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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join the Home Secretary and shadow Home Secretary in paying tribute to PC Keith Palmer, who lost his life keeping us safe four years ago, and in sending support to the Avon and…22 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), a fellow Select Committee Chair. The tragic death of Sarah Everard is obviously on all…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenMay I join in the expressions from across the House of deep sympathy and condolences to Sarah Everard’s family following her tragic death? Women across the country have been moved…15 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationIn the 12 months since the previous Budget, we have had three difficult lockdowns, we have lost over 120,000 lives, with one of the worst death rates in the world, and our economy…08 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Brazil variant cases arrived a month after I raised this issue with the Prime Minister, and they show not only the problems of delays, but the limitations of the pre-travel…02 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapOur covid rates in Yorkshire have fallen much more slowly than those in London and the south-east, partly because fewer people can work from home and more people in our towns have…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances BillI congratulate the Attorney-General on her pregnancy and on being the first Cabinet Minister to take maternity leave. It is 20 years ago this summer since I was the first Minister…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYesterday, the Home Secretary told me in Parliament that 100% compliance checks were now taking place at the border. Yet one passenger arriving at Heathrow yesterday from South…09 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe South African variant has now been identified on many continents, and the risks to the vaccine programme are concerning. Can the Home Secretary confirm, following her letter…08 Feb 2021HANSARD Towns FundCastleford has put in a bid to the towns fund, and I have been working with Wakefield Council, community organisations and local businesses to draw up plans for badly needed…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Health Secretary rightly said that our mission should be to stop the South African variant spreading. The community spread shows that border measures are failing to do that.…02 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman), a fellow Select Committee Chair, although I take a very different view from him, based on the…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersWill the Minister explain what he means by 100% compliance checks? Does he just mean people filled in the form, or does he mean they were actually checked to see whether they were…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersThe Minister referred to police checks. The data published last week showed that, when the police are doing these very minimal checks at the moment, if they find that nobody is…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome these measures, but they do not go far enough to deliver a comprehensive system. The Brazil and South Africa variants have been…27 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe Home Secretary lifted all the self-isolation rules for travellers on 13 March last year. In the following 10 days, up to 10,000 people with covid arrived in the UK, making the…26 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerIt is very hard to understand how 400,000 records could be deleted from such a crucial system without there being a proper back-up system in place. If this was the normal weekly…18 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownAbusers exploit lockdowns to increase their control, so I welcome the “Ask for ANI” scheme, which the Home Affairs Committee called for. On the vital issue of funding for…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Economic UpdateA Castleford constituent—a single mum who works at a major company’s distribution warehouse—has been told that her employer will not furlough her while schools are closed and that…11 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthCases in the Wakefield district have gone up by over a third in a week. They are still lower at the moment than in November, when Pinderfields Hospital was pushed into crisis, but…06 Jan 2021