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HANSARDRough SleepingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, and to follow my friend the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle), alongside whom I co-chair the…07 Feb 2019HANSARDKnife Crime Prevention OrdersI welcome this initiative, which I think will make a difference, but we must go further. The Minister knows that since entering this House I have campaigned for both first aid…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Fares are an interesting point. Of course everyone would like to see rail fares come down, but most people say that they want…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main Linerose —30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was actually rising to thank the Minister for being so generous in taking so many interventions during this debate.30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI have heard similar anecdotal cases. We must not forget that people do not just have issues getting to work; they need to get home, too. A lot of people have childcare providers.…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI thank the Minister for giving way again. He is being incredibly generous. May I suggest that one of the reasons why Greater Anglia is so prolific on Twitter is the fact that it…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineWe are starting this debate somewhat early, and it happens to be a debate on rail delays. Looking at the time, I can work out that I have approximately two and a half hours, which…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He is right; nobody should be standing on a train for this length of time. Nobody should be standing to get to London Liverpool Street…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I used to live in his constituency, so I know that rail line well. I understand that the trains have improved somewhat since I lived…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineMy hon. Friend refers to the Beaulieu Park station, which is important not just for Chelmsford but for the whole great eastern main line, because it affords us the opportunity to…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and for the role he plays on the great eastern main line taskforce. One reason why it has been so successful is that all the MPs…30 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationNew and growing businesses in Colchester such as Ryza Media, Three Wise Monkeys, Heavenly Desserts and Beer Me Now are helping to drive our local economy. How will measures such…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business Creation2. What steps he is taking to encourage the creation of new businesses.29 Jan 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeNo. 21, Mr Speaker.21 Jan 2019HANSARDViolent Crime21. Will the Minister join me in welcoming the £664,000 allocated to Essex from the Home Office early intervention youth fund? Will the Secretary of State keep the situation under…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCapita’s Army Recruitment ContractI accept that it is early days, but has the Minister made any assessment of the Army’s new recruitment advertising campaign?14 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Sadly, Ethiopia has one of the worst neonatal mortality records in the world. Will the Minister join me in thanking all those in Colchester, including the CHUFT Blanketeers,…09 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming the £900 million cut in business rates announced at the most recent Budget, which will benefit thousands…08 Jan 2019