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HANSARD Living Standards: East of EnglandThe hon. Gentleman is a champion of such issues in his constituency, and I agree: poverty is very often out of sight, out of mind. The dispersal of rural poverty makes it easier…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Living Standards: East of EnglandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. I do not raise this in this speech, but I think that one of the key ways of lifting people out of poverty is by strengthening…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionI am afraid that the report feels like a missed opportunity for the Government to show the public whose side they are on. It entrenches a privatised model that has already failed…21 Jul 2025HANSARDFinancial Services ReformI just want to confirm that my name is Clive, not Cassandra, Lewis—and yet, I feel like the Trojan princess, forever warning of things that will go wrong but being ignored. Will…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismLet me first associate myself with the very good comments of the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Lisa Smart). I agree with the proscription of the…02 Jul 2025HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI thank the Minister for giving way, and for some of the things that he has said. Everything he has spoken about could be dealt with under criminal law. My hon. Friend the Member…02 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWhen coming to a crunchy question or problem, I always think it is wise to take a step or two back and try to unpick some of the assumptions that underpin the issue—to see the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMay I associate myself with the comments made across the House about the dire and despicable nature of the Iranian regime? That said, last week the Foreign Secretary told the…23 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025Does the shadow Minister believe that the Windrush scandal was an aberration—a few bad apples over a few decades—or was the cause structural racism?16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for opening this timely debate—she made a fantastic speech—and hon. Friends for their contributions. I…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I thank my hon. Friend for making a fantastic speech, and for securing this debate. It does seem sometimes quite unfashionable in this day and age to look at the discrimination…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillDoes the hon. Member agree that the problem with the Bill is misdiagnosis? The problem is not nature holding up house building, or local authorities—which have been starved of…09 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterLet me begin by drawing Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Let us be clear that the collapse of KKR’s rescue deal is not a blip; it is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDWater BillMy apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker; I should have said that my hon. Friend made his point. The clock is ticking. The climate crisis is no longer a distant warning. It is our lived…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI thank my hon. Friend for an excellent speech. I have learned so much history; it has been very interesting. He might be surprised to learn that I do not believe in state…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Around 50 years ago, Margaret…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillAt the beginning of my now seemingly rather long speech, I think I referred to a failure of imagination. Ask what Margaret Thatcher would have done when she was faced with similar…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillNo, I am going to carry on and make some progress. You made your point. Let the public—28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillOne second. If scientists tell us the climate crisis is an existential threat to humanity and to this country, we must treat it as such: an existential conflict. In that context,…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillThe cheapest borrowing in the country, without a doubt, is public sector borrowing. The private water industry, which has had 35 years to sort this mess out, is not going to find…28 Mar 2025