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HANSARDEnglish Votes for English LawsI represent a border area and many of the specialist hospitals that my constituents go to are on the English side of the border. Indeed, the Countess of Chester Hospital was built…13 Jul 2021HANSARDEnglish Votes for English LawsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?13 Jul 2021HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On Friday, the Secretary of State for International Trade visited Airbus at Broughton in my seat. Her office gave me 14 minutes’ notice…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Points of OrderI have.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Points of Orderindicated assent.06 Jul 2021HANSARDEmergency Covid ContractsThat’s the point.29 Jun 2021HANSARDSecurity of Ministers’ Offices and CommunicationsThat’s all right, then!28 Jun 2021HANSARD Protecting Britain’s Steel IndustryIn recent years, the UK steel industry has lurched from one crisis to another, with a Government who have used every excuse in the book not to step in. For years, we were told…21 Jun 2021HANSARDUK Steel Sector: Supply ChainsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. Like everyone else, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) for securing this very…09 Jun 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterDoes my hon. Friend agree that experience suggests that what people say they are prepared to put up with and what they will actually put up with are two very different things?20 May 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI do not want to upset the right hon. Member, but my preferred option would be to knock the building down, apart from the façade, and to create something that would have a useful…20 May 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterLet me start by saying that I agree totally with the words of the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), who is very knowledgeable on this subject. I…20 May 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI thank my hon. Friend for the very kind words she said about me earlier. On the point she is making, I am sure the Leader of the House agrees, because he was also on the Joint…20 May 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that it is important that the police look at patterns of behaviour? I have often found that they look at these as isolated incidents—whether that is…15 Apr 2021HANSARDCathedrals Measure
Diocesan Boards of Education MeasureThe fact that that provision is there obviously seems to imply that there may have been problems in the past. That is all I am saying.13 Apr 2021HANSARDCathedrals Measure
Diocesan Boards of Education MeasureThere are concerns about where people retire and then find themselves in a very different position: they do not have a home, and perhaps do not have the savings to purchase one. I…13 Apr 2021HANSARDCathedrals Measure
Diocesan Boards of Education MeasureWhat a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I will be very brief, which I am sure everyone will be absolutely delighted to hear, although I must say this room…13 Apr 2021HANSARDManufacturing IndustryA recent report by Grant Thornton stated that Brexit could cost Flintshire and Wrexham as much as £300 million a year. Manufacturing is vital to the future of north Wales, but…17 Mar 2021HANSARDManufacturing IndustryWhat steps the Government are taking to support the manufacturing industry in Wales.17 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Entertainment SectorsDoes the hon. Member agree with me that we have to get this right, because if we allow these venues to open and then we have to close them again, they cannot survive that another…02 Mar 2021