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HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingThe hon. Member made a good point about PPE—does he welcome the fact that O’Reillys in Northern Ireland is turning its production to just that? A&E is not a static body or just a…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s response today, but does he remember from the Ebola crisis only a few years ago the woeful and very slow approach of the World Health…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19This crisis is causing us to tear apart many aspects of the global system that we have grown used to in the past 20 or 30 years. The threat that it could pose to future scientific…17 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is an absolute privilege to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to speak. You are the first woman to Chair a Budget statement, which is fantastic. You may have…12 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI pay tribute to the way that the Minister and his team, Public Health England, and the whole NHS are dealing with what is frankly an unprecedented situation. I am hugely grateful…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way on that point. In her time did she, by any chance, come across the Rifkind report that criticised the then Labour Government for…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillThe hon. Lady knows that I have my own issues with various aspects of Government policy that I hope will be put right, but the idea that diversity and competition are not at the…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillThe hon. Lady is, of course, making her party point—I accept that—but in 2003 it was a Labour Government, under one T. Blair, who allowed Huawei into the UK in the first place.10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillThe position that my right hon. Friend is arguing for is one that many Government Members and many people in this country agree with—namely, that we should be supporting domestic…10 Mar 2020HANSARDTurkey-Greece Border: RefugeesFirst, may I place on record the thanks I think we should all give the Turkish Government for their work in hosting so many refugees out of Syria? May I also pay huge tribute to…10 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI want to pay tribute briefly to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey), who was then the floods Minister,…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThank you, Mr Paisley, for calling me to speak in this important debate. Many of the security questions have been covered, so while I do not resile from them I will not cover them…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingMy hon. Friend is right. I would like to see VAT relief on private flood protection, which many people are forced to buy for their own homes. I hope the Chancellor will consider…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingIt is regular reading for the grandfather of Goole. The forthcoming proposed amendment to the Act may seem like a small one, to increase the height of the Leigh flood storage…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingThere is a slight irony in the politicisation at the beginning of the debate, because many of us in west Kent will remember the floods in 2000, after which the then Labour…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GDoes the Minister recognise that it was not Tim Berners-Lee, but Rod Stewart, who foresaw the amazing power of the internet? It is not just the technical experts, but the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GWill the Minister give way?04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GCan I be very clear on what the Minister said? He is saying that the Government’s aim is to reduce to zero high-risk vendors, of which Huawei is one.04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GWill the Minister give way?04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GGiven that we are about to spend £100 billion on a train line, would it not be sensible to invest some of that money in our own infrastructure if we are so concerned about Chinese…04 Mar 2020