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HANSARD Cancer Outcomes: Tees ValleyThe right hon. Gentleman is being staggeringly generous in giving way; it is noted and appreciated. The technology is important, but what is also important is where it is. I echo…16 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI want to give the hon. Member an idea to nick. He mentioned earlier the chronic situation with cancer waiting times, with 40%-plus of people diagnosed with cancer waiting two…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term Strategyrose —11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI wanted to seize the moment, based on the excellent question from the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris). The inquiry by the all-party group for radiotherapy is on 18…11 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillSir Roger, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. The Government’s proposal in the Bill will do some marginal good, reducing the cost of buying for some people. The…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillIt is political will, I would say.10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI apologise for intervening on the hon. Gentleman in his good, interesting speech. He said that it is possible for stamp duty purposes to distinguish between a second home and a…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillTo follow up on that, is it not right to say that people who have second homes pay additional council tax only if those homes are empty and unfurnished, so a very small percentage…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillYes. Most of our good ideas were somebody else’s first, so there is no harm whatever in looking at what devolved Administrations such as the Welsh Senedd Government have done.…10 Jan 2023HANSARDHome BuildingHappy new year, Mr Speaker. Reference to high quality housing is often a shorthand for reference to expensive housing, yet in my community nearly 6,000 people are on the council…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresPatients living with cancer, their families and the outstanding cancer workforce will be staggered—as am I—that we have just had a statement on NHS pressures that put forward no…09 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesI am very grateful to the Minister for taking an intervention and for the time she gave me last week to discuss this matter. Can she clarify whether it is now the Government’s…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Livingrose —14 Dec 2022HANSARD Cost of FoodHas the Minister assessed the impact on food prices and business profitability for farmers of the 20% reduction in the basic farm payment this month?14 Dec 2022HANSARD Cost of FoodLet me first thank you, Mr Gray, and thank the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) for this very important debate. I will pick up where my friend the hon. Member for…14 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of LivingIt is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I offer huge congratulations to the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing this…14 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of LivingThat is absolutely right. They probably speak English, or have been taught it, so there is a sense of Britain being the mother country. The reputation of Britain as a place of…14 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of LivingI am grateful to the hon. Member for his intervention. I know I have gone on for longer than I should, and I will wrap up in a minute. What he said was obviously heartbreaking,…14 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of LivingThe Minister is talking about people coming through the established routes, but there are hardly any. Unless someone is from Ukraine, or among the tiny number of people from Syria…14 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of LivingI completely agree with everything the hon. Lady has said. In conclusion, I want quickly to make a point about workforce in my community. There is a stat I often reel out—I did it…14 Dec 2022