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HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeAs the hon. Member for Eltham and Chislehurst (Clive Efford) did, I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate. I pay tribute to him for securing it and for…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy word! My hon. Friend puts it in very striking terms. [Interruption.] I see the Minister indicating that he has heard her question, so I think it is right that I defer to him to…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDSocial Media Ban for Under-16sI welcome this morning’s announcement. The platforms are not now off the hook: the Online Safety Act 2023 operates until the age of 18, which is the age to which the Children Act…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to the Minister’s answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis), will he take the opportunity of the new NPPF to make it absolutely…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLocal Government ReformIt is a pleasure to see you in the chair, Dr Murrison. I congratulate and thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (Neil O’Brien) for securing this…10 Jun 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReformHalf a billion pounds?10 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportThis is an important piece of work from Alan Milburn, but what principles will underpin the Government’s approach? Does the Minister think that, other things being equal, if we…02 Jun 2026HANSARDContaminated Blood: Compensation12. What recent steps he has taken to ensure that people infected and affected by contaminated blood are compensated.23 Apr 2026HANSARDContaminated Blood: CompensationI thank the Paymaster General for his personal work in this area. The increase in the unethical research award is a material improvement, and I am particularly thinking of the…23 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to have heard the last few speeches, which made very important points, but even with five minutes, time is still short for me. I…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think that would try Madam Deputy Speaker’s patience. Today is the day that we can take action on those two points.22 Apr 2026HANSARDFalling School RollsIt is true that the effects of the falling birth rate have been felt most so far in places such as Hackney, but it is coming to many more places, and the effect will be felt in a…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the Minister give way?15 Apr 2026HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think I just heard the Minister say, “We have already solved this problem.” I do not know if any other colleagues heard that. She said that she has written to every headteacher…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThere are unanswered questions about definitions, what should be in and what should be out, and exactly where the boundary lines are. Parents sometimes talk about social media in…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyI beg to move, That this House has considered the proposed visitor levy in England. It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Efford. It is also great to see the Minister…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyThat is one of a number of worries I have about this proposal; I am grateful to the hon. Member for putting it in such a rational and straightforward way. I was coming on to say…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyI do agree; the hon. Member makes some very good points about national insurance contributions, which I will go on to talk about further. He also makes some very good points about…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyI do not know if the hon. Gentleman heard the earlier intervention by the hon. Member for Torbay (Steve Darling), who made the point—quite rightly—that we cannot look at a single…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyMr Efford, that really was my next sentence, because there are questions about short-term lets, and about second homes in Cornwall and so on. On the short lets issue—whether rents…25 Mar 2026