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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs a consequence of new localness guidelines for commercial radio, hundreds of jobs have been lost, studios closed, and listeners are not getting the local news content that they…03 Oct 2019HANSARD YemenIn answering my hon. Friend the Member for North East Fife (Stephen Gethins), the Minister spoke about the need to investigate the shocking attacks on aid facilities in Yemen, yet…01 Oct 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019In some countries, Governments try to make compliance with the law considerably easier for themselves by making political appointments to the judiciary. Can the Minister please…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and indeed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster all pledged during the referendum campaign that the rights of EU citizens would be…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEducationT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationDoes the right hon. and learned Gentleman agree that any reasonable Attorney General, acting with due care, would query, challenge and perhaps even laugh at any suggestion that…25 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsUniversities are desperately keen to see a proper two-year post-study work visa restored, and it looked as if the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal)…09 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.09 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversI thank the Minister for giving way again—she is being very generous with her time. Charities are telling us that they do not have the resources to do all the work that is…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I pay tribute to the hon. Members for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) and for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversI have to say that I do not know the answer to that question. I am sure that it was perfectly adequate. [ Interruption . ]03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversWill the Minister give way?03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversThe Minister speaks of her successor in a few years’ time being able to say that everyone has status, but only a declaratory system will do that. If we do not have a declaratory…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversThank you very much for coming to my assistance, Mr Bone. I join hon. Members in welcoming the Minister to her place, but I do have to start with a slightly cheeky question: is…03 Sept 2019HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas StudentsYet again, I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) and his colleagues on the all-party group for their tireless work on the behalf of probably thousands…24 Jul 2019HANSARD NationalityI do not agree with the Minister on that point of principle, but even putting that to one side 50% of kids over 10 who are denied citizenship on those grounds have had that done…23 Jul 2019HANSARD NationalityFirst, I apologise to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to the Minister and colleagues for my late arrival in the Chamber. I have learnt a lesson on not overestimating how long…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryImmigration detention is a hellish thing to inflict on anybody; that is especially true of victims of modern slavery and trafficking. Will the Government accept that the supposed…17 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: Scotland6. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on support for onshore wind.16 Jul 2019HANSARDOnshore Wind: ScotlandResearch published today by Vivid Economics estimates that proposals by the Committee on Climate Change for increasing onshore wind capacity to 35 GW by 2035 would reduce the cost…16 Jul 2019