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HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to the answer given by the Paymaster General regarding the contaminated blood inquiry, I welcome that he will update the House when he has had an opportunity to digest…10 Jul 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeSir Brian Langstaff was particularly critical of the engagement with the infected and affected community since the publication of his final report in May last year. In particular,…10 Jul 2025HANSARD Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1I associate myself with the comments of the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee, my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne),…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]I congratulate the Secretary of State and the Sports Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley South (Stephanie Peacock), on bringing the Bill to this point. I also…08 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Yesterday was one year to the day since I completed my radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. I was very lucky—my cancer was…03 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI never expected to be standing here opposing Labour Government legislation that seeks to impose changes on disability benefits that will put 150,000 people into poverty. The…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformThis is a relatively small Bill, but one core part of it has now been delegated to the PIP review and that will not report until November 2026. Can my right hon. Friend say just…30 Jun 2025HANSARDLegislative Scrutiny: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWe begin with a Select Committee statement. Alex Sobel will speak on the publication of the fourth report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, “Legislative Scrutiny: Border…26 Jun 2025HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI welcome my right hon. and learned Friend’s statement and his commitment to increase defence expenditure, but given that we are looking to improve public services—the health…26 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetI commend my right hon. Friend for the swift actions she has taken to try to put right this disastrous situation, created by the previous Government. The parallels with the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI am shocked that the Conservatives do not seem able to recognise that they were in power for 14 of the 15 years to which Louise Casey refers in her report. If they had had any…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashThis is truly a terrible tragedy. As an elected representative in Greenwich where we have a large Gujarat community, over 40 years, both as a councillor and an MP, I have got to…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWill my right hon. Friend tell the House when we are likely to see the public authority accountability Bill, which will introduce the Hillsborough law on duty of candour? Are we…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Long-term Medical ConditionsI call the Minister.12 Jun 2025HANSARD Long-term Medical ConditionsMy congratulations to the hon. Member for Wellingborough and Rushden for filling in ably for the Minister. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Long-term Medical ConditionsI remind Members that they must bob if they want to take part in the debate.12 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt yesterday’s meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood, we heard from someone whose father was terminally ill and unlikely to survive to…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Criminal Cases Review Commission: LeadershipI very much welcome the appointment of Dame Vera Baird. However, the culture that has built up at the CCRC around the remote-first policy seems to have led to very lax working…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsI notice that not one Reform MP has turned up to hear an announcement that benefits so many working-class kids. I first joined a governing body of a primary school in my…05 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. In Eltham, our last bank has closed, but because we still have a Nationwide in the town centre, the banks will not…05 Jun 2025