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HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillOn land and at sea, our natural environment has suffered a soul-crushing collapse over many decades, putting the future of iconic species and entire ecosystems at risk, as was so…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI fully agree with my hon. Friend. The points he raises perfectly exemplify why the provision of council housing is so important. England has seen 724,000 more net additional…15 Sept 2025HANSARDScientific Procedures: Use of Animals2. What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the approval under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 between April and…15 Sept 2025HANSARDScientific Procedures: Use of AnimalsMore than 1.6 million animals have been approved for testing over the next five years, including through licences for invasive brain research on monkeys and for looking at…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingCouncil housing is the first, most important and only viable solution to the housing crisis and to creating a society that matches the hopes of both the Labour movement and the…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI fully agree that council housing is essential to meeting the housing crisis that we face, and I hope that we will hear ambitious remarks from the Minister. The question is not…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. As usual, he makes a good point, and I wholly agree. As our whole nation loses out on the stifled energy, talent and creativity of…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI agree with my hon. Friend and will come to right to buy later in my speech. As Bevan described, “the speculative builder, by his very nature, is not a plannable instrument.” —[…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct in his assessment of one of the many benefits of council housing. The provision of council housing is uniquely important for meeting the…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I fully agree. Before I get to costs, I would like us for a moment to lift our eyes to the potential prizes to be won by a new…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Provision of Council HousingI had better make some progress. That is the yardstick the Government should measure themselves against. I now come at last to how we might go about achieving this. The place to…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I speak in support of the Bill and in favour of new clause 22 in my name. We can now say in complete confidence that the privatisation and deregulation of our bus services has…10 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainGiven the unanimity of feeling in the Chamber today on the importance of BNO visas and the uncertainty that the consultation is creating, will the Minister put it on record that…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI thank the Minister for his answers, and I fully agree that there can be no place for violence in our politics. However, does he accept that elderly retired priests and disabled…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe current drafting of national planning policy is allowing developers to ride roughshod over local democracy, imposing completely inappropriate bolt-on estates to market towns…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Living Standards: East of EnglandI also find in my constituency that the cost of a decent home is far too high for far too many of my constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree that the solution to that problem is…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI wholeheartedly agree and have heard exactly the same thing from students in my constituency. Each and every one of the children in our country deserves a safe, healthy and…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeWe understand on this side of the House that the wealth of our country does not lie in the bank accounts of casino capitalists or the title deeds of billionaires. It lies in…16 Jul 2025HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThe Government have taken long-overdue steps to secure rooftop solar on new builds, but there is even greater untapped potential on existing commercial and domestic rooftops. Will…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. In recent weeks Ministers have been arguing that vital support for the disabled is fiscally unsustainable because it is forecast to rise to £60.7 billion a year by 2029-30.…01 Jul 2025