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HANSARDUK Nuclear PowerI’ve got another one.12 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you for giving me a second chance, Mr Speaker. May I congratulate the Secretary of State and the Energy Minister on last week’s first ever ringfenced marine energy…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillWill the Foreign Secretary give way?27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIt seems to me that the fundamental issue of debate is whether the EU would move on the implementation issues that it claims are the only problem. For the EU, it is not a question…27 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI am reassured by the intentions behind this Bill of Rights, and by two things above all: by the Justice Secretary’s absolute commitment that we will remain party to the European…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Bill focuses on three things that are close to my heart and the hearts of many Members: levelling up, democracy and devolution. If anybody wants a symbol of what can be…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI want to make a couple of very simple points. First, the constituents of the hon. Member for Reading East (Matt Rodda) could have applied to a very good recent fund for…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWill the Minister say something in his summing up on the points that I and my hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott) raised, and which we discussed earlier with his…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy right hon. Friend rightly makes a powerful case for devolution and increased democracy, but is he aware that under this Bill, a combined authority can be created that transfers…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewThe focus that the Health Secretary is giving to leadership management training must be right. We all know that in a Care Quality Commission report on a hospital or an Ofsted…08 Jun 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsIf the Labour party wishes to make the case as to why convicted foreign national rapists and paedophiles should remain in this country they are very welcome to test drive it in my…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthAlthough conversion therapy and, indeed, hedgehogs are both fascinating subjects, in terms of achieving economic growth, does my hon. Friend agree that what the Government are…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthDoes my hon. Friend agree that the statistic that emerged yesterday—that we have increased the number of people with disabilities in employment to 1.3 million, after setting a…18 May 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19rose —26 Apr 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19May I draw the Minister’s attention to one aspect of Gloucester’s success with the levelling-up fund, which is the first ever conversion in this country of a department store into…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19My understanding was that my office had put me down to speak in the debate.26 Apr 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19Thank you, Ms Nokes. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak very briefly about the future of small cities. The key thing is that historically small cities have lost out from…26 Apr 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaIndia has been dependent on Russian defence equipment for a very long time. It is therefore vital, in the process of our closer alignment and partnership with India, that we do…26 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe people of both Myanmar and Ukraine are risking their lives to continue fighting for freedoms that have been taken away. In both those countries, the Westminster Foundation for…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillA number of us have been successfully lobbied by the Royal College of Nursing in our own constituencies, showing us the figures—a shortage of 250 nurses in our A&E at the hospital…25 Apr 2022