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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Health devolution will allow decision makers to prioritise health inequalities in Manchester, but does my right hon. Friend agree that health professionals in the NHS need to be involved in the detailed discussions to make sure that we get the best deal for patients in our local NHS?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Mar 2015
Yarl’s Wood

"The managing director of Serco’s home affairs business has said that an independent review was required because the

“public will want to be confident that Yarl’s Wood is doing its difficult task with professionalism, care and humanity”.

Given the catalogue of shame and controversy over many years, is not the …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Culture, Media and Sport committee

"We disagree with the long-term future of the licence fee and whether non-payment of the licence fee should be decriminalised. Does the Chair of the Committee accept that any moves to decriminalise non-payment before 2017 would be contrary to the agreement reached with the BBC in 2010, when it accepted …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Previous TV deals with the Premier League have not resulted in comparable increases in funding for the grass roots and football family. Does the Secretary of State accept that the only way of guaranteeing future funding is for this Parliament to legislate to ensure that 5% of Premier League revenue …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q13. Does the Prime Minister agree with me that, hot on the heels of devolving powers on transport and housing, the welcome announcement that Manchester will take control of its £6 billion NHS budget shows the coalition’s commitment to local decision-making for Manchester, in stark contrast to the Labour Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"One of the so-called improvements to our immigration system is the decision to require asylum seekers, including those from China, to make fresh submissions in person at Liverpool. Would the Minister care to dispute the comments of Dave Smith of the Boaz Trust, who rightly says that it appears to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"What has been the cost in wasted court time, particularly in family proceedings where people have not been properly prepared for their proceedings, as a result of cuts to legal aid?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Why is no help available to get people with mental health problems back on to employment and support allowance, when they have voluntarily come off ESA and gone on to jobseeker’s allowance, wrongly believing that they were fit to work, only to be sanctioned for failing to comply with their …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Jan 2015
Business of the House

"Given that Responsible Gambling Trust research into fixed- odds betting terminals showed that four out of five gamblers staking the average £13 spin exhibited problem gambling characteristics, can we have a debate on the Floor of the House to discuss whether the Government’s proposals will have any impact whatever?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2015
Trident Renewal

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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