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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I forgot to say this earlier, Mr Speaker: a very happy birthday from me and my constituents.I commend the Secretary of State for seeing the need to reform our energy sector,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationA proud industrial heritage, a strong community spirit and an overwhelming feeling of being let down and under-invested in by the previous Conservative Government unite towns in…04 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre Regeneration9. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to regenerate town centres in Scotland.04 Jun 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillAntisocial behaviour is a huge issue in my constituency. I have seen its impact on many of my constituents; it blights the community and makes people fearful in their own home. I…20 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemLast year, the now Home Secretary visited the Betty Berkins café in my constituency to discuss the very matter of the massive increase in overseas recruitment while the investment…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East and the hon. Member for Weald of Kent for playing a respectful part in quite a heated discussion, which has done honour to…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a privilege to serve under your chairpersonship, Dr Murrison. Given that the hon. Gentleman’s concern is about children, we should recall the evidence session in which we…18 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I will keep my comments brief. I read the new clauses from the hon. Member for Woking with interest. I understand…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillSome comments from Opposition Members today have made it very clear to the public what the Opposition think about people’s rights at work.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillGiven the hon. Gentleman’s comments about a small number of militant trade unionists taking industrial action if this Bill becomes law, it is worth noting that over the last 10…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Member is working incredibly hard to try to make a case for vested interests in relation to this Bill. Those vested interests are in the working people of this country.…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI think that everyone should be on board with the national minimum wage and the living wage. I hope that we can encourage all Members of all parties to get on board. I am very…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI rise in support of Government new clauses 57 and 58. I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my proud trade union membership. I ask the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure, once again, to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Stuart. I was disappointed but not surprised to hear that the official Opposition want to keep the Safety of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)Sorry, Mr Stuart. I am concerned that the hon. Gentleman’s proposal to exclude asylum seekers from prosecution opens up a situation in which someone who has come here as an asylum…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Sixth sitting)Does the Minister agree that the lesson learned from the previous Government, with the blanket application of some seizure powers under the Illegal Migration Act being so…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I just want to tease out what the hon. Gentleman has said. Does he accept that, if this amendment passed, gang members facilitating crossings on small boats would escape…06 Mar 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Fifth sitting)I have some comments on the amendments. I will start with amendment 5, tabled by the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire. I have watched the first episode of “The Chief”,…06 Mar 2025