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HANSARDKickstart: Employer AccessibilityI thank my right hon. Friend for her answer. Given the large number of small and medium-sized enterprises across the county, jobcentres in Bedfordshire, including the one in…08 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and in particular for the inclusion of dates that will help businesses to plan. However, with respect to international travel, the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19The most telling aspect of today’s debate is the focus on specifics rather than on principle, on trends in data and details of subsidy rather than the eager pursuit of freedom, on…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield (Imran Ahmad Khan), but even more of a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire…10 Feb 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to take part in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney). This is a good Bill, and I commend the Minister and his team for its…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. As my right hon. Friend considers his review priorities, will he commend the Warrior capability sustainment programme for providing greater certainty in…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Environment BillListening to the contributions from colleagues on both sides of the House on this Bill today has been a real pleasure; it is clear that there is widespread support for its…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Vaccine Roll-outI welcome the opening today of the Weatherley Centre in Biggleswade, which fills a gap in delivery across Bedfordshire, but I wish to raise with the Minister another question that…21 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Musicians: EU Visa ArrangementsIt is clear that this issue gets to the core of our inextricable cultural links with our European partners. It is good to see the Minister stressing the urgency of securing…19 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe changes for Bedfordshire announced by my right hon. Friend will be disappointing to residents and businesses, but it will be helpful for them to understand that, in setting up…17 Dec 2020HANSARD Immigration Rules: Supported AccommodationI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) for asking the urgent question. The vast immigration detention estate, in all its forms,…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Trade (Disclosure of Information) BillIt is a pleasure to rise to speak in support of this Bill. When I saw that we had six hours to debate it and only 10 speakers down to speak, I thought that at last I might have…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Trade (Disclosure of Information) BillNo, I have full faith in my commitments in the manifesto and in the election, and full confidence in the Prime Minister. I only wish that the separatists from the Scottish…16 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade (Disclosure of Information) BillThe hon. Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) has raised an issue that will become more relevant if the sunsetting of this legislation does not take hold. If this legislation…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Support Schemes: Ineligible PeopleI thank the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for securing the debate. It is true that where the Government schemes have worked, they have worked well. It is also true…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthA month ago, my reasons for not supporting a second lockdown were that the measures represented a gross overreach of Government powers over our basic freedoms, that the tiers…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Agricultural Transition PlanI thank my right hon. Friend for outlining the principles and programmes for these changes in payments. As he will be aware, however, it will be in the implementation of those…30 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsLast month, year 6 students at the Edward Peake Church of England Middle School in Biggleswade wrote to me about the impact of lockdown and their ideas for promoting a healthier…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastIn his statement, my right hon. Friend said: “The spending announced today is secondary to the courage, wisdom, kindness and creativity it unleashes. These are the incalculable…25 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI think it would be helpful for us to decide whether we are talking about foreign ownership of assets or Chinese ownership of assets. Obviously there is a gradation between them,…17 Nov 2020