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HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleThe Minister knows that, as a former armoured infanteer, I have a keen interest in this topic, but I want to touch on the wider issue of Ajax as it relates to 3rd (UK) Division.…08 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Secretary of State talks about trying to ensure that cars available under the Motability scheme are made in the UK. I looked at the Motability website yesterday and some of…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsTax increases of £26 billion and the tax burden rising to an all-time high of 38% of national income—this is a traditional, good old-fashioned high-tax, high-spend Labour Budget.…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI wholeheartedly agree. I have spent the last year talking to small businesses in my constituency that have been crippled by the measures in the last Budget. When this year’s…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. I shall draw to a close. It comes to something when the Chancellor can stand at the Dispatch Box to deliver her Budget, make a boob joke and…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Minister give way?27 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI appreciate that this statement might be being outpaced by events outside this Chamber, but negotiating this peace deal with Russia seems to be at odds with nearly four years of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDFunding for Deprived AreasCambridgeshire fire and rescue service is funded through a formula that relies on population density and sparsity figures from the 2001 census. Since 2001, Cambridgeshire has…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Russian Ship YantarEveryone in this House should be concerned by the increase in Russian sub-threshold activity, and this certainly is not the first time we have found ourselves in this House…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireI apologise, Ms Harris; this sets the context for my later questions and the benefits of option E. Of course, the title of the debate is “The impact of local government reform in…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of local government reform in Huntingdonshire. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. This debate…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireI wholeheartedly agree. I will come on in detail to explain why the financial implications are so grave. I hope we would heed the warnings from those who have been through this…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireI was not aware that we had to inform individuals who are not Members of Parliament.19 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireThank you. Option D literally saddles half of Huntingdonshire with an enormous debt burden, while allowing the rest of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire to ride off into the…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireOn putting councils on a good financial footing, there are huge concerns across Cambridgeshire about being partnered with Peterborough city council, because its finances are in…19 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseMadam Deputy Speaker, “The hon. Gentleman knows the answer: we are looking carefully at whether other countries should be added to the enhanced tier, but we will take that…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillWhereabouts in the Bill does it say what the Secretary of State said about the victims and survivors group? If it does not say what he told us, will he amend it to ensure that it…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles Billrose—18 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyIn February, at Second Reading of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, I raised the issue of the generous financial and accommodation package that is advertised on…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the Minister for Policing and Crime told me: “the funding allocation will be made in the usual way before the end of the year…there is more money going into policing…17 Nov 2025