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HANSARDTrade Agreements: ImplementationOne of the businesses that stands to benefit from the EU trade agreement is a butcher and deli in my constituency that imports a lot of its products from Spain. At the moment, its…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesGiven all the extraordinary and wonderful things that the right hon. Gentleman is setting out, is it not equally extraordinary that the British people thought you were a shower…15 Jul 2025HANSARD London’s National Economic ContributionDoes my hon. Friend recognise that London has the highest housing costs in the whole country and a quarter of Londoners live in poverty? Coming down the track towards London is…10 Jul 2025HANSARD Department of Health and Social CareI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for her excellent speech and for securing the debate. I am quite excited about Saturday…24 Jun 2025HANSARDIncontinenceA big thank you to my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) for securing this extremely important debate. I was fascinated and not a little shocked to hear that this is…19 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAccording to the Trussell Trust, the impact of hunger and hardship on people’s health is driving an extra £6.3 billion in Government healthcare spending. What part is the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI am most grateful to the hon. Member for leading this debate so effectively and raising these important issues. She will be aware that three in four dementia carers have no…03 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOh, I didn’t realise sarcasm wasn’t allowed. As I was saying, I am very pleased, as many are, with the Government for being cool-headed and having a common-sense approach. We are…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI agree with the hon. Member. If the Reform party’s entire shtick for getting elected is being anti-EU and thinking that it can defend the interests of the British people better…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member touches a soft spot when he mentions Lord Dubs, who is a great friend and a doughty campaigner in my constituency. Lord Dubs will…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI have to say, when you ask about Lord Dubs—13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI can tell the right hon. Gentleman what people in Chelsea and Fulham really want. They do not want a Prime Minister like the last but one—a “bugger business” Prime Minister—who…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am most grateful to my hon. Friend for stressing that point. She is absolutely right; we have a Government who have replaced chaos and ideology with cool-headed, pragmatic…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMany people may still be finding things a little bit gloomy and challenging as a result of the mess left by the previous Government, as I am after 10 months of being a Member of…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI find it very hard to take anything that the Conservatives say with any degree of seriousness. What is their explanation for why, after 14 years, public services are on their…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitBefore we leave young people, Opposition Members have said that we are not doing enough for our young people and that a scheme would cause problems. Does my hon. Friend welcome…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI trust that I am not. I hope that the right hon. Gentleman appreciated when I said earlier how excited I was for the prospects ahead of us. I want to thank him for identifying me…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the right hon. Member give way?13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his nomenclature, and I am most grateful to my Jacobin friend for taking my intervention. I did not want him to finish without having the…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the hon. Gentleman give way?13 May 2025