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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the Government for considering improvements to the A605 and Tinwell junctions on the A1, but the current plan is to put traffic lights in place and National…16 Jul 2026HANSARDBritish National Overseas VisaAnn Widdecombe was a force of nature, and my heart goes out to all her friends and loved ones. The BNO route has provided sanctuary for Hongkongers fleeing the autocracy of the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationNobody asked for this, and the lack of a mandate has been compounded by councils like Rutland county council refusing to engage with any opposition councillors. I want to make it…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn early 2025, Rutland police caught a local shop owner red-handed with a carload of illegal fake cigarettes. Since then, I have reported this to His Majesty’s Revenue and…02 Jul 2026HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn 2023, I secured funds from the last Government to conserve and bring home our 10-foot sea dragon to Rutland. Unfortunately, Rutland county council has now overrun on another…02 Jul 2026HANSARD Historical Forced AdoptionTo all the mothers and your stolen children who have wrongly carried grief and shame for so long, you were denied the love that you deserved and tortured by a state—and the…02 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Wishart. Far too many lives are still being tragically cut short by offences involving knives and other bladed weapons. I pay…01 Jul 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThis money risks landing after the danger, because it backloads most of the spending until after 2030. What if Russia rearms before 2030, or what if Xi Jinping does as the Chinese…30 Jun 2026HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits against Public ParticipationSelf-swab rape kits are not admissible in court, yet the company Enough is using SLAPPs to attack rape charities and survivors who dare to speak out against it. This is exactly…30 Jun 2026HANSARD National Maternity and Neonatal InvestigationThis week last year, I had multiple pulmonary emboli only a few weeks after giving birth. I am very grateful to Dr Laura Stephens, who saved my life and then was punished for…30 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet OfficeI always found the former Defence Secretary to be very decent in how he engaged, how he worked across parties and how seriously he took the job. I do not think there is a vacancy…29 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet OfficeThis debate is very timely, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on securing it. In recent months, the Joint Committee on the National…29 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet OfficeSince as early as 2013, when I was working with the Cabinet Office—specifically with the Joint Intelligence Organisation and others—climate change has been included in the matrix…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, we have been discussing civility in public life, yet almost a year ago, I formally reported Rutland Councillor Mark Chatfield to the Liberal Democrats for a year’s…18 Jun 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Gentleman has set the point out very powerfully. It is distressing for any of us in this House, and particularly for those of us who cannot imagine our children being put…18 Jun 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way and to the hon. Member for Eltham and Chislehurst (Clive Efford) for securing this debate. It is very difficult for any of us…18 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillWe have tabled 13 amendments, not to frustrate the Bill but to give it the necessary teeth. This Bill is soft where it should be hard, silent where it should speak, and blind…17 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillThat is exactly the crux of the point I made in my speech on Second Reading. We should not set a higher threshold, because we will see prosecutions collapse for exactly that…17 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillI am not sure that anyone has disputed that Jonathan Hall backs the Bill. I had a lengthy call with him to discuss the gaps in the Bill, which I am sure the hon. Gentleman has not…17 Jun 2026HANSARD National Security (State Threats) Bill (Allocation of Time)Let me be clear from the outset that the Opposition support the Bill and want it on the statute book, but we cannot support the manner in which the Government are seeking to pass…17 Jun 2026