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HANSARDCrown Court BacklogThe people of Newcastle-under-Lyme want thugs and criminals to be held to account and to feel the full force of the law, and victims of crime to get the justice they deserve. In…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponsePeople across Newcastle-under-Lyme watch events in the middle east week in, week out with anger, horror, sadness and frustration. I am grateful to the shadow Foreign Secretary for…07 Jul 2025HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillI apologise to the Bill’s promoter, the hon. Member for Chester South and Eddisbury (Aphra Brandreth), for being late; I had hoped to be here earlier. The Minister talked about…04 Jul 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Billrose —04 Jul 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillI wish the shadow Minister a happy anniversary, too.04 Jul 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I am an English MP; we are talking about Scotland and Wales; and my wife is from Northern Ireland. Our four nations are very much…04 Jul 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Tracy Gilbert) on getting this Bill to its Third Reading and getting both sides of the House behind it,…04 Jul 2025HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillWhere they are from, not where they are.04 Jul 2025HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillI am enjoying my hon. Friend’s speech on space. I must declare that I prefer to have my feet firmly on planet Earth, but none the less I am enjoying his contribution. I have been…04 Jul 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillWishful thinking is all I will say, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am very proud of my Labour party membership card, thank you very much.04 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationSoundCloud—there you are. The point is made: he is cooler than I am. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green for securing this important debate,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationWill the Minister accept my invitation, from one Newcastle MP to another, to follow up on her visit to the school in Washington and come and see the formative impact that music…03 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic EducationLet me start by saying that I completely echo the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) about recruitment. It is important…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention—it teaches me not to take them. I also thank him for helping my street cred this morning. He raises an important point.…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point.13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me my first opportunity to speak in the Chamber on this most important of issues. As I do so, I think of all those who were…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will take one intervention from the other side of the House, and then I will continue.13 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeI have two quick points. First, as the Minister carries out those meetings—I wish her well—will she consider meeting some of us from coalfield communities, to facilitate that…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeI am mindful of the fact that hon. Members do not have to be present at Adjournment debates, but does it not say everything that there is not a single Conservative MP here this…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsTackling poverty and inequality is in our DNA, and it is why many Members on the Government Benches are in this place. I welcome this announcement, as I know the more than 3,000…05 Jun 2025