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HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesIt is a pleasure to serve with you chairing today, Sir David. It is also a pleasure to speak in a debate in which the contributions so far have been full of knowledge and…02 Oct 2019HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesThe Minister is setting out the aspiration well, but does she recognise that having no increase—even by inflation—for five years is a desperately big challenge for community…02 Oct 2019HANSARDLoan Charge5. If he will make it his policy to suspend the 2019 loan charge for the duration of the review commissioned by his Department of that charge.01 Oct 2019HANSARDLoan ChargeWhat is clear is that the retrospective loan charge is causing huge pain and upset as people’s livelihoods and homes are threatened. Will the Minister ensure that the review hears…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI have with me a letter from the chief executive of North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, which identifies a capital gap in excess of £247.36 million as of July 2019.…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Kayleigh Morgan was the victim of a serial rapist, Dimitris Aspiotis, when working in Corfu. In 2010, he was sentenced to 52 years in prison, so Kayleigh was…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThat is not true, is it, because we have heard, and the Prime Minister has welcomed, the comments by my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Gloria De Piero) and my right hon.…25 Sept 2019HANSARDFurther and Higher Education: Quality and Choice22. Will the Secretary of State build on that good start by raising the rate for 16-to-19 education to £4,760 per student, which would deliver what is being asked for?09 Sept 2019HANSARD Education FundingThe £200 uplift in 16-to-18 funding is welcome—but it is only a start; it is for only one year; and it falls short of the £760 per student for which Raise the Rate campaigners…03 Sept 2019HANSARDUniversal Health CoverageI congratulate the right hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt) on securing this debate and opening it so well. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that TB is a perfect…10 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryIt is about talking to the EU about the necessity of having UK-specific quotas. That could be part of a deal; it is a deal that can be done, and one that the new Prime Minister…09 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryI thank all hon. Members for their contributions to the debate. I particularly thank the Minister for his very solid response—not that we will not continue to press him for…09 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; to its credit, North Lincolnshire Council has shown strong cross-party unity and leadership on this issue by signing up to the procurement…09 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryMy hon. Friend makes an important point: there are 5,000 direct jobs in the Scunthorpe area, in Teesside and elsewhere in the UK, but also 20,000 jobs in the supply chain. Steel…09 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Certainly, steelmaking is predominantly in the north, and better investment in procurement pipelines would help to address the…09 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryProcurement is a real challenge for the Government, and my hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I am sure that the Minister has picked it up, and I will return to it later in my…09 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of the UK steel industry. It is a real pleasure to serve with you chairing, Mr Hollobone. Two thirds of the types of steel…09 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Pensions: TaxationThe workforce are the No. 1 priority in the NHS, along with delivering the NHS plan, but we seem to be dealing here with a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Higher Technical Education ReformI welcome the Minister’s clarification that there is no desire to throw the baby out with the bathwater and that high-quality qualifications such as BTECs and HNDs, which have…08 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Ambassador to USA: Leaked EmailsThis leak is both reprehensible and deeply unpatriotic. Once the investigation is concluded, will its outcomes be reported to the House, along with the lessons to be learned?08 Jul 2019