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HANSARDQueen’s Speech: Employment LegislationIf the Secretary of State will not take lessons from my hon. Friend the Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra), will he take lessons from the TUC, which estimates that…23 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureA happy St Patrick’s Day to you too, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I begin with this point? It is roughly the same distance from Greater Manchester to London as it is to Edinburgh or…17 Mar 2021HANSARDMarine Protected AreasI beg to move, That this House has considered the extension of marine protected areas. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. Marine protected areas are…17 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State will know that during the covid pandemic, the number of people using bus transportation has fallen dramatically, partly because of people’s fears, but…11 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolTo be fair to the Secretary of State, he has made very little attempt to persuade the House or anybody else that the Prime Minister knew what he was doing when he signed up to the…10 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationLet me begin by agreeing with my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) that the measure of a Budget is not the Pollyanna-ish speeches of the Culture Secretary…08 Mar 2021HANSARD Counter-Daesh UpdateThe Foreign Secretary is entitled to ask for and get the support for the military operations against Daesh, but does he agree that we also have to make sure that we challenge the…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Minister make a very clear statement on the Government’s policy with respect to our peat bogs and recognise that they are an enormously powerful carbon sink as well as…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Human Rights ClausesI say to the Minister that this country does have a proud record of upholding human rights, but this Government have a very unhappy record of allowing, for example, arms sales to…25 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Human Rights ClausesWhat recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on human rights in future trade deals.25 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House knows that across this country of ours there are many parcels of land, especially in the industrial north, that have been contaminated by years of…25 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareThe Secretary of State may be aware that before I returned to Parliament, I had some involvement with the establishment of the Greater Manchester model of health and social care.…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I join the Secretary of State in congratulating those in my constituency who have worked so hard on rolling out the vaccine? At the moment, in Rochdale, as in other areas,…02 Feb 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogThe fact that we have had to open the Nightingale courts to increase capacity, welcome though that is, indicates how mistaken it was to close local courts in places like my…20 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerWill the Minister confirm that among types of crime that very often lead to no further action are those involving domestic abuse? In that case, can he give an absolute guarantee…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownThere is a lot to commend in the statement, in particular the “Ask for ANI” scheme, but I put it to the Minister that what is really important is early detection of abuse and…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Economic UpdateAmy Pierce, the director of a small company in my constituency, was doing well until the pandemic. Since then, her turnover has dropped by 40%, but her costs have not. She has now…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Health Secretary seemed to answer rather dogmatically the question from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford) about lateral flow tests. May I say to him that it…14 Dec 2020HANSARDRape and Sexual Assault: ProsecutionsWhat steps she has taken to increase the number of prosecutions relating to rape and sexual assault.10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUDoes the Minister accept that even the sovereign United States believes that trade disputes can be resolved through internationalised mechanisms such as the World Trade…10 Dec 2020