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HANSARD Thames Water: OxfordshireMy hon. Friend is making a remarkably important speech and delivering it very well. We know about the issue because of testing, yet the testing in her area and mine is done by the…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Thames Water: OxfordshireI want to press the Minister on the point I raised with my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) a moment ago. The Secretary of State, the right hon.…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Gray, and a genuine pleasure to follow the excellent speech by the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols). I too…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsI do not want to go off topic too much, but I think that that is very important. One issue with youth provision of all kinds is the question of who draws it up and plans it—old…07 Feb 2024HANSARDLoan Charge: BankruptcyThe original Treasury impact statement for the loan charge stated that it would have no material impact on “family formation, stability or breakdown”, yet there have been…06 Feb 2024HANSARDHelping People into Employment: Cumbria, Cheadle and DarlingtonI do indeed celebrate the work of the Kendal jobcentre. It does a fantastic job but one problem is that it has too small a workforce. This week we mourn the loss of yet another…05 Feb 2024HANSARDHelping People into Employment: Cumbria, Cheadle and Darlington17. What steps he plans to take to increase levels of employment in Cumbria.05 Feb 2024HANSARD Internationally Recruited Health and Social Care Staff: Employment PracticesIt is a pleasure to serve under your guidance this afternoon, Mr Hosie, and it is great to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). The right hon. Member for…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportI will see whether I can follow that! I am grateful to serve under your guidance, Ms Bardell. The hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) has done this place a great service by…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportIt will be no surprise to the hon. Gentleman that I kind of agree with him on the whole Brexit situation but, being practical in consideration of where we are now, would he press…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportWe obviously have to be careful with the nation’s finances and act within the envelope available to us, but what does the Minister make of the fact that UKinbound, Cumbria Tourism…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportAlthough we need labour from outside, we also need to be able to grow our own talent domestically; that is the specific thing that will make a difference. The real problem is the…31 Jan 2024HANSARDDegree-level ApprenticeshipsSadly, the Government did not intervene to save Cumbria’s agricultural college. However, will they decide to invest in agricultural degree apprenticeships, working with the…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdWhen considering the governance of Post Office Ltd, will the Minister bear in mind the demoralising impact of the Horizon scandal on current and potential sub-postmasters, as well…29 Jan 2024HANSARDHedgerows: Legal ProtectionIt is a pleasure to serve under your guidance this morning, Ms Elliott. I am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Somerton and Frome (Sarah Dyke), who made a fantastic…24 Jan 2024HANSARDHedgerows: Legal ProtectionThe Minister is talking to a straw man. I do not think anybody here has said what she suggests. A number of us have said that if farmers are pushed into a situation where they…24 Jan 2024HANSARDGirlguiding UK: British Overseas TerritoriesI am grateful to the hon. Member and fully support him in what he seeks to achieve. In June, in the same announcement that Girlguiding made over its desire to sell its centres in…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMen’s HealthDoes the Minister agree, however, that the information she has just given about why screening for prostate cancer does not happen for men is based on a study that is 20 years old?…23 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am not.17 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am gutted by the loss of Sir Tony Lloyd. He was a decent, kind, wise man and an excellent Member of Parliament. We will all seriously miss him. They say that the smaller the…17 Jan 2024