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HANSARD British Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillI could not agree more. My hon. Friend knows more than most about the impact a library can have on a community. I pay tribute to Kirklees Council, which has managed, by taking…13 Mar 2020HANSARD British Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillIt is a huge pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Bim Afolami) not just for introducing the Bill, but for the time that he spent…13 Mar 2020HANSARD British Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillIt is close by.13 Mar 2020HANSARD British Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillI am not surprised that the hon. Gentleman intervened on that point. I am sure, given his abilities of persuasion, that that is just around the corner any day now. He will have to…13 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I hope that the Government will step into discussions about how we make more vehicles electric—surely that is the way forward. The…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, and I am sure that his constituents have heard what he has said, but my understanding from my right hon. Friend the Member for…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]It is a great pleasure to open this important debate for the Labour party. It feels particularly apt to be debating the Commonwealth games on Commonwealth Day. Today we mark the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDOnline Harmful MaterialRecent figures from Ofcom show that half of all parents are worried about the online safety of their children, and sadly, as we have heard, they are right to be worried. The…13 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC Licence FeeThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this timely and important urgent question. As our public sector broadcaster, the BBC is central to the lives of our constituents: 91% of…06 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC Licence Fee(Urgent Question): At the risk of getting a cold shoulder, I should like to ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to make a statement on the…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Lobby and Media Briefings: Journalists' Access(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the barring of certain journalists from official civil servant media briefings at…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Lobby and Media Briefings: Journalists' AccessThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this timely and important urgent question. The ability of the lobby to have access to briefings without favour is a long-standing tradition,…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am seeking your advice on an urgent and important matter. This afternoon, accredited lobby journalists based here in the House of…03 Feb 2020HANSARD5G Network and HuaweiI congratulate the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) on securing this important urgent question, though I am deeply dismayed that the Prime Minister is not…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillIt is a great pleasure to speak on the Second Reading of the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill as the shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture,…22 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Creative IndustriesFor the last three decades I have served my time as an actor in the medical shows “Casualty”, “Holby City” and “Doctors”, but breaking my ankle the day before my first DCMS outing…16 Jan 2020HANSARDFootball Association and Bet365Thank you for granting this important urgent question, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for asking it. Many people are…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent, Kay Wadsworth, and her husband became homeless because they sold their home to pay off their daughter’s gambling debts. Kay tells me she believes that the stress…24 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI know that the Prime Minister has been doing a good job trying to reassure MPs such as me from towns that voted leave, but can he explain the loopholes on workers’ rights in the…22 Oct 2019HANSARDPreparations for Leaving the European UnionOn a recent trip to a pharmacy in Birstall, the staff and I had a conversation about their anxiety about generic drugs becoming more expensive because of delays and tariffs, and…21 Oct 2019