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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWill the Minister join me in celebrating the five new neighbourhood police officers we have in Harlow? I cannot take all the credit for them, because I only taught one of them…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashThis is a terrible tragedy and I join the Minister in paying my respects to those who have lost their lives. I send my condolences to friends and family members who have had their…16 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Complaints and Grievance SchemeI am looking through the document and the Opposition’s amendments. Two of the amendments that they have put forward talk about the size of the ICGS assurance board and, in…16 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Complaints and Grievance SchemeI am just trying to get my head around the amendments. Is the hon. Member suggesting that we avoid these amendments, because we want to ensure that there cannot be political…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareApologies for my premature bobbing earlier, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister for her statement today and for her ongoing commitment to the NHS. I welcome the growth in…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillI take this opportunity to wish everybody across the House a happy Carers Week. It is a pleasure to speak on Second Reading of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill. I know that many…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillI thank my hon. Friend for her contribution. She managed to get in just before my last words, so I shall have to make up a new conclusion. I absolutely agree with her point. The…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The Minister partly answered my question as he went along there. My thought on the group is that it is really important that we get creative voices into the room to have that…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillDoes my hon. Friend recognise the value that development corporations have brought to new towns such as Harlow? New towns are a great example of where we can have affordable…10 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillMy inbox is full of correspondence from Harlow residents who cannot get a home and cannot get on the housing ladder. They find that the planning framework means that it takes too…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentI thank the Minister for his statement, which pensioners in Harlow will welcome. The fastest growth in the G7, three trade deals and four interest rate cuts—is that the context in…09 Jun 2025HANSARDMaths: Contribution to the UKIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (Ian Sollom) for bringing this debate to the House.…05 Jun 2025HANSARDMaths: Contribution to the UKThis does not have to be a political point, but to answer the question that the hon. Gentleman just posed about where schools find the time: my argument is that maths does not…05 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will pre-empt the point of order: businesses in Epping Forest and in Harlow are equally very good and very successful. I will now move on. I disagree slightly with the hon.…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]We have heard a lot of myths about the Bill. The other myth that has been parroted is that the Bill will see the end of the great British pint. Does the Minister agree that…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I thank my neighbour for his intervention. We both recognise the importance of championing businesses in our constituencies, although I am sure he would recognise that businesses…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]It is an honour to speak in this debate on the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, and in particular the amendments tabled by the Public Bill Committee. I was not on the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Despite what everyone was thinking, I am not going to suggest that I am perfection, but as a mathematician, may I ask my hon. Friend to accept that the reason perfection is not…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareMy hon. Friend is giving an incredibly powerful and trademark passionate speech. When he talks about the support that families need, will he also recognise the support that young…03 Jun 2025