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HANSARDBlack History MonthOn that point, my hon. Friend may be interested that we have only one major statue of a slaver in Gloucester. It happens to be the Emperor Nerva of the Roman empire, who did…20 Oct 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthMy hon. Friend is making a good case about not allowing cancel culture to infuse our society. Does he agree that the renaming of the David Hume tower in the University of…20 Oct 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthI am grateful to the hon. Lady, because what she is showing is that innovations at a local level in teaching history, such as history festivals, can bring about huge differences.…20 Oct 2020HANSARDJet Zero CouncilThank you very much, Mrs Miller; it is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first of what will be many occasions in this now reactivated Chamber. I…14 Oct 2020HANSARDJet Zero CouncilOn nuclear power, does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the crucial things about the electrification of short-haul flights is that we will need more electricity? In that…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsThe Government’s responsibilities, for both lives and livelihoods, require an almost impossible balancing act that is unlikely to satisfy anyone, least of all natural Conservative…13 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationI welcome this smorgasbord of new skills pathways. I look forward to more detail on how flexible loans, segments, transfer credits and so on will work in practice and to…01 Oct 2020HANSARD History Curriculum: Black HistoryI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for hosting this debate on such a topical issue. It happens, by glorious coincidence, that the Gloucester History Festival, which I founded…08 Sept 2020HANSARD History Curriculum: Black HistoryMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful point about the changes made to the curriculum and the way in which teachers can interpret it to bring alive the points required. Does he…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Schools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningSome parents have raised issues about the quality of online learning for their children during the summer. Although I know that all schools in Gloucestershire are doing their…01 Sept 2020HANSARDChinaIn suspending our extradition treaty with Hong Kong, has the Foreign Secretary decided that one country, two systems in Hong Kong is dead, in which case it would be wrong for UK…20 Jul 2020HANSARDSupporting Democracies during Covid-19The Minister is absolutely right to highlight the challenges for democracies from the pandemic and the opportunities for autocracies. In a year when the UK will be in the chair of…15 Jul 2020HANSARDSupporting Democracies during Covid-19What steps her Department is taking to support democracies during the covid-19 pandemic.15 Jul 2020HANSARDAccess to JusticeI support strongly what the Government are doing in funding law centres and providing much more information online for our constituents, but how does my hon. Friend think we can…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAccess to JusticeWhat steps his Department is taking to increase access to justice.14 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe Secretary of State’s announcement is a delicate balancing act between security, economics and geopolitics, and it shifts the supply of “Made in China” equipment from Huawei to…14 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodLast year, the previous head of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs said that less than half of the 130,000 UK businesses exporting only to the EU had engaged on likely changes.…13 Jul 2020HANSARDThe Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020The Minister has laid out the case for why there needs to be a public interest addition to section 58 of the Enterprise Act 2002, and he mentioned the context: of the 20…08 Jul 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI am grateful to the Secretary of State and all involved first for the temporary testing site, and secondly for the permanent testing site now available for the people of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs the Prime Minister says, today is the 72nd anniversary of the NHS and a good moment for us all to appreciate the immense role of the NHS in all our constituencies—perhaps…01 Jul 2020