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HANSARDNHS Capacity: Winter 2020-21What steps his Department is taking to increase NHS capacity for winter 2020-21.01 Sept 2020HANSARDNHS Capacity: Winter 2020-21I welcome the extra £1.6 million the Government are investing in Ipswich Hospital’s A&E department ahead of the crucial winter period, but will the Minister build on this work by…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Schools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningLast week, I visited Inspire Suffolk in Ipswich with the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), the Children’s Minister, to…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to speak in this final debate before the summer recess. I am going to talk about one specific issue that is linked to the constituency that I have the honour of…22 Jul 2020HANSARDBBCLast month, senior executives at the BBC took it upon themselves to remove episodes of “Little Britain” and other comedies from its iPlayer platform because of concerns that some…21 Jul 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI could not agree more. We need to be robust in fighting it. It is not just on this issue but on many others that there is this disconnect. The Bill is an important step in our…21 Jul 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Alexander Stafford), and I pay tribute to some of the heartfelt contributions, such as the ones from the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDTown Centre InvestmentIpswich town centre is at the heart of life in our town, but it faces many challenges that have only been made greater by covid-19. A great deal of work is going into developing a…20 Jul 2020HANSARDTown Centre InvestmentWhat steps he is taking to increase investment in town centres.20 Jul 2020HANSARDHistoric Churches: Covid-19I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this important debate on the effects of covid-19 on our historic churches. I completely appreciate how the…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipFollowing on from what I said, does the hon. Gentleman find it uncanny that all those who seem to be arguing for an extension are the people who were previously on the barricades…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipThe hon. Gentleman talks about the uncertainty that many businesses in his constituency face, but surely that uncertainty would drag on if we were to extend the transition…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU Relationshiprose—15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipThank you very much for giving way. You said at the start of your speech that this was not about stopping Brexit; it was just about extending the transition period. So why now are…15 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalDoes the hon. Lady agree that the leaseholders of St Francis Tower in Ipswich, who have had absolutely no say in, or power to stop, dangerous HPL cladding being put on the tower…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Flammable Cladding RemovalA legal dispute is going on between the freeholder of St Francis Tower in Ipswich and the contractor that put the unsafe cladding on the building. Surely that is an admission from…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Ipswich Hospital: Orthopaedic ServicesI thank my hon. Friend. As I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore), I am not blind to the fact that covid-19 is putting huge pressure on the NHS and…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Ipswich Hospital: Orthopaedic ServicesI agree with my hon. Friend. There is a national challenge when it comes to tackling waiting lists for hip and knee replacements. There is not one hospital across the country that…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Ipswich Hospital: Orthopaedic ServicesI thank the Minister for being here to respond to this much-needed debate. It is needed because on 14 July, the Ipswich and East Suffolk and North East Essex clinical…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Autumn OpeningAs the Member of Parliament for Ipswich and an avid Newcastle United fan, I cannot think of a better name for a school than the Sir Bobby Robson School, which will open its doors…02 Jul 2020