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HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipPillar 2.3 states: “Throughout the duration of the Declaration, neither Participant will be left alone in the face of an attack or aggression.” To what extent does that act as a…20 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity SpacesCommunity spaces are crucial hubs for so many people, and our churches play a key role in providing such spaces. All Saints parish church in Hertford in my constituency has been…16 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Since becoming the Labour leader, has the Prime Minister ever discussed or communicated with Philippe Sands KC about the Chagos islands?15 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Social Media AccountsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond, and I thank the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) for introducing this debate. I would like to…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn those new bus routes, within the last hour, Stagecoach East has issued a statement about the delayed new tiger bus routes, citing the decision by Cambridgeshire and…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and GirlsWe have heard many moving and personal accounts this afternoon from Members addressing the scourge of violence against women and girls. It is crucial that we continue to shed heat…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsIt has been widely reported that the Chancellor now faces a choice between raising taxes or cutting public spending if she is to stay within her non-negotiable fiscal rules. Given…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.09 Jan 2025HANSARDWorkplace Pay GapsObviously, that was before my time in this House, so I am not completely au fait with the detail the hon. Member is referring to, but I will come back to her with some…07 Jan 2025HANSARDWorkplace Pay GapsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair for this debate, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) on securing today’s debate, which marks Ethnicity…07 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireMy question on funding specifically is about the way that Cambridgeshire is short-changed by the police allocation formula. I explained earlier that the nub of the issue in…06 Jan 2025HANSARDHousing: Military Personnel and FamiliesSince October 2023, more than 5,000 Afghans eligible for support via the Afghan relocations and assistance policy have been moved into Ministry of Defence service families…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting this important debate on police funding in Cambridgeshire. It has taken a number of attempts to secure this debate and I am extremely…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireI concur wholeheartedly with that assessment, and I will shortly go into more detail about the difficulties posed by rural crime, in terms of both manpower and the specifics that…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireI agree with the hon. Gentleman about the manner of the rural crime that takes place. I will come on to talk about the rural crime action team that we have in Cambridgeshire and…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireIndeed; my right hon. Friend makes a good point. The Prime Minister launched his housing campaign in Alconbury Weald, which is in my constituency. It currently has around 1,500…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireI thank the hon. Member for that contribution. I asked a local farmer a few weeks ago how he would tackle hare coursing on his land, and at what point he would feel emboldened…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireI thank my hon. Friend for mentioning that, and he is right about the nature of the threat that is now faced. Aspects such as modern slavery go unseen in rural communities. I can…06 Jan 2025HANSARD UkraineThe war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed the nature of warfare in the 21st century. We are now a generation away from the operations I conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan, and…19 Dec 2024HANSARDFlood Protection FundingAcross Huntingdon, flooding continues to be an issue that impacts a huge number of constituents, with flooding almost inevitable every time it rains. Alconbury flood group is a…19 Dec 2024