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HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI wholeheartedly support my right hon. Friend’s Bill. As in the title of the Bill, these people are after trophies. They will not select the weakest in the herd or the pride. They…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillIt is not just the Horizon case; it is also Hillsborough, Grenfell, Windrush and the contaminated blood scandal where people are still waiting for compensation. The state and the…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI have no problem condemning Hamas, but I also have no problem condemning the use of starvation as an act of war. Israel has control on the ground in Gaza—enough to oversee the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationI welcome the statement, the legislation and the removal of the Post Office from the process to the extent that we have seen so far. However, I do not think the Post Office is…13 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Minister give way?12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOver the last 14 years, the Conservatives have clearly failed to act for the common good. Budgets are about choices, and they have consistently made the wrong ones. We have the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]That gets to the nub of the point. Because these vehicles are going to be automated, they will be governed by an algorithm written by a human being somewhere remote from where an…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I agree with what the Secretary of State said about tinkering and that nullifying any insurance, but we have also just experienced the Horizon scandal, where the manufacturers…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way a second time. I agree entirely that, overall, roads will be safer with automated vehicles, but there will still be…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]Scrutiny of accidents is going to be important, because we will learn a lot. We can improve safety with this technology—there is no question about that. The question is about the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I did not intend to give a speech in this debate—I just wanted to intervene— but as there were so few of us contributing, I thought I would make a short contribution at the end. I…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI come to the House virtually every time we have questions on this subject, or it is before the House, and I am taken in by the Minister’s mellifluous bromides about the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesIf Henry Staunton is guilty of what the Secretary of State has accused him, it beggars belief that he was appointed only two years ago by this Government. May I ask her about Post…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyAccording to the forecast, in five years’ time debt will be higher than it is now. Is this a reasonable time to be talking about tax cuts, and does their doing so not suggest that…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I add my call for a statement from the Paymaster General about the contaminated blood scandal on the day we get back after the recess? I am delighted that the Leader of the…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Mayor of London has frozen fares for five out of the eight years he has been in office, meaning that they are 14% below national fare increases. Should I take it from the…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Protest MeasuresI welcome the Minister’s statement, and I support the reference to protecting war memorials. As the son of someone who served in the second world war and as someone who grew up…08 Feb 2024HANSARDRoad ResurfacingThe pothole situation is a metaphor for what the Government have been doing with public investment in the past 14 years. The roads have got worse and worse, with the Automobile…08 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformIf the Tories cared about the NHS, we would not have 7.6 million people on the NHS waiting list and dentistry in crisis. The answer that the Secretary of State gave to my hon.…07 Feb 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation: Funding13. Whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential cost to the Exchequer of compensation for people infected and affected by contaminated blood and blood…06 Feb 2024