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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe Bill, and the Budget it derives from, demonstrates clearly that the Chancellor has implemented stealth tax grabs that will hit some of the lowest paid the hardest, through…11 Mar 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI thank my hon. Friend for speaking up on this matter. I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) feels very strongly about it as well. We do…11 Mar 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI completely agree. The stress of that is horrific, so the more it can function effectively would be appreciated. The Government have said that people whose only source of income…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCharter for Budget ResponsibilityThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I will not burden the House with too long a speech. There are a lot of issues with the Government’s and the country’s economic policymaking…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillIt has been a very painful path to get to this point, but I simply want to welcome what the Government are bringing in. Reversing the decision on the two-child limit will lift…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillYes, I am. I congratulate the Chair and members of the Work and Pensions Committee on doing all that good work; many thanks to them. Assessing the wider issues may encourage the…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I thank the hon. Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for introducing this important debate so well and with…23 Feb 2026HANSARDIndependent Water Commission: Final ReportI apologise.10 Feb 2026HANSARDIndependent Water Commission: Final ReportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello). I am going to move very quickly. I thank Sir Jon…10 Feb 2026HANSARDIndependent Water Commission: Final ReportWe have four minutes to go, including a wind-up speech. I wonder whether the Minister is going to get to my point.10 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementWill the Minister give way?09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementIt will take one second.09 Feb 2026HANSARDBrain Tumour Survival RatesI thank the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh) for securing this really important debate. She has been excellent in driving forward this issue, and is so…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementI really hope I am wrong, but I don’t think I am. Moving beyond the numbers, I highlight the concerns of civil society groups, which many Members have mentioned, about clauses in…09 Feb 2026HANSARDBrain Tumour Survival RatesI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. I am going to talk out of two sides of my face here, because on the one side, the UK has a lot going for it, but on the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementI certainly like the States. While we are making comparisons with Europe, I note that under the UK’s free trade agreement 92% of our exports to India will enter tariff-free. Under…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementI refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests regarding the business that I founded in 1996, BDA partners, in which I still hold a stake but have no…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementThe National Bureau of Economic Research, in the United States.09 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for securing this important debate. This…02 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. The situation I described is obviously cruel, and this moving of the goalposts will make it miles crueller. To the point made by the…02 Feb 2026