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HANSARDProgression of Bills through ParliamentI can assure the right hon. Lady that there are many people in Cambridge who follow these things very closely, so I do not disagree. I also pay tribute to my friend Meg Russell…08 Jun 2026HANSARDProgression of Bills through ParliamentIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) on the thoughtful and intelligent way…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Improving the UK Visa SystemAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stuart. I commend the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on introducing this important debate. He…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Improving the UK Visa SystemThe hon. Member is absolutely right. I remember notorious problems with the system based in Croydon from when I was a teenager living there, so the issue goes back 50 or 60 years.…03 Jun 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressThis is a complicated set of issues. There has been a genuine change in the structure of the industry because of the legal cases to which the hon. Member refers. Over the years,…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), just as it was a great pleasure to visit his beautiful constituency last week. Even though I do not…13 May 2026HANSARD Technology SovereigntyIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (Dame…10 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People Billrose —02 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on extending the franchise. Has he thought about the 4 million people who live in this country and do not have access to voting? There are…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. In Cambridge, like in many other places, many new homes will be built in the coming years, but we need to build communities, not just houses, and a cultural component is…26 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKIt is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I commend the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins). There is a thirst to discuss this in the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor5. What recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of progress on the delivery of the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor.23 Feb 2026HANSARDOxford-Cambridge Growth CorridorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work he has been doing on this issue, and I was pleased to see the announcement of the consultation on the development corporation a few…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I want to pay tribute to a stalwart of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, Christopher Graffius, who died in his…23 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ13. Last week, the Government launched a consultation on establishing a growth development corporation for Cambridge. In the meantime, Peter Freeman, the chairman of the…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEmergency PreparednessThe advice from the previous Government was that households should stockpile three day’s-worth of non-perishable food and water. This week, The Guardian has reported that other…22 Jan 2026HANSARDUniversities: Statutory Duty of CareMy hon. Friend is making a very important speech. A few years ago, I and colleagues on the all-party parliamentary university group looked at these issues. What we found was a…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Cambridge University Press & Assessment has long experience of conducting in-country English tests for those seeking to come to the UK, but it is concerned that the Home…05 Jan 2026HANSARD UK-EU Common Understanding NegotiationsI commend my right hon. Friend for his diligent and detailed work on this. It really is proper grown-up politics, as he said. The return of Erasmus will be widely welcomed in…17 Dec 2025HANSARDFood Security8. What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of cross-Government working on food security.04 Dec 2025