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HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]My constituents do not understand why they may be facing a 50% price increase from Thames Water, partly to service a £3 billion loan. The Secretary of State talks about resetting…16 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Farmers in my constituency maintain the highest animal welfare standards. They want reassurance that those will not be undercut by any future UK-US trade deal as they were by…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Local Road NetworksI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I am glad to have given him the opportunity to speak at the beginning of a debate, rather than at the end. His points about…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Local Road NetworksMy hon. Friend illustrates rather well that, as I suspected, this topic is of interest to a number of Members. He makes his points extremely well.11 Dec 2024HANSARD Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Local Road NetworksI agree with my hon. Friend, who makes her point extremely well. Too often, the decision-making process on national strategic infrastructure projects takes decisions away from…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Local Road NetworksI am delighted to have secured this Adjournment debate. I thank the Minister for attending and for the engagement that we have had prior to the debate. I draw the House’s…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Local Road NetworksI very much appreciate the Minister’s fulsome response. There is one point that I want to press her on slightly. East West Rail’s own analysis has demonstrated that there is still…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Local Road NetworksI will take one more intervention, and then I will make some progress.11 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaI am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for early sight of his statement. The fall of the Assad regime is momentous for the millions of Syrians who have suffered under his brutal…09 Dec 2024HANSARDDetained British Nationals AbroadI thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for leading today’s important debate, and the Backbench Business Committee for supporting…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportI thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important topic for us all, and in particular for my constituents in Bicester and Woodstock. After the Conservative-led administration…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDWill the hon. Lady give way on that point?03 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDI thank the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing this debate. I will focus on the length of time that young people with SEND often spend travelling to their special…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGeorgiaThe suspension of Georgia’s EU accession process is the latest troubling step taken by the pro-Russian Georgian Government, and I welcome the assurance that the Government are…03 Dec 2024HANSARDChagos Islands: UK-US Defence RelationshipWe, and all those who care about the resolution of this issue, are deeply disappointed about the way we have been led to this point, with 11 rounds of negotiations under the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. I join hon. Members across the House in expressing our deep concern at the toll of the latest outbreak of conflict on the…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Rail Connectivity: OxfordshireI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does he agree with me that the misery experienced by my constituents in Eynsham and Cassington as they travel on the A40…27 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Foreign Secretary’s announcement that the UK will sanction Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, but I understand that the UK has not levied a single fine for breach of…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsraeli Settler Violence: SanctionsThe comments last week by Finance Minister Smotrich advocating the annexation of the west bank, together with the continuing devastation in northern Gaza, have reinforced the idea…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThe conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a devastating impact on Palestinian and Israeli civilians, with women and children paying a particularly terrible price. Now that the…25 Nov 2024