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HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. This is clearly a serious moment for our country—perhaps the most serious moment in a hundred years. We are threatened by existential…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Bike Theft: LoughboroughIt is fair to say that bike theft is a scourge across our nations and islands. I look forward to the Minister’s response. The issue of motorbike theft in Loughborough was brought…25 Nov 2025HANSARD Bike Theft: LoughboroughI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of bike theft in Loughborough. Thank you for allowing me to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I raised the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDInternational Men’s DayI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) not only for securing this debate, but for his incredibly courageous and powerful contribution, which is no…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Police ReformI welcome today’s reforms. Across Loughborough, motorbikes have been stolen for years and years; it is a huge scourge. I am really glad that a recent police operation helped to…13 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe House will be shocked to hear that I do agree. This is about getting bills down for families, which is so important. When homes are insulated, that reduces energy demand as…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI do apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. Our plan, which used to be shared across the House, is precisely to invest in cleaner, cheaper energy for all, because we know that wind and…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe gasfields that the hon. Lady is talking about are geologically unstable, and it is not even clear whether we can get them out. Only 20% of the reserves of the gasfields that…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyClearly, this country faces an affordability crisis. People cannot afford their energy bills or their housing bills, and that means more than just not being able to pay the…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Welfare SpendingToday’s motion represents the same failed punitive and cruel social security system that the Conservative party had for 14 years—a system that did not help people into good jobs…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Welfare SpendingI could not agree more. When we go forward and think about how to create a good life for people, we first need to create good jobs, but we also need to ensure that people have the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate on stamp duty, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think there is a lot of agreement on both sides of the House that, if we could just abolish stamp…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThat is not at all the argument I am making. My argument is: how can we ensure that people live a decent life through £23 billion of social security cuts, given the huge amounts…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxPeople in this country who have the right to remain and the right to work, and who have earned social security contributions, can make claims. The hon. Member will know that many…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxAnd look how much the Conservative party has changed since last July. That is where we are. I will come back, Madam Deputy Speaker, to the issue at hand. We have 4.5 million…28 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the previous Government, British parents had the highest childcare costs in Europe. Will the Minister please set out how the expansion of early years education is reducing…20 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. We live in a world where climate change is leading to rising prices and to more hunger. World food prices are up by…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Security Update: Official Secrets Act CaseAll of us across this House have an interest in protecting and preserving our democracy. Clearly, we have threats to our democracy, internally as well as externally. The Minister…13 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. The truth is that today democracy is dying and we have to face that if we want to save it as it stands. We are living…16 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI rise to speak against the motion on tax. I welcome the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing North (James Murray), and his well-deserved…03 Sept 2025