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HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI will make a bit more progress. Let us take the example of nutrient neutrality. It is estimated that no fewer than 160,000 homes across the country have been blocked by Natural…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI agree with those points. It would also make it virtually impossible to meet our manifesto commitment, on which we were elected, to build the 1.5 million homes that we need over…09 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Mr Speaker,“there is going to have to be a coming together of Reform and the Conservative party in some way”—a deal, a pact or a merger. Those are not my words, but the words…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillFirst, I acknowledge that disparities in outcomes in our judicial system are a real issue and merit serious attention. I recognise the work of the Lammy review in 2017, as well as…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI do not think that anyone in this House is a blockage—far from it. The point I am making is that I believe that this House should be the place where political decisions are made,…30 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. As a north London MP, I know that tackling the high housing costs in this city is a priority for my constituents. It is my belief that one route to that is investing in the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI thank the Justice Secretary for her decisive action on this issue and note that this Government are not ducking political decisions, farming them out to quangos like the last…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Local Government Finances: LondonBarnet council now processes 10 homelessness applications every single day—more than double the number it was processing just two years ago. This, coupled with additional spending…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Local Government Finances: LondonIn Barnet, we have around 85 care homes. Inner London boroughs such as Camden and Islington have around 20, yet the grant that inner London boroughs receive is around £3 million,…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillHow does the hon. Gentleman square his support for getting more homes built and helping children who are living in temporary accommodation with his opposition to 250 new homes in…24 Mar 2025HANSARDClean Power by 2030Does the Secretary of State agree that community energy has a vital role to play in the transition to cleaner and greener power? Will he accept an invitation to come to my…18 Mar 2025HANSARDClean Power by 20304. What progress he has made on achieving clean power by 2030.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Israeli-Palestinian Peace: International FundI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I believe that we cannot lose sight of the need for a two-state solution—for Palestine to exist alongside Israel. That is deeply…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Israeli-Palestinian Peace: International FundIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I refer hon. Members to my registered interests. I strongly welcome the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI thank my hon. Friend for all the work that he has done on this issue. When decision makers chose to set the age at 13 rather than 16, what evidence did they use and what…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister) for bringing this Bill forward. I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the Bill and to have…07 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic GrowthDoes the Minister agree that planning reform is essential for higher growth and lower taxes? Is he, like me, concerned that the anti-growth Opposition we see before us in this…04 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsIt is welcome that the Minister is taking such strong action to counter the threat posed by Iran on Britain’s streets, but will he explain how the process to consider a…04 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeI thank my hon. and learned Friend for mentioning the action that has taken place in the London borough of Barnet, for which I have the honour of being one of the three Members of…24 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Security BenefitsFirst, I echo the comments of others in praising the Minister for his work on this issue over decades in this place. I saw it before becoming a Member of Parliament during my time…04 Feb 2025