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Rachael Maskell MP for York Central is meeting the Health Minister Steve Barclay MP in…
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Oral Answers to Questions - Transport
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
There are just eight days until the UK leave the EU. No deal or plan is in place; there is simply chaos across the Government. However, it is the chaos across our borders that is my concern...
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Railways: Tickets
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 comparative estimate he has made of the number of open railway station ticket offices now and in 2010.
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Railway Stations
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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) staffed, (b) part-time staffed and (c) unstaffed railway stations in each year since 2010.
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Article 50 Extension
Destitution Domestic Violence Concession (Eligibility)
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that this is about not the length of the extension but its function? The EU will need to see either a change in the process—that is, a vote of...
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Insect Population
Westminster Hall debates
This is a crucial debate. Is my hon. Friend aware of the work of Professor Jane Hill, who has been mapping the northward progress of butterflies as the climate changes? They are such a sensitive...
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Special Educational Needs - [Geraint Davies in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. It is no coincidence that I also speak on behalf of the city of York. The council’s estimated spend on the high needs budget is...
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Overseas Aid: Charities
Department for International Development
Rachael Maskell received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the process for charities to bid for funding from her Department on (a) the ability of...
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Older Pensioners
Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, one in six pensioners now lives in poverty. Last year, 46,000 pensioners died prematurely, and the winter fuel allowance has not been increased for 15...
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Health and Care Professions Council: Registration Fees
Westminster Hall debates
My hon. Friend makes such a good point. I wish I could explain that, but to me it seems to be more money and less work. I am as baffled as he is about why health sector workers have to pay into...
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Health and Care Professions Council: Registration Fees
Westminster Hall debates
Students do have responsibility, but the registered health professional is responsible for ensuring that they are safe under their practice while they are training in their profession. Training...
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Health and Care Professions Council: Registration Fees
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Mr McCabe. I was also registered with the HCPC and the preceding bodies. Although I am no longer registered, I recognise the impact this issue...
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Spring Statement
Commons debates
York schools are the worst-funded in the country, we have the highest attainment gap, and the schools in the most deprived areas have had the largest per pupil funding cut. When will the...
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Transport Infrastructure: Essex - [Graham Stringer in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
I was referring to RIS1, not RIS2.
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Transport Infrastructure: Essex - [Graham Stringer in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
Will the Minister give way?
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Transport Infrastructure: Essex - [Graham Stringer in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I welcome this morning’s debate and the case made by the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and the hon. Members for...
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Regional Transport Infrastructure - [Joan Ryan in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
I am sorry, I do not have time. I want to see a focus on decarbonisation and decongestion as a priority for my city of York. Over the next 12 months, Labour’s cities and transport...
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Regional Transport Infrastructure - [Joan Ryan in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Ms Ryan. We have had fantastic contributions from the north, south, east and west of the country, with hon. Members making representations and...
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School Funding - [Sir David Crausby in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. When I came into this House, schools in York were the seventh worst funded in the country. However, we then proceeded to fall...
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Brownfield Sites
Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rachael Maskell made a speech in the House of Commons
The City of York Council administration has an abysmal house building record, and we have seen a net loss of social housing. We also have the largest brownfield site in the country, ready to be...
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A Better Defence Estate
Commons debates
Although it is welcome that the closure of Towthorpe and the state of the art medical training facility have been delayed and also Strensall because of the Natural England report saying that the...
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