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HANSARDEnding HomelessnessOrder. A lot of the people who are standing did not provide their names to the Chair. I am sorry, but I will have to impose a two-minute limit if I am going to get everybody in…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnding HomelessnessOrder. There is a lot of interest in this debate. If a Member is intending to speak, please stand so that we have a chance to make sure everyone can make a contribution.21 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewBefore the Minister answers, please bear in mind that I will be looking to bring in Jeremy Wright at 5.58 pm.14 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewThe Front Benchers have 10 minutes each and I intend to call the mover of the motion with a couple of minutes to sum up the debate.14 Oct 2025HANSARD Child Risk Disclosure SchemeI will call the hon. Member to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewIf we are going to get everyone in, we will have to stick to about four minutes each. I am not going to put a hard time limit on at this stage, but please bear that in mind.14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastCan I say to the Leader of the Opposition that not every statement in this House is an opportunity for political knockabout? This is one of those occasions that required a…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewI remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. I call the Chair of the Justice Committee, Andy Slaughter.14 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI recall the debate about the previous attempt to bring in ID cards, when people were concerned about having to produce them if demanded by authorities such as the police. I too…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI commend my right hon. Friend for her statement and also for her prompt response, which I know was appreciated by people in Manchester on the very day. I believe that people…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to Ministers’ earlier answers about waiting lists in Crown and magistrates courts, coroners courts also have a large backlog. I have a constituent who has been waiting…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI wonder whether my right hon. Friend was as shocked as I was that a Member of this House went to another country and, in front of its Parliament, started to run this country…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI welcome my hon. Friend’s statement. This is yet another example of the state turning its back on working-class people—in this case, young girls. I also welcome the fact that…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and I commend her for the way she is working with our neighbouring countries to deal with this problem. The approach of the previous…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI have known my right hon. Friend for more than 25 years, and I know that if he was up here on the Back Benches, he would be as angry and frustrated as we are. It gets frustrating…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionWhat has happened to our waterways is a national disgrace. The state in which the Conservatives left our rivers, our lakes and the seas around Britain epitomises what they did to…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Additional ReportOn behalf of the APPG on haemophilia and contaminated blood, I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. It is a major step forward. As he knows, the issue of engagement with the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-France Migration: Co-operationI congratulate the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary on succeeding in agreeing a deal with France. It just shows that treating people with respect can result in positive…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Future of the Post OfficeI welcome my hon. Friend’s statement and the consultation on the Green Paper. Does he agree that we should see the withdrawal of banks from high streets like mine in Eltham as an…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend the Paymaster General has given a commitment to respond to Sir Brian Langstaff’s report, which was published yesterday, before the recess. I stressed to him…10 Jul 2025