Mike Reader
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(1 day, 17 hours ago)
Commons Chamber Sir Alan Campbell
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Sir Alan Campbell 
        
    
        
    
        I am glad to hear that the girl in question suffered only minor injuries, but this is nevertheless a tragic event and my hon. Friend is right to raise those concerns. I urge National Highways, and everybody else who has a role to play in this matter, to listen carefully to what he asks for. He may wish to highlight that through either a Backbench Business debate or an Adjournment debate.
 Mike Reader (Northampton South) (Lab)
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Mike Reader (Northampton South) (Lab) 
        
    
        
    
        The Royal & Derngate in Northampton has been named the UK’s most welcoming theatre. Will the Leader of the House join me in commending Jo Gordon, the chief executive; Jesse Jones, our artistic director; and all the team at the Royal & Derngate?
 Sir Alan Campbell
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Sir Alan Campbell 
        
    
        
    
        I congratulate the Royal & Derngate theatre on being named the UK’s most welcoming theatre. Local theatres are an important part of the UK’s creative industry and play a vital role in our local communities. I thank everyone involved with the theatre concerned.