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HANSARDNuclear Test Veterans: Medical RecordsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. Like others, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey) on securing this…28 Nov 2023HANSARDDestitution: ChildrenIn “A Christmas Carol”, published 180 years ago, Charles Dickens wrote of a world where children lacked shelter, clothing, heating and food. They were represented by a boy called…13 Nov 2023HANSARDProbation ServiceI thank the Minister for that answer, but he will know that Napo, GMB and Unison all say that the probation service is facing soaring workloads. Employees are battling under the…12 Sept 2023HANSARDProbation Service1. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the probation service.12 Sept 2023HANSARDDefence ProcurementWhen I asked the Minister for Defence Procurement to give a statement on the Sheldon review two weeks ago, he recognised the importance of workers to the defence industry. We have…26 Jun 2023HANSARD Armoured Cavalry Programme: Sheldon ReviewBefore I start, if you will allow me, Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to pay tribute to Glenda Jackson, our former colleague, given the sad news that she recently passed away. She…15 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresThe Minister has already accepted that we need immigration in this country to fill the skills gaps. Over the last 15 years, we have heard a number of vague promises about bringing…25 May 2023HANSARDHouseholds in Fuel PovertyA constituent of mine who is a mother and a carer for her disabled son wrote to me recently. She told me that she is watching every penny and is deeply worried about how she will…24 May 2023HANSARDHouseholds in Fuel Poverty1. What estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the number of households in fuel poverty in Wales.24 May 2023HANSARDAUKUS Submarine ProjectI welcome the new Minister, the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), to his place; I got on with all his predecessors and I look forward to our exchanges in future. As…15 May 2023HANSARDPower Sharing1. What steps his Department is taking to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland.10 May 2023HANSARDPower SharingI associate myself with the Secretary of State’s comments about the coronation. May I pay tribute the staff of the House who were working that day for their professionalism and…10 May 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeIn September 2021, I stood in this place and called for an investigation into the activities of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water. I asked for Ofwat and the Department for Environment, Food…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeThe right hon. Gentleman is probably enjoying my speech because he thinks that this is the responsibility of the Welsh Government, but it goes much deeper than that. This…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeI think the hon. Gentleman will have to refer that question to the Welsh Government, but I thank him for that little bit of mischief and for the extra minute he has just given me.…25 Apr 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Clacton (Giles Watling), who is frozen in time for those of us of a certain vintage as a vicar who married into an extended…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationI have always admired the hon. Gentleman. When I first came into the House, the first intervention that I took was from him. We talked about high unemployment and I think he said…15 Mar 2023HANSARDDefence ProcurementMay I join the other voices welcoming you back to your position, Madam Deputy Speaker? I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say that the House has missed your ability to…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThere has to be a strong deterrent when these criminal gangs are found people smuggling. As my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones) has said, there were only four…07 Mar 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. We have only been here half an hour and it is like we have…21 Feb 2023