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HANSARD UK-German RelationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I have been passionate about strengthening ties between the UK and Germany for most of my adult life, ever since I spent…25 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. Eighty years ago, just after the second world war, my great-uncle Zelia stood outside this Parliament building. He…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKI do. I congratulate my hon. Friend again on replacing Boris Johnson with a much nicer man, who definitely has much better hair. I absolutely agree. We have to recognise that the…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKWill the hon. Member give way?24 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his excellent speech and the strong points that he is delivering. I associate myself with the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformResidents in Chelsea and Fulham have experienced years of poor service and unfair treatment from managing agents, so I know how pleased they will be by this Government’s…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFood InflationI am most grateful to my hon. Friend for calling for this important debate. The Health and Social Care Committee are currently doing an inquiry into food, and supermarkets will be…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Gambling Harms: Children and Young PeopleI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate. Gambling is one of the most pernicious public health issues of our times, as we have said on the Health and Social Care…15 Jan 2026HANSARD UK-France RelationsI thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate. We talk about smoothing the relationship, so will he join me in welcoming the new entente amicale between the UK and France? Will…14 Jan 2026HANSARD High Street Gambling ReformThe hon. Member talks about the amount of money raised in tax from gambling companies. Can he also give us the figures for the amount of money that the NHS has to spend each year…08 Jan 2026HANSARD High Street Gambling ReformI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) for securing this important debate. Gambling is a subject that the Health and Social Care…08 Jan 2026HANSARD UK-EU Common Understanding NegotiationsI congratulate the Minister as heartily as everyone else has on bringing the UK back into Erasmus and ensuring that people from all backgrounds, including university students, can…17 Dec 2025HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillI am immensely surprised to hear that intervention—almost as surprised as I was to see Liberal Democrat Members put forward the customs union idea the other day! We struck a deal…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillI am most grateful to the Minister for his statement. I hugely welcome the Government’s determination to increase trade, especially in the aftermath of Brexit. That is what it is…15 Dec 2025HANSARDEU Youth Experience Scheme3. What recent progress his Department has made on negotiations with the EU on a youth experience scheme.04 Dec 2025HANSARDEU Youth Experience SchemeThe Chancellor said recently that an “ambitious” youth experience scheme with the EU would be good for growth and good for business. The Centre for European Reform has estimated…04 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ14. My constituents tell me that our top national priority must remain as it is: economic growth. Does the Prime Minister agree that the swiftest way to achieve growth is for the…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessJust yesterday, the Government came out with new figures showing that the prevalence of childhood obesity in the most deprived areas is more than double the prevalence in the…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI am grateful, Mr Mundell—I will conclude. The hon. Member makes a very helpful point, particularly for constituencies that are more rural than mine of Chelsea and Fulham—what he…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessThat is a very important point. The availability of fast food right outside schools needs to be looked at and curtailed. The food is cheap, but it is incredibly low quality, and…05 Nov 2025