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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) BillThe response of the shadow Justice Secretary, the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy), while families are sitting with us in the Public Gallery, was one that he should be…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseAfter 14 years of Conservative austerity, councils like Knowsley have been left on the bones, with deep cuts and rising demand. I know that this Labour Government are committed to…15 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ2. I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to delivering the Hillsborough law, but it has been proven that MI5 spent six years misleading the public and concealing…14 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Minister consider enabling all local authorities in the most deprived areas to have an above-average increase in core spending power in each year of the local government…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for tabling these amendments. I remind the Committee that, on Second Reading, the Prime Minister said from the Dispatch Box: “This Bill will tackle that…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you very much, Pete, for coming to give evidence. Going back to the stuff that has been raised about the intelligence services, will you state plainly whether you think…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q I have two questions for the whole panel. To start with, thank you so much for everything that you have done. There is no doubt about it; we would not be here in this room today…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBBC LeadershipRobbie Gibb—faithful or traitor?11 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests regarding my membership of and financial support from the trade union movement. I stand here as a…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and I absolutely agree with him about the work that my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East has done on this for…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillThat day in April 1989 will never leave us. Fans went to the match and never came home. They were not lost; they were unlawfully killed. Authorities protecting themselves; decades…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillCharlotte Hennessy, whose father Jimmy Hennessy was unlawfully killed at Hillsborough, has had conversations with the Prime Minister in which he has assured her that the law does…03 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ7. Reform says that it stands up for the working class, but the truth is that it never has—its Members voted to block the Employment Rights Bill again and again. Does the Prime…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillBefore I begin, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Natalie Fleet) for her bravery and for the remarkable work she has done in her short time in this place,…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessI thank my hon. Friend for securing this really important debate; I refer Members to my entry in the register of interests. Does he agree that trade union access will increase…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetI thank the Secretary of State for her response. In Knowsley, while we are making progress with work from the council and organisations such as the Brilliant Club, we still fall…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning Target6. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that it meets its target of two thirds of young people participating in higher-level learning.20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyNearly 6% of Knowsley’s 16 to 17-year-olds are not in employment, education or training—one of the highest rates in the country—so I very much welcome today’s statement. By the…20 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Deputy Prime Minister for his announcement on the Hillsborough law. For decades, the families have carried the weight of injustice, and Governments have failed to act.…16 Sept 2025HANSARDDuty of Candour8. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to introduce a duty of candour.04 Sept 2025