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HANSARDDuty of CandourThe families have been campaigning for a Hillsborough law for 36 years, and their demand has always been clear: a law with a duty of candour at its heart. There have been too many…04 Sept 2025HANSARDDuty of Candour8. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to introduce a duty of candour.04 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this debate. The day of 15…03 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. What ambitions does the Department have for sectors and technologies that GB Energy will prioritise, since the chief operating officer has said that he wants to evolve it into…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Rare Cancers BillI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur), and congratulate him on bringing this crucial Bill before the House. I pay tribute to him and to every…11 Jul 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I just want to say a few words about the provisions in this Bill on attending sentencing hearings and related…19 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Last Saturday marked eight years since Grenfell—eight years fighting for justice. The Hillsborough families, including Margaret Aspinall from Huyton, have campaigned for 36…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI pay tribute to the hon. Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for his speech and for advocating for new clause 156. He is a powerful advocate for his constituent who suffered…18 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I thank the Minister for listening to my constituent Cheryl Korbel, the mother of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was killed by a stranger when she was nine years old. He did not…17 Jun 2025HANSARD Letter Boxes (Positioning)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend building regulations to require letter boxes in new buildings and new front doors to be positioned in accordance…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I thank the Minister for being so generous with his time. On that point, will he outline how the Government will decide which parliamentarians will be on the advisory group and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Minister meet me and residents of Beech and Willow Rise in Kirby, where a combination of failed leasehold law, previous corporate entities and inadequate regulation risks…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIn Kirkby, 160 households in Willow Rise and Beech Rise face eviction because their tower block has been condemned. The private owners have failed to carry out essential fire…05 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Funding: Barnett FormulaDespite the record funding provided by the Labour Government, the SNP plans to downgrade the neonatal intensive care unit at university hospital Wishaw, which could force the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Funding: Barnett Formula8. What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the impact of the Barnett formula on levels of funding for the NHS in Scotland.04 Jun 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I thank the Minister for giving way again, as he has on so many occasions during these debates, and for his ongoing engagement in these matters, but does he agree that if the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Lord Chancellor’s commitment to tightening up exclusion zones. Knowsley has some of the highest rates of domestic abuse in the country, so that kind of action will…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Yesterday in this place, I read the victim impact statement that Cheryl Korbel never got to say to her daughter’s killer Thomas Cashman, because he refused to face her in…21 May 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillToday, I will speak to one part of the Bill, which will require convicted offenders to attend their sentencing hearings and provide consequences where they refuse. It is known as…20 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.19 May 2025