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HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyOrder. There is a Division. I am told to expect six votes, so I must suspend the sitting for about an hour and 15 minutes. If there are fewer, we can come back more quickly.…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyI am applying an informal three and a half minute time limit. If Members can keep to that, it would help me; otherwise, I will have to impose the limit rigidly.25 Mar 2026HANSARD Waste Crime: KnowsleyOrder. We are talking about Knowsley here.25 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyOrder. Before you respond to that intervention, there are 10 Members on their feet and we have only just over half an hour for Back-Bench speeches, so that is roughly three and a…25 Mar 2026HANSARDMeningitis OutbreakMy heart goes out to the bereaved families affected by this terrible tragedy. Their pain must be unimaginable, and I wish those who are being treated in hospital a swift recovery.…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are looking forward to welcoming the Paymaster General at a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood in the near future. He knows my…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement—all I can say is more power to his renewable elbow. During my time in Parliament, we have gone through various crises. The price of oil…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Consular AssistanceI came here for this statement on consular assistance to raise issues on behalf of my constituents. Clearly, the Conservatives have nothing to say on behalf of people who are…05 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastMay I commend my right and learned hon. Friend for his resolute stand? It cannot have been easy to stand up to the President and not get dragged into this war, which has no…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI commend my right hon. Friend for grasping this nettle—it is long overdue. However, she will know, as we all know through our casework, that diagnosis leads to a delay in getting…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Power PlanI am really excited by this announcement, because I am the chair of trustees of the Samuel Montagu youth club in my constituency, which has a roof that would benefit enormously…10 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonThere is clearly concern about Government amendment (a)—that it does not go far enough to enable scrutiny of those documents that might be withheld. Across the House, there is a…04 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesThe key question here is: who advised the Prime Minister? I do not expect the Prime Minister to do due diligence on appointments of this kind himself, but those around him must…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanDoes the Prime Minister recall that during the time of Brexit negotiations, the Tories told us that we had more to gain outside of the EU than inside it and that, within days of…02 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) BillI welcome the delay to the Bill. Too often Governments soldier on even when they are not getting things right, and that leads to bad legislation. This is something that we should…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Arctic SecurityIf this was truly a debate about the security of the Arctic, we would be talking about more than the sovereignty of Greenland, which is clearly a matter for the Danes and the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDLess Survivable CancersOrder. Interventions have to be a lot shorter. If Members are on the list to speak, it would be helpful if they saved their points for their speeches so that we can fit everyone…06 Jan 2026HANSARDLess Survivable CancersOrder. I call Dr Peter Prinsley.06 Jan 2026HANSARDLess Survivable CancersOrder. Before I call Paulette Hamilton, I want to say that we will stick to a three-minute limit, but it is very tight. I may have to shave a minute or two off the Front-Bench…06 Jan 2026HANSARDLess Survivable CancersIs that the Minister calling?06 Jan 2026