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HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsAs we have heard already that the capital budgets for this year are going to be raided to pay for the Government’s failure and incompetence over the past 13 years on maintaining…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryAfter all that has happened, it was surely a mistake not to implement recommendation 5 of the Kark review. Why does the Secretary of State not just get on with it and bring it in…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we please have a debate on the issue of tackling the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation? We know that tackling demand has to be at the heart of any strategy. The…20 Jul 2023HANSARDBBC Local Radio Services6. What recent discussions she has had with the BBC board on changes to local radio services.20 Jul 2023HANSARDBBC Local Radio ServicesI think that we all thought that digital technology was meant to expand choice. However, in recent times, we have seen post office, bank and rail ticket office closures, and the…20 Jul 2023HANSARDOrdination of Clergy7. If the Church of England will make an assessment of the potential merits of refusing to ordain clergy who do not personally recognise the ordination of women as diocesan…20 Jul 2023HANSARDOrdination of ClergyIt is now 29 years since we had the first woman priest and nine years since the first female bishop was appointed in our established Church of England. It therefore seems to me…20 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Why does the Prime Minister think that Sir Brian Langstaff, who chairs the public inquiry into infected blood, has reopened the hearings and summoned before him the Prime…19 Jul 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023A few weeks ago I met Travis Frain, a founder member of Survivors Against Terror, who explained how his life had been changed forever by the Westminster bridge terrorist attack…19 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghan Resettlement UpdateAs Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, I feel that I had better be very careful in how I put this question, but I think that I speak on behalf of the Committee. In November 2021,…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillAs we did not have the opportunity for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill and it is being pushed through Parliament very quickly, I am pleased that the Lords have sent back…17 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI say to the hon. Member with the greatest respect that he might want to look at the Home Affairs Committee report on small boats, published last summer, in which we made a number…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will try again. I want to start by agreeing with the Minister about the vital role that the other place plays as a revising Chamber in asking us…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will, but I am conscious of time.11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWhat I want, and what the Home Affairs Committee has been very clear about, is an efficient, speedy asylum claim process that is fair but timely. Germany, for example, has far…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I start by agreeing with the Minister on the vital role that the other place plays as a revising Chamber—11 Jul 2023HANSARDRape and Sexual Violence: Criminal Justice ResponseI associate myself with the words of the Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes). I agree with…10 Jul 2023HANSARD Rail Ticket OfficesI am a bit worried. The Minister keeps saying that staff are not utilised and that people are not accessing ticket offices. I can tell him that in Hull last year, nearly 180,000…06 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the chief inspector of borders and immigration’s latest report on the Home Office system to remove foreign national offenders, he said “the Home Office does not have a firm…03 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Economic Impact AssessmentTwo weeks ago, when the Home Secretary gave evidence at the Home Affairs Committee, I asked her when the impact assessment for the Illegal Migration Bill would be published. While…27 Jun 2023