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HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI am glad that the right hon. Gentleman has asked me to comment on the 14 years of Tory failure—years in which his party failed to grow the British economy and created a number of…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI agree with the right hon. Gentleman about the importance of creating abundance in the housing market. Does he therefore think it was wrong for his party and the Prime Minister…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxBack to scarcity again.28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his speech, and for his fight and campaign within his party in favour of abundance and against scarcity. I hope it is a fight that he can win,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI will make some comments about the unfairness of the council tax system in a moment. We can have a conversation about tax and spend, and there is a much wider conversation to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxYes, go on. Last time.28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxWith respect, I think that I have already taken the debate a little bit away from stamp duty, and I do not want to go into the wider tax system—although, as I have said, it is…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Building Safety RegulatorI beg to move, That this House has considered the performance of the Building Safety Regulator. It is an unrivalled pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Building Safety RegulatorI will be as quick as I can. I welcome the Minister to her place and thank her for her response. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton South (Mike Reader) and the…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Building Safety RegulatorI thank my hon. Friend for those comments, which show exactly the kind of consequences we are facing because of what has been happening to the Building Safety Regulator. If we are…23 Oct 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI appreciate some of the points the right hon. Member is making, but I would just note that one of the Conservative candidates running in a Milton Keynes constituency at the last…16 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI completely agree. Diversity is at the heart of Milton Keynes. We are a proud city that shows how people from many backgrounds can come together to enrich and strengthen our…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I will not speak for too long, given that most of the debate’s key points have already been made, so hopefully that…08 Sept 2025HANSARDMusic Streaming: Label-led PrinciplesI start by— [ Interruption. ] Oh, that is a bright tie, Minister. I start by echoing earlier comments thanking the former Member for Cardiff West, the unions and the Ivors Academy…22 Jul 2025HANSARDBritish National Overseas Visas: Settlement RulesMany of my constituents came to the UK from Hong Kong under the BNO visa scheme in search of safety, freedom and opportunity. They have shared with me their concerns about how the…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe only way out of the economic doom loop that the previous Government got us into is by growing the British economy again. If the British economy had grown over the past 10…07 Jul 2025HANSARDBritish National Overseas Visas: Settlement Rules11. Whether she plans to extend the qualifying settlement period for people with British national overseas visas.07 Jul 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic Growth1. What steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.26 Jun 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthEvery French city with a population of more than 150,000 has a mass rapid transport system, yet over 30 UK cities or towns of that size still lack it. Research from Centre for…26 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Milton Keynes has one of the fastest growing tech sectors in the country; one in three people now work in tech jobs at firms such as Red Bull Racing and the AI company Aiimi.…25 Jun 2025