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HANSARDThe future of maintained nursery schoolsI would like to present three petitions in the same terms, on behalf of 1,107 residents of the Chipping Barnet constituency, concerning St Margaret’s Nursery School, Hampden Way…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI warmly welcome the research that the Minister is talking about, but I am afraid that the clock is ticking. We need to plug the funding gap soon, otherwise more of these schools…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsOf course, funding for nursery schools should be a priority, and I am here to make the case for that. We also need a competitive tax system, and reductions in corporation tax, for…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsMy hon. Friend makes a very fair point. I was going to come to that in my speech. We must find a long-term, sustainable role for the maintained nursery schools in the…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsI am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg). Given that we are on opposite sides of the House there are many issues on which we disagree, but…31 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCan we have a debate to welcome today’s announcement by NHS England that thousands more GPs will be recruited, and that they will have extra staff, including trained professionals…31 Jan 2019HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayNo other episode in human history can match the holocaust for scale and depth of evil—an evil that sought to harness the technology of the modern world to deliver mass murder on…24 Jan 2019HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayNo, I will not. As well as producing stories of horror, brutality and pain, the events that we are considering today gave rise to the heroism of ordinary people in Albania, as…24 Jan 2019HANSARDSyriaWill my right hon. Friend condemn the role in Syria of Iran, a regime that is terrorising its people at home and many across the region, including in Syria?22 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI rise briefly to explain why I feel I have to vote against the draft withdrawal agreement that we are debating over the next few days. Before doing that, however, I want to…09 Jan 2019HANSARDCancer Workforce and Early DiagnosisDoes the Minister agree that a crucial part of success in early diagnosis is for both the NHS and local authorities, with their public health budgets, to have specific strategies…08 Jan 2019HANSARDCancer Workforce and Early DiagnosisWill the Minister give way?08 Jan 2019