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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. The steel industry is confronted with the possibility that the trade defence instruments currently in place at European level to prevent Chinese dumping…07 Feb 2019HANSARD RAF Scampton and the Red ArrowsI thank the Minister for meeting me about the future of the assets at RAF Kirton in Lindsey. I hope he will ensure, as he deals with the transfer at Scampton, that there continues…05 Feb 2019HANSARDPost-16 Education: FundingAs 16 and 17-year-olds attract 23% less funding than pre-16 students and young people, is it not just time to raise the rate and tackle this problem?04 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I thank the Minister for meeting me and local Changing Places campaigner Lorna Fillingham, and I welcomed his announcement before Christmas that changing places will be…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Teacher Recruitment and Retention StrategyI very much welcome this long overdue strategy. There is some evidence of burnout for teachers in mid and later career. Is the Minister looking to see which academy chains and…28 Jan 2019HANSARDRough Sleepers: Cold Weather AccommodationI thank the Minister for that answer. New Life Church, together with North Lincolnshire Council, is providing temporary support for people in really bad weather. Good work is also…28 Jan 2019HANSARDRough Sleepers: Cold Weather Accommodation17. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of emergency cold weather accommodation for rough sleepers.28 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) on securing this debate. It is already clear…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCourts IT SystemWhen the Government closed Scunthorpe magistrates and family courts, against the wishes of local people, much was made of the way in which digitisation would mitigate the risk of…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingIs my hon. Friend as puzzled as I am that, at £3,300 each, 18-year-olds are the cheapest people in the world to educate, given that, in my experience, people on an additional year…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. One the great colleges in my constituency, John Leggott College, which I was proud to lead, contacted me this week and said that the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) for getting the debate off to such a good start, and…21 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryI am drawing on the expertise in that “File on 4” programme. Obviously, any serious issues need to be looked at properly. Nobody wants the introduction of a new fuel to have…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryNobody is arguing that E5 should not be available. There was an excellent Radio 4 “File on 4” programme just before Christmas that featured Tony Wood, who runs a garage and owns 3…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryThe Minister has agreed to meet MPs of different parties who have an interest, particularly a local interest. I would certainly be very keen to update the right hon. and learned…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of the British bioethanol industry. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes, and it is good to have…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryIt was a nice change.16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryYes, it is competitive. It is probably slightly more expensive, but it is a very small expense. Most of the increase in expense would be from taxation. The call for evidence on…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryMy hon. Friend makes the point very well and begins to answer the question from the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell) about the 700,000 cars that would be taken off the road if…16 Jan 2019HANSARD British Bioethanol IndustryI know.16 Jan 2019