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HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI would welcome that. The Government need to take into account Lutterworth East and to ask themselves why a Labour parliamentarian and a Conservative parliamentarian have had to…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963I will make a further point first. Let me be clear: this is not a debate about returning all the treasures in the British Museum. If it were, we might be here for another century.…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963Most certainly not. I thank my right hon. Friend for his valued contribution. That is precisely the issue that I do not wish to debate. He may well be absolutely correct to say…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963I welcome the contribution of the hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George), just as I welcome the contributions of the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and my right hon.…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963I beg to move, That this House has considered the Parthenon marbles and the British Museum Act 1963. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I declare at…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963I thank the hon. Gentleman for his very valued view. I reiterate that this debate has nothing to do with how the marbles came to be acquired by the British Museum. The hon.…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963I thank the hon. Member for citing the welcome example of those artefacts, which I have enjoyed viewing on a number of occasions. I want to ensure that every Member of Parliament…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963Or in Spalding, or any other principal museum across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Indeed, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff would be a prime…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Hair and Beauty Sector: Government PolicyI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Only a few weeks ago, I visited Sue Davis’s hair salon in Blaby in my constituency, and she introduced me to two of the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsDouble child rapist and murderer Colin Pitchfork is up for parole for the fifth time. I know the Prime Minister does not have direct control—nor should he—over the Parole Board,…02 Apr 2025HANSARDSpring StatementThe Chancellor rightly reminded the House that the British public are watching. Among them are tens of thousands of the most vulnerable pensioners in our society. Will she please…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillSouth Leicestershire is a mid-sized constituency measuring 15 miles by 10 miles, and it already has some of the largest-scale developments in any part of our country. We have the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowThe Secretary of State mentioned that many families were evacuated from their properties. Safety is clearly of paramount importance, but only a few days ago NatPower UK informed…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWill the Minister give way?24 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 19 March.19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI thank the hon. Member for allowing me to intervene. There is no doubt that we all have sympathy with people who are finding the cost of living a challenge. But as Madam Deputy…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI will give the hon. Gentleman a very clear and unambiguous response: I support pensioners and the weakest in society. It is disgraceful that it is a Labour Government who have…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Paymentrose—19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentIndeed. My hon. Friend continues to make very sensible points. I am sure pensioners watching this debate will, once and for all, see that in 14 years of Conservative government we…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe hon. Lady has raised that point already and erroneously said that my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately) had misspoken. The only person who has…19 Mar 2025