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HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIn addition to the imposition and the hardship that comes from “no recourse to public funds”, there is the burden that many asylum seekers face when it comes to being able to…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?30 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney), and indeed to speak in the same debate as two excellent maiden speakers. The hon. Member for…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillI shall speak to new clause 1, which I will not push to a Division because, for reasons mentioned by others—not least the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Meg…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillNot North End? Fair enough. Anyway, all the best. Both maiden speeches were wonderful. On to even more serious matters, Mr Deputy Speaker. You must really have to sit on the fence…29 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentIrrespective of the rights and wrongs of the Secretary of State’s behaviour, viability assessments are used by developers around the country to frustrate the affordable housing…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way; he is being very decent with his time. The Secretary of State has made the case that he felt the need to intervene in this…24 Jun 2020HANSARDTesting of NHS and Social Care StaffThe Minister is being generous in taking interventions. Does she agree that to keep care homes safe from the coronavirus, the testing needs to happen regularly, not just once or…24 Jun 2020HANSARDTesting of NHS and Social Care StaffI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is making a very important and well-presented case. In my constituency, at Westmorland General Hospital, the trust…24 Jun 2020HANSARDCancer Centres: Radiation TherapyIf he will publish the timetable for the NHS England plan to roll out stereotactic ablative radiotherapy to all cancer centres by April 2021.23 Jun 2020HANSARDCancer Centres: Radiation TherapyI very much welcome the Minister’s response and thank her personally for her excellent attention to this matter and the progress that she has helped to make possible. Of course,…23 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillJim, you could have carried on a bit longer, couldn’t you? It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). When it comes to the regulation of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. The two statistics I rattled out—and not for the first time, even today—are the 60% drop in referrals and 20% drop in treatments…23 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Passenger TransportI am very grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. I support the spirit of these regulations. We must have equity of access to public transport across the country, and the collection of…16 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Passenger TransportI will do so instantly. I make the point, though, that the whole point of having the technology that is rightly rolled out through this statutory instrument is that it should…16 Jun 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysI completely agree with the hon. Lady. It is really good news that the Government, as we understand it, are changing their position on the provision of free school meal vouchers…16 Jun 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysI just want to press the Secretary of State on the same point that I asked the hon. Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey) about. The issue with free school meal…16 Jun 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysI am grateful to the hon. Lady for being so generous in giving way. She makes a really important point. Of course, if there are 30 kids in a class, to do this carefully and safely…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Public HealthThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, which is that we should be considering intelligent ways of unlocking. The industry could reopen in phases, and I have been encouraging…15 Jun 2020