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HANSARDGovernment-backed Loans: SMEsAs well as the British Business Bank, the National Wealth Fund plays a crucial part in investing taxpayers’ money. I welcome the Government’s response to the Select Committee’s…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI should first declare that I am a leaseholder. I welcome very warmly the Minister’s statement, particularly the measure on commonhold, which is something that we Co-op MPs have…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesI welcome the support for music venues as well as pubs in my constituency. I also welcome the Minister’s engagement and willingness to speak to the Select Committee and to be…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI welcome the announcement by the Home Secretary. In London, we have long known that neighbourhood policing is vital. Only yesterday I was in Dalston, where there has been a lot…26 Jan 2026HANSARDDigital Identity SchemeI had the privilege of chairing the Public Accounts Committee for nearly a decade, and in that role I saw the challenges caused by how poor data often is across Government. In one…22 Jan 2026HANSARDDigital Identity Scheme18. What recent progress he has made on the digital ID scheme.22 Jan 2026HANSARDMobile Phones and Social Media: Use by ChildrenMy right hon. Friend is taking exactly the right approach. This place is littered with legislation that turns out not to be as good as it should have been, and then it does not…20 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness Rates: Retail, Hospitality and LeisureMany pubs in my constituency are seeing eye-watering increases in business rates. We know from the Valuation Office Agency, which gave evidence to the Treasury Committee last…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure that, like me and others, the Leader of the House will be pleased to learn that NHS waiting lists continue to drop. I am also sure he will agree that Homerton hospital,…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital IDI welcome my hon. Friend’s explanation from the Dispatch Box of the change. We have been here before; we issued identity cards, as they were, when the technology was much older,…15 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn a response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan), the Minister was full-throated in his support for music venues. What conversations has…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Offshore WindI congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this investment. We are hearing some real chutzpah from the Opposition, who seem to have forgotten that it was they who imposed the…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseAs you know, Mr Speaker, we had a good discussion at Transport questions about bus services. Many Members from across this House are passionate about that issue, because bus…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier, Ministers talked about the benefits of bus services. In London we have been at the forefront of improved bus services, but unfortunately some aspects of that, such as…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillLast year, the Treasury Committee wrote to the top 10 banks in the UK because there had been a number of outages. There was no suggestion that cyber-security attacks were involved…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillHackney council was the subject of a major cyber-attack in 2020. It did a good job, though it was very slow because of the nature of the challenge of getting things back up and…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Banister House in Homerton in my constituency was the first community energy scheme in Hackney with solar panels on the roof, and it is the UK’s largest such scheme on social…06 Jan 2026HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionA constituent of mine suffered a terrible rape in Hong Kong which was not properly investigated. Her statement was made with the use of Google Translate, and no rape kit was…15 Dec 2025HANSARDe-Bike BatteriesI welcome that response and the fact that the Government are leaning into this issue, because it is causing a great deal of risk. One of the challenges is that in order to upgrade…11 Dec 2025HANSARDe-Bike Batteries4. What steps he is taking to regulate e-bike batteries.11 Dec 2025