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HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (First sitting)Q There are two areas I would like to explore briefly. We heard a lot from the local government family about the chaos created by elections being cancelled, then uncancelled, and…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRepresentation of the People Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a brief question about clause 47 on the voter identification requirements. We have heard quite a lot on the point about bank cards. I am mindful that the Government’s own…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsI do not entirely share that view. I have seen the challenges that the French police face, with something like 1,000 members of their constabulary covering 10,000 km of coastline.…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsThe hon. Member for Woking (Mr Forster) spoke about the absence of Members from certain parties from this Chamber. Those colleagues who we saw scuttling off to Reform have serious…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I host a researcher from an…17 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. The Opposition do not propose to divide the Committee on this instrument, but I have some questions that I would…16 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent, Vijay Odedra, has been telling me how his small business, CapnoTrainer, has been working with the Royal Navy to improve the fighting capacity and resilience of our…16 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026I apologise, but I meant paragraph 5.13, not paragraph 5.6, of the explanatory memorandum. I had turned over the page and misread my record.16 Mar 2026HANSARD Local Government Reorganisation: South-eastIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests on my roles as an unpaid…10 Mar 2026HANSARDCommunity CohesionIt is a pleasure as always, Dr Murrison. As well as congratulating the hon. Member for Rugby (John Slinger), I would like to say in opening how much value I place on the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCommunity CohesionI would not accept that point, I am afraid. We can recognise, not least by simply looking at the statistics, that resident satisfaction with local government services rose…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCommunity CohesionI do not think there is any argument against the points that the hon. Member raises, and they reflect things that I am sure we have all heard as constituency MPs. When I visited…03 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People BillThis has been a wide-ranging debate, some of which has focused on the generalities of our electoral system. Some Members may have forgotten that we had a referendum on the…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People BillI can hear voices challenging that, asking, “So a little bit of crime is okay?” We need to recognise a point similar to those made by Members across the Chamber about crypto. The…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Power to Cancel Local ElectionsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Mundell, at a time when Parliament is very active in the world of local government, which shows how much it matters. We heard…02 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I am sure we all recognise that when the proceedings in Committee Room 11 of the House of Commons are recorded in the…25 Feb 2026HANSARDGrey-belt LandThe Minister has set out clearly for the House the key plank of development strategy under the previous Secretary of State: re-designating large parts of our green belt as grey…23 Feb 2026HANSARDLeasehold ReformAccording to the Government’s own statistics, 84% of respondents to their consultation said they felt that the system for challenging unfair charges for managing agents and other…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will give way to my constituency neighbour.11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. When Ministers talk about additional resources being provided to local government, we need to reflect on the fact that two thirds of…11 Feb 2026