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HANSARDFire Station ClosuresI agree with everything the hon. Gentleman has to say. However, does he agree that the only practical way of getting Dorset and Wiltshire fire and rescue service the funds it…12 Mar 2026HANSARDFire Station ClosuresI welcome the multi-year settlement, and so does the fire and rescue service. However, does the Minister accept that one problem is that the assumptions on which Government…12 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ6. As a result of grant cuts and over-optimistic Treasury assumptions on council tax base growth, eight fire stations and 96 retained firefighters across Wiltshire and Dorset…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingI very much welcome the statement and I commend the Home Secretary’s judgment on this occasion. The Islamic Human Rights Commission will seek to exploit the loophole offered up…11 Mar 2026HANSARDRough Sleeping: Families with ChildrenOrder. I intend to call the Front Benchers at 10.28 am, so brevity will be a virtue.11 Mar 2026HANSARDRough Sleeping: Families with ChildrenOrder. The hon. Gentleman came into the debate about half an hour in. It is entirely up to the hon. Member for Woking whether to allow the intervention, but in general I expect…11 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyWe learn from the press, if not from the Minister, that up to £40,000 of taxpayers’ money will be used to reward illegal activity. Does that not make a mockery of the law? Would…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceIs the problem here not our military capability—we still have the second most capable navy in NATO—but the political will? Why is it that HMS Duncan, the sister ship of HMS…09 Mar 2026HANSARDChina: Foreign Interference ArrestsThe Minister spoke of “severe consequences”. Will he outline what those severe consequences might be? Does he understand that Beijing is unlikely to take that terribly seriously,…04 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe spring statement began well by outlining the desperate international situation and by praising our armed forces, but does the Chancellor agree that her remarks would have been…03 Mar 2026HANSARDCommunity CohesionOrder. We have three colleagues wishing to speak. I will call the Front-Bench spokespeople at 10.28 am, so that means short speeches, please.03 Mar 2026HANSARDCommunity CohesionOrder. On that point, I call the Minister, because we are short of time.03 Mar 2026HANSARD North Middlesex Hospital Accident and Emergency Services: Cancer PatientsI will call Kate Osamor to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may speak only with prior permission from the Member in charge…03 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastThe Prime Minister happily says that he has learned the lessons of Iraq, a misadventure that his party is responsible for. Does he agree that the lesson of Iraq is not to use…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryHow much political capital are this Government prepared to burn through with a highly transactional White House in order to secure more helpful language on the Chagos islands?25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineOn the subject of tech, the Defence Secretary may be aware of NP Aerospace of Coventry, which, among other things, manufactures body armour. The Secretary of State will be aware…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineIt appears that we are being teed up for some sort of deployment to Ukraine at some point in the future. Does my right hon. Friend recall that in a similar debate on 3 March 2025,…25 Feb 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressRegular updates are all well and good, and they are appreciated, but they are a classic Whitehall strategy for disguising managed delay. When we get the first tranche of…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingIn April 2024, a much-needed SEND school at Bitham Park in Westbury in my constituency was given the green light by Wiltshire council and the Department for Education, with a…23 Feb 2026HANSARDMinistry of Defence: Palantir ContractsDoes the Minister appreciate how appallingly bad it looks for the Prime Minister of this country and the then ambassador in Washington, the disgraced Peter Mandelson, to have met…10 Feb 2026