Chris’ most recent appearances:
In Parliament
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National Debt | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates
Was it not clear from the OBR report last week that it is a hard Brexit that presents the biggest threat to our national finances? Just a 0.1% decrease in productivity could lead, over 50 years,...
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Schools Update | Commons debates
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to press the Secretary of State a little on the point that the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon)—the new Chair of the Select Committee on...
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Schools: Nottingham | Westminster Hall debates
I am grateful that my hon. Friend has secured this debate. She will know my constituent, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who last year won the BBC young musician of the year contest, as he went to Trinity...
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Exiting the EU | The Secretary of State Was Asked | Commons debates
Yesterday, the Prime Minister’s spokesman was reported as saying that, “the transition rules could involve the European Court of Justice for a limited time…that’s all a...
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Electoral Fraud | Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Commons debates
But surely the time has come for automatic electoral registration. How can it possibly be fair that, according to the Office for National Statistics, in my inner-city Nottingham constituency,...
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Leaving the EU: NHS Workforce | Oral Answers to Questions - Health | Commons debates
The Secretary of State should know that staff shortages are not just bad for patients—they are also costing a lot more, in Nottingham and elsewhere, because of locum and agency costs. Is it...
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Madagascar: Mining | Department for International Development | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering assistance to conservation organisations in Madagascar for the...
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Legislating for Uk Withdrawal from the EU | Commons debates
The Secretary of State needs to make it clear now that all those regulations and protocols relating to justice, home affairs, protection, security and terrorism will stay part of our laws with...
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Knives: Sentencing | Ministry of Justice | Written Answers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Sentencing Council for England and Wales plans to publish its revised guidelines on sentencing for knife possession as a result of its...
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Pension Investments | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates
Well, that is the point I was going to ask the Minister about. Will he tell us when he will crack down on cold calling? These people are trying to scam others out of their hard-earned life...