Oral Contribution: 10th May, 2018
This is an exciting process, is it not? It is a great pleasure to follow the inspirational speech of my hon. Friend Tracy Brabin, and I congratulate Stewart Malcolm McDonald on his paean of praise for the great city of Glasgow. I will make a couple of opening remarks before concentrating on the Leeds city region. It is worthy of note that, for the first time since I was originally elected to the House in 1997, it is uncontested across all political parties that Channel 4 is best in the public sector. To paraphrase Sir Michael Grade when he was chief of Channel 4, Channel 4 can be in the public sector with a public broadcasting remit or it can be privatised, but it cannot be both. The fact that this process is taking place at all is testament to that; long may it remain so...
EDM Sponsored: 10th May, 2018
That this House recognises the 50th anniversary of the Watersplash Final between Leeds and Wakefield Trinity, played in horrific and wet conditions at Wembley Stadium on 11 May 1968 for rugby league's Challenge Cup...
EDM Supported: 9th May, 2018
That this House notes that according to the UN there will be more plastic in the sea than fish by 2050; further notes that global fossil fuel subsidies amount to $5.3 trillion, more than the combined GDP of UK and France...
Written Question: 9th May, 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas were made for prospective consultants by medical discipline at each of the foundation hospitals in 2017; and how many of those applications were approved by medical discipline for (a) Airedale General Hospital, (b) Bradford Royal Infirmary and (c) St Luke's Hospital Bradford.
EDM Supported: 9th May, 2018
That this House notes with great concern that up to 13 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year, causing significant damage to marine life and spoiling coastal landscapes in the UK and across the world...
Oral Contribution: 8th May, 2018
It is a great pleasure to follow Jim Shannon, who spoke passionately and movingly about the progressive policies in Northern Ireland. I congratulate my hon. Friend Daniel Zeichner, who certainly did the bus proud in celebrating the 10th anniversary of concessionary bus passes. I am 57 years old, and I hope—if the Lord spares me—to get my own bus pass by the 20th anniversary. There is no greater joy in life than sitting on the front seat at the top of a double-decker bus, as I did this weekend. I must put on the record that, in my unbiased opinion, Keighley bus station is the friendliest in the United Kingdom...
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