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HANSARDWater White PaperI welcome the White Paper and thank the Secretary of State and her team for their work. I am keen to understand how it will work in practice. As the Secretary of State will know,…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy chief concern with this Bill is that, like a lot of the measures that the Chancellor announced in the Budget, it looks like it may be a route to some medium-term increased tax…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI absolutely agree—well said. The Government may well say that the Bill will not affect low earners, who are likely not to be saving £2,000 in a given year, as the hon. Member for…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI will let it pass from here. Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time.21 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillFarmers up and down the country should be really proud of the campaign that has forced the Government to rethink the completely short-sighted and ill-thought-out policy that has…12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI guess we will have to check our social media accounts.12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI very much agree with my hon. Friend. The Lib Dems welcome the U-turn by the Government in December raising the allowance to £2.5 million and welcome the change announced in the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy apologies, Ms Ghani.12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI thank my hon. Friend. [ Interruption. ] Would you like to intervene?12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Billrose —12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThat is a very good question, but £100 million is 0.1% of £1.23 trillion. In materiality, it is important to think of it in that range. I do not think this is the way of going…12 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural Fuel Duty ReliefIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Ian Roome) for securing this important debate and everybody who has…07 Jan 2026HANSARDAdvanced Brain Cancer: Tissue FreezingMy hon. Friend speaks to the point. Of course, those people have been dead for many centuries, but we believe it is worth being able to access that information, and at the moment…07 Jan 2026HANSARDAdvanced Brain Cancer: Tissue FreezingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I thank the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Chris Evans) for securing the debate, and I thank Ellie for all her work, as…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterI concur with those views from the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice), but can the Minister confirm that those discussions with class A creditors will not involve…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterWill the Minister give way?06 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. West Oxfordshire is very much ground zero for Thames Water. We have the Thames itself, the Evenlode and the Windrush.…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterI completely agree—well said. What is so depressing is that the Labour Government have embraced the Conservative’s mistakes over Thames Water, and our water sector more broadly,…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterWill the hon. Gentleman give way?06 Jan 2026HANSARDLess Survivable CancersI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) for securing this fantastic debate. I also thank the Members in the room for all the work they have done, and the…06 Jan 2026