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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for the amazing work you do for victims—it is a shame that respect is not being afforded across this room today. Victims are at the centre of this, and we should try…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q In a case where somebody makes that appeal and says, “I was not advised and there was evidence that was not considered. I think there was a miscarriage of justice here,” are you…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q I will come on to my substantive question then, because I have not got much time. You said that we should not remove the right to elect, as juries act as a safeguard against…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)Q Should we remove it at the Court of Appeal stage as well? Is that APPEAL’s position? Emma Torr: No, that is not APPEAL’s position.25 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansI declare an interest as I am a former student with a plan 2 loan. I became a student during the first year that plan 2 loans were introduced. I remind hon. Members that I had a…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRoyal Mail: PerformanceThe service provided by Royal Mail in my constituency is simply not good enough. Hundreds of residents have written to me over the past year with shocking, but unfortunately…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansThe hon. Gentleman will be pleased that I am coming to exactly that point later in my speech. Of course there are challenges with this system. There were challenges with it back…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportBefore she moves on from the subject of housing, does the Minister agree that the partnership between Women’s Aid, Airbnb and the Mayor of London is a really exciting pilot…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for my Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill, which he has backed from the start. He is making a very powerful point about the role that…18 Mar 2026HANSARDStudent LoansMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point about how, when the Opposition say they are going to cut funding for certain courses, they really mean that those courses will be…18 Mar 2026HANSARDStudent LoansLabour Members have asked Conservative Members repeatedly if they can name a course or an institution that they would cut. The hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Dr Spencer)…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansIt was not in the manifesto.18 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansThe hon. Gentleman is making a very important point. The Conservatives talk about cutting public funding for courses such as creative arts, but that will not stop the wealthiest…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansI am always happy to be educated by privately educated Oxbridge graduates who did not pay a penny for their student fees. The right hon. Gentleman will find that employment levels…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansGloucester has a number of grammar schools and they are doing very well for the students there. I went to a grammar school—[Hon. Members: “Oh!] I went to a state school, and my…18 Mar 2026HANSARDJury TrialsUnder the previous Conservative Government, criminal justice funding was cut by 23%, we lost 42% of our magistrates, half of our magistrates courts were closed and the number of…17 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentI must admit that I am a little disappointed by those on the shadow Front Bench, who are sneering and suggesting that plunging 3,000 Gloucester children back into poverty will…17 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressGloucester residents rightly expect that nobody be above the law, so will the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister update the House on what steps the Department is taking to…16 Mar 2026HANSARDRoyal Mail: Universal Service ObligationGloucester residents have been let down by Royal Mail for years; it is prioritising parcels over post and profits over our posties. I have a visit to Gloucester North delivery…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals BillHas the shadow Minister seen today’s statement from the Institute for Government, which has backed the Government’s modelling and overturned its previous position? He might want…10 Mar 2026