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HANSARDFly-tipping11. What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to tackle fly-tipping.09 May 2024HANSARDFly-tippingI thank my hon. Friend for his answer. What landowners and the public want is for this to stop. I realise that we have doubled the fines—we have massively increased them again—but…09 May 2024HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillMy hon. Friend makes the case for his Bill very eloquently, and I fully support it. Has he had any indication of how much the space industry might grow, once we have put these…08 May 2024HANSARDBritish Embassy: Port-au-PrinceI welcome the UK’s £5 million commitment towards the deployment of the multinational security support mission in Haiti. Will my hon. Friend tell the House a little more about how…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill my hon. Friend join me in recognising the good work that the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has been doing to improve mental health outcomes, including the…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI am listening carefully to what my hon. Friend is saying, and I am sure we all feel very sorry for the young woman in the case that he has described, but is there not the…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsWill the hon. Gentleman accept that some of his comments are more relevant in hindsight than they might have been at the time? In March 2020, it was difficult to predict the path…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI do not know why the Government would not want to release the data. It may be that the data could be misused and misrepresented. One way around that might be to invite research…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI should put it on record that I am fully vaccinated, that I was a supporter of the vaccines when they first came out, and that I am a supporter of them now and will continue to…18 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. As my hon. Friend will know, I have serious reservations about the proposed lower Thames crossing and its ability to tackle congestion at the existing Dartford crossing. Many…21 Mar 2024HANSARDWomen in STEM JobsImproving diversity in STEM is not just the right thing to do; it is vital to our future success. Diversity brings new ways of thinking, a better understanding and a new approach.…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause, tabled in my name and the names of my right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) and my…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause , by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 16 Complicity in joint enterprise cases In section 8 (abettors in misdemeanors) of the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCreative Industries: Tax Relief2. Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of tax relief on the growth of the creative industries.11 Jan 2024HANSARDCreative Industries: Tax ReliefAs my right hon. and learned Friend says, since we came to office we have introduced a number of tax reliefs that have supported children's television, video games, production,…11 Jan 2024HANSARDWork Incentives10. What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people are financially incentivised to work.18 Dec 2023HANSARDWork IncentivesI thank the Minister for her answer and welcome her back to the Front Bench. Basildon jobcentre recently hosted two health and social care recruitment events, which resulted in…18 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Third sitting)Q I would like to go back to the issue of knife crime, which I am particularly interested in. You mentioned clause 18, but are there any other measures in the Bill that will help…14 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Third sitting)Q Absolutely. And how did the operation go? Nick Smart: I cannot comment on that, because I am not aware of it. I can get you a written response if you would like me to come back…14 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Third sitting)Q That is fine. You said that the measures in the Bill are welcome. Are there any other measures that you would have liked to see in it that would help to tackle knife crime? I…14 Dec 2023