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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think I have made the point that this Bill is too comprehensive and there is too much in it to address through the process of a private Member’s Bill. If the hon. Gentleman has…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI recognise that there are very many doubts on each side, and I fully respect the arguments that have been made by the hon. Member for Spen Valley. Of course this is a finely…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThank you very much. I do not want to have too much grumbling at the eight-minute moment. I will take my 15 minutes, with time for interventions. I start by paying tribute to the…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman; he is absolutely right. I am afraid that the definition of terminal illness is in a sense the essential flaw in the Bill, but I…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think you indicated that I could speak for a little longer than eight minutes, Mr Speaker.29 Nov 2024HANSARDCar Theft: Rural AreasThat was a welcome answer from the Minister. Farmers in Wiltshire complain not just about car theft, which is endemic, but wider agricultural theft, too, and the terrible scourge…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTransport InfrastructureI thank the Minister with responsibility for roads for meeting my right hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) and me last week to discuss the future of the A303 and the…21 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI have not opened my mouth yet.20 Nov 2024HANSARDBlind and Partially Sighted People: Employment SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Torbay (Steve Darling) for his powerful testimony about the enormous opportunities…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsAre you talking to me, Mr Speaker?20 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksI congratulate the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan) on bringing this debate forward. I am grateful for hon. Members’ helpful contributions, and I…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksI do recognise the extent of the problem of in-work poverty and of people reliant on benefits to sustain their incomes and on additional support from the outside. I do not accept…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksWe did not pledge to do it and we did not do it. I think it is important to have universal entitlement to essential benefits, but if there does need to be some means testing,…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksAs I said, I do not think that withdrawing the winter fuel payment from 10 million pensioners reflects a transfer of the burden on to those who can bear it most—nor does imposing…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Jailing of Hong Kong Pro-democracy ActivistsMy constituent and friend, Sir Henry Keswick, who died earlier this month, was for many years the chairman of Jardine Matheson. He was a great believer in the opportunity for good…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksI am grateful for the intervention. I recognise those points and pay tribute to the hon. Member’s food banks too. Hon. Members have cited some of the facts. It is a fact that the…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksYes, indeed; I very much look forward to that review coming along soon. Many hon. Members have mentioned the record of the last Government. I recognise the extent of low wage…19 Nov 2024HANSARDPension Credit: UptakeThe Minister mentions the equality assessment. That was a high-level equality assessment that was only dragged out of the Government in response to a freedom of information…11 Nov 2024HANSARDPension Credit: UptakeThe withdrawal of the winter fuel payment from 10 million households, including 70% of disabled pensioners, is a huge change, as is using pension credit to distribute the benefit…11 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am delighted to hear that there is, in fact, a businessman on the Labour Benches; that is tremendous, and I hope that he and his business prosper under the Government that he is…06 Nov 2024