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HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillDoes the Minister recognise that the Government’s own assessment of the effectiveness of the Bill is that it will recover a tiny 1.8% of losses?29 Apr 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI thank the Minister for giving way, and I hope he will forgive me for waiting till what appears to be the end of his list. When the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ11. British Governments of all political persuasions have long taken pride in reducing the carbon footprint of the British manufacturing industry. Unfortunately, in too many…23 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I press the Secretary of State on transcripts? When I asked recently for a transcript of a major trial, Manchester Crown court told me that the cost would be £100,000; when…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am afraid the right hon. Member is right. The difficulty is that we are in a new world. The terrible thing is—the House will only ever hear me say this once—that Trump has a…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillYou will not need reminding, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I will remind the House of quite how unusual a day this is, for a variety of reasons. The last time we met on a Saturday was at…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillIf the hon. Lady will forgive me, I will not, because lots of people want to speak. I will refer to something she said in a minute, so if she really needs to intervene, I will let…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillFrom what the Secretary of State has described, it is beginning to sound as though Jingye is trying to manoeuvre the Government into a recompensed nationalisation. Will he make it…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSEND Funding: Council InsolvencyNext March, when local authorities can no longer exclude the high needs elements from their balance sheets, half of them will go bankrupt as it now stands. For the East Riding, it…07 Apr 2025HANSARDSEND Funding: Council Insolvency14. What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Education on the potential implications for her policies of councils becoming…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsNeedless to say, everyone wishes the Secretary of State well with that. In March, the Chancellor said: “The regulatory system has become burdensome to the point of choking off…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.07 Apr 2025HANSARDTourism Outside CitiesOr the armour.03 Apr 2025HANSARDTourism Outside CitiesSince we are swapping villages, I was in Pocklington last week, at the site of what Professor Alice Roberts described as the most important iron age archaeological site in…03 Apr 2025HANSARDTourism Outside Cities8. What steps she is taking to help increase tourism outside cities.03 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. Of course, he is the Member for Hereford, so many of the people who have retired and will face these threats will be his…02 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestMay I start by thanking the Secretary of State? The public will not necessarily know that it is very unusual for the Secretary of State to respond to an Adjournment debate, and…02 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestThe hon. Member is exactly right, and he prefaces what I intend to say. He repeats the point that his party leader made in the urgent question, when he said that the judgment was…02 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestOne point the Secretary of State has not yet come to is that there is an excruciating element of double jeopardy here. Every single case we are talking about was investigated…02 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestMy right hon. and gallant Friend makes the central point of the argument perfectly. Here we are, 33 years later, with a Northern Ireland coroner judging events in retrospect,…02 Apr 2025