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HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. I express my sincere gratitude for all the kind words from colleagues on this, my first day in the Home Office. What a…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I will turn to the BNO status shortly, but I think of all the work that goes on in my community around English language. Similarly, with…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI will in a second. I appreciate the strength of feeling that colleagues have expressed today. I would caution them about defending a status quo that does not work. I ask them to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainWe will be opening the consultation up for everybody to make important points about how the system relates to them. The Opposition spokesperson, the hon. Member for Weald of Kent…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI cannot give the hon. Gentleman a timeframe today, but I appreciate and accept his point about the time pressures that people will feel.08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt was quite interesting that the Chamber was so full at the beginning of the debate; indeed, we had the very unlikely spectacle of my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI absolutely do. When we talk about a system—and this is a system—there is a danger that we forget the fact that these are individual people with lives, hopes and dreams. We…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for harking back to the 2010-to-2015 period—it truly felt like we were back in other times—but I will address his points as I go along. My…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Regeneration FundAs set out in the landmark devolution White Paper, this Government were elected on a manifesto that promised a partnership approach with local authorities, resetting the…02 Sept 2025HANSARD Changing Places ToiletsOn the second question, I absolutely will. My hon. Friend’s contribution to this debate was outstanding, as is his wider work. On the first point, as we begin summer recess, a…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Changing Places ToiletsIt is so important that in our naturally busy lives we all do not cut corners, whether by parking in places or using toilets that are not designed for us. We must understand that,…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Changing Places ToiletsI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) for securing this debate and for setting such a beautiful tone at the start of his speech.…22 Jul 2025HANSARDBlack Country DayBoth for them and for other Walsall constituencies. I definitely would not want to be seen to favour one end of Walsall over the other—certainly not with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz.…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Changing Places ToiletsI will take up that point in the same spirit. The intent of the original programme was to try to fill in the gaps, but clearly from my hon. Friend’s contribution there is more to…22 Jul 2025HANSARDBlack Country DayIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. It is so apt that you are in the Chair for this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tipton and Wednesbury…22 Jul 2025HANSARDCombating Hatred against Muslims FundThe Minister for Faith, Communities and Resettlement, my noble Friend Lord Khan, has today made the following statement: In April the Government announced a new fund to provide a…21 Jul 2025HANSARDRemediation Acceleration PlanOn 2 December 2024, this Government published our remediation acceleration plan, setting out our approach to accelerating the remediation of residential buildings with unsafe…17 Jul 2025HANSARDHigh StreetsWe are committed to rejuvenating our high streets and town centres. That includes tackling empty shops through high street rental auctions and legislating for a community right to…14 Jul 2025HANSARDCommunity Regeneration Funding: ScotlandI note the passion with which my hon. Friend speaks about this. His leadership is going to be crucial to the success of this project. It speaks exactly to why we have taken the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHigh StreetsI cannot accept the hon. Lady’s characterisation. If we look at the history of the 2010 to 2024 Government, we can see that the pressure on local authorities, which we have heard…14 Jul 2025