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HANSARD Black History MonthThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I should know better. I will have to google all their constituencies. Anyway, we have some amazing founding members of the black caucus, and that…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for holding the Black History Month debate in Government time. The recent Government consultation on closing the ethnicity pay gap is important.…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthThe Mother of the House receives more abuse than every single MP in this House. Sometimes I wonder about this disregard or disrespect. When I came into Parliament in 2005, there…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. At the beginning of Prime Minister’s questions, I rushed in while a question was being asked, and I want to apologise. I was rushing in from…22 Oct 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeWill the hon. Member give way?15 Oct 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeWe all have stories. In my constituency, we used to have quite a number of knife crimes, but the early intervention and violent crime reduction unit that the Mayor has put in…15 Oct 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeI, too, was a magistrate and heard lots of cases. The hon. Member might be coming to domestic violence, as there is a lot of knife crime in the home. However, I do not quite get…15 Oct 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Metropolitan police briefing for October 2025 said there were 1,154 fewer knife crime offences in the 12 months to August 2025—a 7% drop. Is the hon. Member disputing the Met…15 Oct 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeThe hon. Gentleman is making some extremely valuable points. The public health approach is not something I have invented; when there was a knife crime epidemic in Scotland and…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillMy hon. Friend talks about tipping things in favour of the employee. How important is that, when we have heard of employees who have been exploited through zero-hours contracts,…15 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsEconomically deprived high streets and poorer high streets are flooded with gambling shops. The “aim to permit” legislation prevents councils from saying no. My summer campaign on…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 3 September.03 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement today. Israel’s decision to escalate operations in Gaza further and to expand further into Gaza City, where famine has officially…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastWe watch as families survey the ruins of their homes and are mocked by illegal settlers in the west bank, and we watch as a little boy looks at his dead relative, waiting for him…21 Jul 2025HANSARD London’s National Economic ContributionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Powell) on securing this vital debate. If we…10 Jul 2025HANSARD London’s National Economic ContributionIt is actually not unusual that when there is a Labour Government and a Labour mayor—like when there was a Tory Government and mayor—there is not a Minister for London. Also, on…10 Jul 2025HANSARD Phone TheftI thank the hon. Member for that important intervention; he is absolutely right. A mobile phone is not just for making a phone call anymore; it is an integral part of most…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Phone TheftI was in the middle of writing, “We all know what the issues and problems are,” and then the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam), started speaking. I…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Phone TheftI am impressed that my right hon. Friend has the all the Cabinet’s phone numbers. He is absolutely right; the knock-on effect of this crime is huge. Whether it is the house…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Phone TheftI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of mobile phone theft. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for ensuring that we could have this important debate…03 Jul 2025