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HANSARDWater BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillThe hon. Member has expressed concern about how public ownership would be paid for. Is he aware of the special administration regime for water companies? It was brought in last…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillIt might be worth clarifying that, as far as I can tell— Hansard will prove whether I am right—the majority of the mentions of nationalisation were from Members opposing this…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillWill the Minister give way?28 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe have a deeply unfair and unequal economic system, where vast numbers of people are struggling while billionaires are getting richer and richer. Does the Prime Minister really…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI rise to speak in support of amendment 172, tabled by my party, and then I will say a few words to lend cross-party support to new clauses 8 and 3. I truly welcome the important…17 Mar 2025HANSARDLegal and Illegal Migration: SuspensionIt was funded very well as well.10 Mar 2025HANSARDLegal and Illegal Migration: SuspensionI am grateful to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I usually say how pleased I am to speak in a debate, but I have to admit that I am conflicted about being here today because I…10 Mar 2025HANSARDLegal and Illegal Migration: SuspensionI will make a little more progress. It is the landlords who own hundreds of properties putting up the rent every few months, out of all proportion to incomes, so that people pay…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. In response to the minimum energy efficiency standards consultation for privately rented homes, landlord groups are saying that they would pass the cost of energy efficiency…03 Mar 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI thank the Deputy Prime Minister for her commitment to the inquiry’s recommendations and her commitment to systemic change. Picking up the thread from two Government Members on…26 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe Government deserve credit for swiftly scrapping the disgusting, immoral and illegal Rwanda plan, but we need to scrap the attitudes that underpinned it too. The demonising of…10 Feb 2025HANSARDBiomass GenerationDrax is a clean energy scam that has been handed £6 billion by successive Conservative Ministers since 2012, when that money should have been spent on getting energy bills down.…10 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsIf the Minister will not comment on Rosebank or Jackdaw because of the threat of legal appeals, will he at least confirm that his Government will put a stop to extraction from a…10 Feb 2025HANSARDClean Power by 2030Experts are clear that the savings from the Government’s clean power action plan will be wiped out by 2050 if airport expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton goes ahead, and that…04 Feb 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCAs an MP representing a Sudanese community in Bristol and as a member of all-party parliamentary group for Sudan and South Sudan, I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo doubt we all agree that preventable deaths should be prevented, and tragedies like Hillsborough and Grenfell must not be repeated because we fail to make changes, so what…28 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationI welcome the Minister’s statement. The suffering of civilians in Gaza is extreme, and I share her call for the immediate release of all those still waiting to be reunited with…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillWill the hon. Member give way?24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillDoes the shadow Minister recognise that the point he makes about emissions from imports not being counted rather undermines the point he was making earlier, when he boasted about…24 Jan 2025