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HANSARD SEND Provision: Local AuthoritiesI declare my usual interest, as my wife is a special needs co-ordinator and one of our children has an EHCP. I thank the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley (Chris Coghlan) for…03 Mar 2026HANSARDStudent Loan Repayment PlansIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. As has been said, this is an issue of generational unfairness. My wife and I had plan 1 loans. At that stage, in our…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Electronic Travel Authorisation: Dual NationalsMy constituent Steve Bainbridge is a dual UK-Greek national. He has raised his experience of a delay in receiving his UK passport forcing him to have to use his Greek passport to…25 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI declare an interest, as my wife is special educational needs co-ordinator and one of our children has an EHCP. As the parent of twins, I have had to fight for virtually none of…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseThis coming Monday, I will be honoured to join my long-standing friend Tom Jones, who also happens to be my eldest constituent, for his 108th birthday celebration. Tom joined the…12 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, my Conservative-controlled council in the London borough of Bexley issued a press release stating that DFT data showed that it has the seventh best roads in England.…12 Feb 2026HANSARDHughes Report: Second AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Sarah Green) for securing the debate. I spoke in last year’s…11 Feb 2026HANSARDCivil Service Pension Scheme: AdministrationI thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate. Like her, I have received a litany of complaints in recent weeks from constituents—including Antoni, Catherine, Christopher, Kevin,…04 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)London TravelWatch is a large organisation, and I used to chair some of its casework committees. It deals with and reports on a huge range of issues and, like Passenger Focus, it…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)I will briefly respond to some of the comments that have been made. First, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 does not have many of these components. Yet the Mayor of London…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)Does the shadow Minister accept that in recent years, when Transport for London was negotiating its fare settlements, the previous Government dictated the level of fares that…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)I again declare my interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for wheelchair users. Amendment 62 appears to refer not to railcards but to all ticketing. As I have…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)I do not think this provision needs to be on the face of the Bill. These issues already exist; there are examples where the passenger watchdog and the Transport Committee would be…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I hear what was said about amendment 63, and I will wait to hear what the Minister says. I have sat on a passenger…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)Apologies, I will return to that in due course.03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)If the hon. Gentleman looks at the clauses in the group, he will see that there are significant issues that the passengers’ council needs to take into account for all passengers,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I will briefly speak to clause 18 stand part. At the outset, I remind Members that I am the chair of the all-party…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member, who is advocating for her constituents. Within London, Transport for London operates at least four lines—the Elizabeth, Central, Lioness and Metropolitan…29 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseLast Sunday, I joined the congregation at St Augustine’s church in Slade Green to celebrate the retirement of Rev. Jim Bennett. Jim has been a long-standing pillar of our…29 Jan 2026HANSARDYoung Disabled People: Support into Work11. What steps he is taking to help support young disabled people into work.26 Jan 2026