResearchI am grateful for the powerful points that my hon. Friend is making. In the light of the amount that has been spent on covid-19 and the fact that people have not been able to…24 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Future of WorkWill the Minister specifically look at the BioYorkshire project, which has been driven by the University of York and others to kickstart York’s economy in the light of the crisis,…19 Nov 2020HANSARDThe Future of WorkIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) for introducing the debate. It is always a pleasure…19 Nov 2020