MP organises meeting with Health Minister about Bootham Park
Rachael Maskell MP for York Central is meeting the Health Minister Steve Barclay MP in…
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Summer Adjournment
Standards
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
We have heard some excellent speeches this afternoon, not least the two maiden speeches. In 1772, Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York, commissioned what is now known as Bootham Park Hospital....
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Public Sector Pay
Commons debates
How exactly will further education colleges be able to give their staff an uplift?
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Social Rented Housing: Consultation Papers
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department’s analysis of feedback from the roadshows for tenants on the development...
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Independent Complaints and Grievance Policy
Royal Assent
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
We have had an excellent debate, conducted in very much the right tone. We exist in communities, not least this parliamentary community, so every decision that we make, action we take and word we...
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Independent Complaints and Grievance Policy
Royal Assent
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The reality is that this is about amendment of the Standing Orders, which govern the procedures of the House, so while I accept that the motion is not necessarily in the right place, without the...
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Independent Complaints and Grievance Policy
Royal Assent
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
I have just checked Standing Order No. 150(12)(b) again, and its wording will not protect anonymity if there is no change. I am disappointed that the motion is not quite right and nor is the...
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Business of the House
Esa Underpayments
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
NHS Property Services has been required to dispose of the Bootham Park Hospital site. The city urgently needs capacity for new health services, yet developers want to move on to the site to build...
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Support for Farmers
Exiting the European Union
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The chemicals regulation division of the Health and Safety Executive regulates biocides and pesticides under the EU REACH—registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of...
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Access to Orkambi
Commons debates
My hon. Friend is making a very important speech. As I know from being a physio who worked with cystic fibrosis patients, when making an assessment of the cost of treating cystic fibrosis, we...
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Small Business Sector
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
There may be a lot of discussion between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Treasury, but the reality is that there is no action on business rates. Our retail...
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Ministry of Defence: One Public Estate Programme
Ministry of Defence
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans of 9 July 2018, Official...
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Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
Department for Transport
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of qualified HGV drivers in the road haulage industry for each year since 2010.
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Air Quality
Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The Committee on Climate Change has been scathing about the Government’s abysmal response to the UK’s seriously poor air quality, citing the fact that we are now on course to miss the...
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Air Quality
Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
What the implications are for his policy on air quality of the report of the Committee on Climate Change, “Reducing UK emissions—2018 Progress Report to Parliament”.
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Increasing Choice for Rail Passengers
Westminster Hall debates
No one has ever told me that before, so thank you, Mrs Moon. I will come to my conclusion. We want to ensure that the rail system works for passengers, that it improves social mobility, that it...
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Increasing Choice for Rail Passengers
Westminster Hall debates
Five minutes?
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Increasing Choice for Rail Passengers
Westminster Hall debates
I am watching the time. I will not go over my halfway mark.
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Increasing Choice for Rail Passengers
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I know what an interest you and other south Wales MPs have in the rail network, not least since we saw the announcement of...
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ESA: People with Motor Neurone Disease
Westminster Hall debates
My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I was a physiotherapist working in neurology, so I have a good understanding of motor neurone disease. It is crucial that individuals are able to...
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Topical Questions
Oral Answers to Questions - Defence
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations want to dispose of Duncombe barracks in York. Will the Ministry of Defence ensure that they work with City of York Council and use the principles of One...
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