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HANSARD HIV CommissionAbsolutely. The big society groups have been so important to the work of the commission. We have heard from many of them and I know they are very important north of the border, so…01 Dec 2020HANSARD HIV CommissionYes. The faith element is very important. We have done very well on driving down the numbers, but we have to do even better, and it will get harder as we get closer to the goal.…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastThe £325 million for the NHS to invest in the new diagnostic kit is very welcome, as will be the £1 billion to begin tackling the elective backlog caused by covid. May I ask the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanOn 2 November, I asked the Prime Minister what he felt we had learned in the summer after the end of the first lockdown, and he said that when people were contacted and tested…23 Nov 2020HANSARDSmokefree England: Covid-19 and PHE AbolitionWhile we are on the subject, as the song goes: “The saddest thing that I’d ever seen / Were smokers outside the hospital doors”— name the band. It is not a national problem, but…12 Nov 2020HANSARDSmokefree England: Covid-19 and PHE AbolitionIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), who I have been questioned by many times. Thinking about today’s debate, I remember in early summer 2017, when…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBreast Cancer Diagnosis and Services: Covid-19Another debate about breast cancer. There have been many—too many. For my first five years in this place, I was proud to lead the all-party parliamentary group on breast cancer,…12 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesI really welcome this package today, most of all because it is a comprehensive, coherent and funded plan. We are spending our constituents’ money, and this plan has been put…09 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthThe Prime Minister very honestly said to me on Monday that one of the lessons from the end of the first lockdown was that we did not insist enough on people isolating when they…04 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseFurther to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper), I think the Government will regret holding a 90-minute debate on Wednesday. I…02 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Prime Minister is doing his best, and I for one have great grace for him in view of the impossible decisions he has to take. I have to say to him, however, that the weariness…02 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Restrictions: South YorkshireThe three-tiered local approach has to be right, and I pay tribute, as the Minister just did, to the cool heads of some local leaders for working with Ministers so sensibly.…21 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) (revocation) regulations 2020The Minister is a very good Minister and engages strongly with the sector, including the University of Winchester, which I am fortunate to represent. In terms of future student…20 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Contact TracingI feel sorry for the Minister and her colleagues now that constructive opposition has ended, but let me ask her about the local tracing partnerships she mentioned. She will…14 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Contact TracingI am glad to see the old tendency is back in the Opposition of private bad, public good. With the hon. Lady’s proposal around local authorities wanting to do more on test and…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsTo follow on from what my right hon. Friend said about our strategy being to suppress the virus until a vaccine makes us safe—until science saves us—the Prime Minister yesterday…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsIf the hon. Gentleman could amend the instrument, would he amend it so that off licences could sell after 10 pm?13 Oct 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillWill the Minister give way?12 Oct 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillIn the letter that my hon. Friend sent to all MPs on 6 October last week, she wrote that accepting the amendments “would make it very difficult to secure any new trade deals.”…12 Oct 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillOn amendment 16, my hon. Friend—and neighbour on this Bench—is absolutely right. Is not the wider point that we would be sending out a message that we want the rest of the world…12 Oct 2020