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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt has been a rocky week for the Office for Budget Responsibility, so I am glad that the Chief Secretary to the Treasury recognises and has reiterated the value of an independent…09 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairWhen I last spoke in this House, Richard Hughes was still chair of the OBR. I pay tribute to him. He was a tenacious champion for its independence. A highly intellectual man, he…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) for steering the report through his Joint Committee swiftly and sensitively, and for managing…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThank you, Mr Speaker— [ Interruption. ]01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsI, too, welcome the fact that the OBR has put its report out so quickly, so that it can put its house in order and make sure this never happens again. I have been saddened and…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt seems, in some ways, a very long time since 2022. Do Members remember 2022? It was when we had a Prime Minister and a Chancellor who put the country in hock to the bond…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman is a veritable champion of his constituency and of rural issues. There are very important changes to the minimum wage and the living wage, which will have an…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe Committee has heard evidence on this. It is an absolute fallacy, which we need to nail, that people choose to have more children to get more benefits. That is not the case.…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget Resolutionsrose —26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is interesting that the Opposition are doubling down on the policy, which is humiliating people. Let us be clear: the birth rate in this country has fallen year on year for the…26 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend highlights the challenge. London is often described as a series of villages, yet we have one elected Mayor of London, whose post was created 25 years ago with the…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the hon. Member, who is making some interesting points. On his point about a referendum, the balance of numbers in a villages-versus-conurbation vote means that there…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillTalking of the informal economy, Airbnb is a big issue in London. The old-style Airbnb, in which you simply stayed with somebody, has been overtaken, and people are now purchasing…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI rise to speak to Government new clause 44 and new schedule 2. These provisions give powers to the Mayor of London to establish a pilot to set up a strategic licensing policy…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI cannot help but note that earlier the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking) was concerned about 21,000 new homes being built in Enfield, which is not in his constituency,…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI absolutely understand and support the Government’s approach to supporting businesses, but good businesses are not supported if the fees for temporary events notices and other…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIn my constituency, as well as in Camden, Islington, Southwark and other inner-London boroughs, schools are closing, apparently partly because of short-term lets. This does not…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFamilies in Temporary AccommodationAs the Minister says, we do need that housing. There are some solutions locally, where Education or Health land has become available. Will she undertake to talk to those…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFamilies in Temporary Accommodation14. What steps he is taking to support people out of temporary accommodation.24 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayI applaud my right hon. Friend on many points, not least for debunking the idea that a cap will solve anything or is even achievable. There is a lot of detail in this statement,…20 Nov 2025