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HANSARDLevelling UpI confess that I am very disappointed by today’s announcement, because we have been trying to get some money for the Rhondda tunnel, which would be an enormous enhancement to the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe must ensure that Putin does not win. We must co-operate and help with the reconstruction of Ukraine. Is it not time that we started seizing Russian state assets to help pay for…20 Nov 2023HANSARDUEFA Euro 2028Which is your favourite?16 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI also warmly welcome the Home Secretary to his post, not least because I know people in the Foreign Office who were rather sad to see him go. However, let me try this question…15 Nov 2023HANSARDPrime MinisterI am very grateful to the Prime Minister. Bearing in mind that a significant proportion of people who sleep rough are Army veterans and people with acquired brain injuries, does…13 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Operational IndependenceThe fact that only two Conservative MPs have turned up to defend the Home Secretary shows that she has already lost the support of the House. The Minister is absolutely right when…09 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelDoes the Minister not accept that it is a matter of national security that we should retain the ability to create primary steel in this country?08 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressWill the Prime Minister give way? [ Interruption. ]07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressWill the Prime Minister give way? [ Interruption. ]07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am very grateful to the Prime Minister. Bearing in mind that a significant proportion of people who sleep rough are Army veterans and people with acquired brain injuries, does…07 Nov 2023HANSARDHonesty in PoliticsI was not intending to make any allegations about any sitting Members, but I might refer to a couple of former sitting Members and others. It is a great delight to have you in the…23 Oct 2023HANSARDPupil AbsencesIt is not uncommon for kids who have had a brain injury, particularly a significant brain injury, to receive plenty of care and support at school immediately after the event, but,…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHonesty in PoliticsOi. We can feel phenomenally pompous when raising a point of order about some minor correction of the record and can kind of think that we are wasting the House’s time. I really…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHonesty in PoliticsI completely agree. If this Parliament does not get around to doing it, the next Parliament will have to address this issue far more seriously than we have heretofore. I will come…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityToo long! [ Laughter. ]16 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling Up across the UKOne of the economic sectors that provides levelling up across the whole of the United Kingdom is the creative industries, whether that is film production, theatre, the arts, video…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityThe ministerial code says that all major announcements of Government policy should be made to the House first, yet half of what has been announced today was preluded by an op-ed…16 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI wish that the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas last week had been truly exceptional, but the truth is that they reminded me of what the Russians did last year in Bucha in…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Proposed Merger of Three UK and VodafoneNo, I am in the GMB, if we are doing announcements. It was also good to hear from my hon. Friends the Members for Liverpool, Riverside (Kim Johnson), and for Birkenhead (Mick…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Proposed Merger of Three UK and VodafoneI am not sure whether my hon. Friend has been reading my notes, but that was one of the points I was going to make. Those are issues that the CMA will have to look at very closely…19 Sept 2023