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HANSARDCall for General ElectionI appreciate the hon. Member’s attempt to reiterate the speech that he made, but I would have thought that he would be grateful that there are 3,250 children in Keighley who will…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionThe hon. Gentleman was in Parliament when 2,300 jobs in the steel industry were lost overnight in my constituency. We had to deal with the consequences of that. His party know all…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionThe hon. Member got up and talked about the glass being half-empty. If we are restoring trust in politics, it is important that we remind people about all the things that are…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for moving the motion on behalf…12 Jan 2026HANSARDFree School Meals: Auto-enrolmentThis Labour Government are proud to be taking historic steps to end child poverty. We are extending eligibility for free school meals to all children and households receiving…04 Dec 2025HANSARDFree School Meals: Auto-enrolmentWe want to ensure that all families can claim the support they are entitled to, and we recognise that there is some great best practice happening around the country, so we will…04 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur great civil service serves citizens from across the UK, so it should look like them, sound like them, and come from the same towns, cities, regions and nations as the…04 Dec 2025HANSARD Public Bodies: Governance and AccountabilityThat is a great question. I will take it on myself, as an outcome of this discussion, to write to colleagues to invite them to submit the kind of examples and evidence that we…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Bodies: Governance and AccountabilityIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I want to take a moment to pay huge tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Walsall and Bloxwich…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Bodies: Governance and AccountabilityMy hon. Friend raises an interesting and important issue. Far too often there have been departmental silos, and silos within other public bodies, and they are not talking to each…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Bodies: Governance and AccountabilityI completely agree with my hon. Friend. She articulates the struggle that so many of us find in picking up bits of casework and trying to champion our constituents’ needs and…12 Nov 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Opportunities outside LondonMy hon. Friend is a real champion for his constituency. We greatly value the contribution of the 23,000 civil service staff who are based in the east of England, and are…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service: Opportunities outside LondonOur great civil service serves all the people across the UK, so it should look like them, sound like them and come from the same towns, cities, regions and nations as the…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service RecruitmentWe have full confidence in the Cabinet Secretary and we condemn all leaks and breaches. We undertake to look into how any leaks from Government take place.23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service RecruitmentThe fast stream programme, of which I am proud to be a graduate, is the No. 1 graduate employee scheme in the country. We are proud that we have had over 70,000 applicants for…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service RecruitmentUnder the last Tory Government, Boris Johnson said that he would cut the number of people employed by the civil service by 91,000, but that figure went up. Jeremy Hunt said that…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCivil Service RecruitmentThank you very much, Mr Speaker. This Government’s aim is to recruit the brightest and best talent into the civil service—brilliant people from across the UK with the skills to…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCorrection to Parliamentary Question HL8160: Anti-money Laundering Supervision ReformIt has been brought to my attention by officials that the Cabinet Office’s written answer to Lord Booth’s parliamentary question [HL6032] was inaccurate. Through this statement, I…13 Oct 2025HANSARDCorrection to PQ HL8160We will issue this statement at a later date. [HCWS932]16 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025We are discussing the legislation; that is the point of principle, and that is why the Clerk has intervened.02 Jun 2025