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HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsLet me make a point to demonstrate how rushed and ill thought through this policy is. My understanding is that if a child in a nursery has turned five but the other children in…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI welcome the hon. and gallant Member for North East Derbyshire (Louise Jones) to her place. We need more people in Parliament who have service in their hearts. I also thank her…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsWill the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. These parents have already paid into the state school system as if their child were going to state school, and they are net contributors to…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsThere we go.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsIs the hon. Gentleman just going to stand, or will he ask to intervene?08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent was brave enough to report her husband for the abuse that he put her through. He has just been released from prison on two conditions: he would be tagged and he was…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI thank my honourable friend for giving way. I call her “friend” because we have worked together very closely over the past few years, and I welcome her election—I would have…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI rise to speak on behalf of the 20,800 pensioners in Rutland, Stamford and the Harborough and South Kesteven villages who will lose their winter fuel payment this winter. This…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaAs this is the first time that I have appeared opposite the new Minister at the Dispatch Box, I wish not only to congratulate him but to welcome him to his place. In a previous…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: SyriaThe people of Syria have suffered unimaginable horrors since 2011, first under Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship and then at the hands of Daesh, al-Qaeda, Iranian-backed…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: SyriaWould the Minister be kind enough to write to me with the details of that voluntary contribution, so that I understand fully what contribution was made?09 Sept 2024HANSARD International Special Tribunal: UkraineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. and gallant Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord) for securing this important debate. I…03 Sept 2024HANSARD International Special Tribunal: UkraineI think that the right hon. Lady would recognise, however, that President Zelensky cannot be accused of politicising the situation. If the Conservative party were still in power,…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I seek your guidance? I wish to place on record my severe concerns about the Government’s failure to come formally before the House…30 Jul 2024HANSARDUK-India RelationsThank you, Mr Speaker. The Foreign Secretary rightly visited India to discuss a trade agreement between our countries. The Labour party regularly called for human rights to be…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Road Safety on the A1As my hon. Friend says, that is something we have on the A1 already. I caution him, because I know that, while our constituents call for safety measures, they are often not the…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Road Safety on the A1Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting this important debate on the A1. [Interruption.] Apparently other Members of the House do not have the courtesy to allow us to debate…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceWe all remember Gordon Brown’s raid on pensions. It has taken just three weeks for Labour to revert to type, and it is pensioners who are suffering most. Martin Lewis has already…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Road Safety on the A1My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will turn to a potential solution that I plan to put to the Government on that exact point, but is it not horrifying that my local BBC…29 Jul 2024