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HANSARDKashmir: Self-determinationThank you, Sir Roger, and please accept my apologies. I thank my hon. Friend, who is a great advocate, for taking an intervention. In the great city of Bradford we share a large…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkLike many of my Labour colleagues, I was out talking to small high-street businesses at the weekend, specifically in Saltaire, in my constituency. For many of them, the permanent…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkWhen I have talked to small and medium-sized enterprises in my constituency of Shipley, they have welcomed the announcement that there will be free apprenticeship training so that…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group on carers and a member of the Public…10 Dec 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI commend the Home Secretary for the tone in which she has approached this very sensitive subject. I met victims and survivors in West Yorkshire, including representatives of the…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityThe Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through my constituency of Shipley, and on it is the very famous Bingley Five Rise locks. Because of water scarcity, that lock, and passage…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityAs the hon. Gentleman may know, the chief exec of Yorkshire Water, while publicly not taking her bonus, took quite a large sum of money from the Kelda Holdings company. Given that…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman—09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityThe hon. Gentleman—sorry. As he said, Yorkshire has also experienced water shortages. From July this year, we have had a hosepipe ban and reservoirs remain at critically low…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityAs neighbouring MPs, the hon. Gentleman and I have a shared interest in Yorkshire Water’s performance. As he set out, this is not a recent problem; it has been going on for…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityI commend the Minister for all she has done so far to address the problems in the water sector, and look forward to the forthcoming water White Paper. I realise she cannot give…09 Dec 2025HANSARDReview of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments7. What steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the review of carer’s allowance overpayments, published on 25 November 2025.08 Dec 2025HANSARDReview of Carer’s Allowance OverpaymentsI thank the Minister for his response. As he well knows, over the last decade, around 185,000 unpaid family carers have been pursued by the Department for Work and Pensions to…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsOn Friday, I met senior detectives in Bradford who investigate and bring prosecutions for historical cases of child sexual exploitation and abuse, including group-based abuse.…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyChildren across my Shipley constituency see at first hand the impact of child poverty in their schools and communities. I recently visited the Shipley school uniform hub, run by…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ13. This week I met my constituents, Mike and Sue. Their autistic son Jimmy was imprisoned as a young man. The judge recommended a sentence of two and a half years. Jimmy is now…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI represent a constituency on the other side of the Pennines. Does my hon. Friend agree that this investment in transport in the north, linking across the Pennines to great cities…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLast week, I went to Shipley college in my constituency and met some of the students. They asked what the Labour Government were going to do to provide them with training and…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend speaks with passion about child poverty. The fact that we have so many children in poverty is clearly a legacy of Tory economic mismanagement. Does my hon. Friend…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Home InsulationI absolutely agree that home insulation is essential in tackling not only rising energy bills but climate change. I hope the Minister will confirm the Government’s ambition to…26 Nov 2025