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HANSARDKnife CrimeFollowing on from the previous question from the hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), although I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, the fact is that…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI strongly welcome this post-Brexit dividend, which I am sure is the beginning of more dividend to come. My right hon. Friend kindly mentioned my constituency of Harlow, which,…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Yesterday, The Sun newspaper reported on proposals for a £1.6 billion post-EU fund for deprived areas in the north, predominantly in seats held by Opposition MPs. Will my…27 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI strongly welcome this order from the Home Secretary, who is standing up for what is morally right for our country and standing up against terrorism. The banning of Hezbollah is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationMy right hon. Friend is right. As he will hear in my remarks, I agree with much of what he says. We have to praise the Government for the good things that have happened but…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI thank the hon. Members for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Meg Hillier) and for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for going to the Backbench Committee together to request…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationThe inquiry covers schools and colleges, so that issue will form part of it. I note the hon. Gentleman’s point and will ensure that we address it in some way or another in our…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionWhen the Prime Minister brings her deal back to the House of Commons I will vote for it the second time; as the right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) has said, it is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationWill the Minister give way?26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of Terrorismrose —26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI thank the hon. Lady for standing up for an honourable Labour tradition of opposing terrorism. Is she aware of the opinion poll conducted by ComRes for the Jewish News that…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismLet me just quote what the “Labour spokesman” said, according to today’s newspapers: “Ministers have not yet provided any clear evidence to suggest” that there should be a change…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of Terrorismrose—26 Feb 2019HANSARD Relationships and Sex EducationI strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Did he see the report in The Times at the weekend suggesting that more than 6,000 sex assaults had taken place in schools…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRural NHS Hospitals: Public TransportNHS car parking charges were scrapped in Scotland in 2008, saving patients, visitors and staff £35 million. Will my right hon. Friend work with the rest of the UK Government to…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRural NHS Hospitals: Public Transport4. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the provision in Scotland of public transport servicing rural NHS hospitals.20 Feb 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital Parking Charges14. What plans he has to allocate additional funding to NHS hospitals to replace revenue raised by car parking charges.19 Feb 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital Parking ChargesLast year, the brain injury charity Headway said that it had paid a family £374 for hospital car parking charges. These charges are unacceptable. They are a stealth tax on…19 Feb 2019HANSARDUK Nationals returning from SyriaIs it the case that the lawyer of the individual concerned has described British law as akin to that of the Nazis? If that is how it was described, will my right hon. Friend…18 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a statement on the achievements of the former MP for Harlow and Epping between 1924 and 1945? Far from being a villain, Winston Churchill was not only our greatest…14 Feb 2019