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HANSARD TransportIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson). I want to use my time this afternoon to speak about a project, the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD TransportI do. We should use the pause that the Secretary of State has sensibly ordered to develop a cheaper, less environmentally damaging high-speed rail network—perhaps one that lays…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Paterson InquiryIf patients are to be kept safe, several things need to be true. First, as the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford) said, medical professionals who have concerns about…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs it not true that the Government can remain committed to the delivery of high-speed rail, but deliver it better than with a project that, at the moment at least, will cost…30 Jan 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe disadvantage that the House faces this afternoon is that the most important evidence in helping the Government to make these decisions comes from the intelligence agencies,…28 Jan 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiIt would be wrong to suggest, would it not, that this decision is simple? It is far from straightforward, but can I ask my hon. Friend to give us two pieces of reassurance about…27 Jan 2020HANSARDFootball Association and Bet365I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) on securing this urgent question, and I thank the Minister for what he has said. He is right to highlight…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that part of the problem with what the Opposition propose is not just their lack of attention in coming to the Chamber, but their lack of attention to…07 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker, for your kindness in calling me today, for your broader kindnesses to all of us and for all your service from the Chair. I want to raise an issue again that…31 Oct 2019HANSARDShared Rural NetworkI suspect that, had my right hon. Friend announced a coverage improvement to 195%, the Labour party would still not have said that it was enough. Some of us can see this for what…28 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyIt is a great pleasure to contribute to this debate about the economy. It is an economy that is changing, and I want to use my few minutes to speak about that change. Technology…24 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyI will.24 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyI agree with my hon. Friend. In the interest of saving time, he takes me directly to my next point, which is that we in the UK are well placed to do the work to which he refers.…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister’s StatementThe Prime Minister said at the outset of his statement that the debate about our membership of the European Union has not just paralysed our politics but profoundly divided our…19 Oct 2019HANSARD Racism in FootballI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on his appointment and agree wholeheartedly with all that has been said so far. Is it not important that, in the support we give to players, we…15 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline DisinformationI warmly welcome my hon. Friend and his fellow Ministers to their leadership roles in this remarkable Department. I urge my hon. Friend to translate the online harms White Paper…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am very grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend and I congratulate him on the way in which he is making the case for this very important Bill. My right hon. and learned…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse Billrose —02 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI welcome my hon. Friend to his new post and, of course, I welcome the investment he has announced, but he will recognise that, however new the hospital, being an in-patient can…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationIs it not important, even in the course of argument on matters as important as these, to remember why we have the constitutional conventions that we do, and that Governments are…25 Sept 2019