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Victoria Atkins' performance, when pressure mounts on the NHS, is vital for her party's prospects.
The Labour leader says Conservative PM set loose "our natural entrepreneurialism".
The inquiry is both a case of reputation management and the big picture questions, BBC political editor Chris Mason writes.
But the former PM will argue robustly his government got many big pandemic calls right, sources say.
The PM says the UK remains more "ambitious" than others on climate change despite watering down policies.
Royal sources say the tie was a coincidence and not linked to Rishi Sunak's spat with the Greek PM.
The former prime minister hails the "integrity" of Lord Darling following his death aged 70.
The last bank in Richmond, North Yorkshire, is one of 18 branch closures announced by Barclays.
The benefits of a digital pound are unclear but the government should keep exploring it, say MPs.
The former health secretary says avoiding action in autumn 2020 led to tougher lockdowns later on.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the distribution of flood relief grant-aid to (a) homes and (b)...
Last week, Suffolk experienced its worst local floods for over 100 years, with communities in and around Needham Market, Framlingham, Debenham and Wickham Market particularly badly affected....
I feel this is an appropriate juncture to intervene. My right hon. Friend will be aware of the importance of Felixstowe port in Suffolk, which has almost 50% of the UK’s container trade....
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing today’s debate. She has rightly outlined some of the public service barriers faced by deaf people. A number of senior educationalists have...
No, I do not think it means we should do nothing. I think that if we believe, as I think many of us do, that we should control the illegitimate supply of nitrous oxide, we should look at existing...
If the House divides this evening I will be voting against the measure for the further reasons I am about to outline. I think it would be helpful to remind the Minister what the ACMD actually...
I am aware that it takes some time to compile ACMD reports. The reason is that the ACMD likes to look at the evidence in the round. There are a number of issues to look at here, such as harms of...
It is a pleasure to follow the SNP spokesperson, the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss). I do not disagree with much of what she said. I believe the Government will achieve very...
I do not wish to be disobliging to the Minister, but the ACMD was very clear that it did not believe that the medical harms of nitrous oxide pose anything like the significance of those caused by...
I draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: until recently, I was an acting consultant addiction psychiatrist. On the point about...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofsted on the steps it takes to collect data on the (a) skills training, (b) further education, (c)...
For over 10 years, 100 of my constituents at the Mill development in Ipswich have been in limbo, unable to move on with their lives, re-mortgage or sell their properties, because the Mill has...
It is quite clear that my right hon. Friend gets it on net migration. It is a shame that many people do not get it. In 2019, I stood on a manifesto when net migration was around 220,000 and I...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of schools that received an Ofsted inspection in 2023 and did not receive a grade of outstanding as a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced apprenticeship levy contribution for companies which take on...
No, I am not going to give way in this speech. I have great respect for the police of this country, but that does not mean that they do not sometimes get it wrong, or that as Members of...
It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate on the King’s Speech. Much of the work on crime and policing, I of course welcome: tougher sentencing for the most serious criminals; action on...
I first raised this issue in this place on 18 May 2020. The Rwanda scheme was stuck in the courts for 18 months. Enough is enough. Does the Home Secretary agree that one of the tools in his...
The Minister deserves great credit for all the work he has done on this issue. I am really pleased that the Novotel in Ipswich will be put back to its proper use. At the heart of this issue is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to expedite delivery of the Haughley Junction rail project, north of Stowmarket.