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13 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Valedictory DebateI rise to make my final contribution after more than 36 years in this House. As I said when I announced that I was standing down, it has been the honour of my life to represent…05 Nov 2019HANSARDE-cigarettesI am really happy to be here this afternoon, also giving my last speech in Westminster Hall, which is something that I have been looking forward to for a considerable time—since…31 Oct 2019HANSARDE-cigarettesIs it not true that India has a massive vested public interest in the tobacco industry?31 Oct 2019HANSARDE-cigarettesOn this idea that smoking is an adult thing, very few people start smoking after the age of 21. The hard reality is that for most people, the starting point comes when they are…31 Oct 2019HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch) for securing the debate. I have a non-financial interest…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Heated TobaccoThe Minister will know that expenditure on smoking cessation programmes has fallen rapidly in the past few years. I promoted a ten-minute rule Bill to put a levy on tobacco…26 Jun 2019HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension SchemeWe should recognise that when the increase in the miners’ pension scheme was higher than that in the state benefit scheme, many people in my constituency, because they got more…10 Jun 2019HANSARD Adult Survivors of Child Sexual AbuseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and I congratulate her on securing the debate. She has mentioned one issue that we Rotherham MPs are all too aware of—without the…22 May 2019HANSARDBritish SteelThe Minister talked about public sector procurement; my understanding is that around 50% of the steel used in public sector procurement is produced here in the United Kingdom. Why…21 May 2019HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThank you for calling me, Mr Hollobone. I am pleased to be here this afternoon and that the hon. Member for Telford (Lucy Allan) has brought up this matter of health inequalities.…20 Mar 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation Victims: Criminal RecordsGiven that the High Court judges have already ruled that CSE victims’ convictions are unjust, and that any link between past offending and current risk is either non-existent or…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeI am grateful to my hon. Friends the Members for Ashfield and for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) for raising this matter. The calculation made in the privatisation in 1993-94…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Children’s Social Care: RotherhamMy hon. Friend will remember that in May last year I stood up at Prime Minister’s Question Time and asked the Prime Minister about further funding bid for Fusion, which had only…05 Feb 2019