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HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Mr Speaker, I am sure that you, like me, got to enjoy everything that UK hospitality has to offer over the summer. Fifteen local pubs received nominations in my community pub…03 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal Of Prisoners For Deportation Order 2025) (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. Let me begin by confirming that the Opposition will not be voting against the statutory instrument. We support further…21 Jul 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [Lords]I rise on behalf of the official Opposition to express our support for the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill. I do not have the benefit of being a learned Member like the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDFinancial Services ReformGiven the news on inflation today, along with the ongoing increases in unemployment and the downgrading of growth forecasts, it is quite right that this Government are looking for…16 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI want to finish my speech. Poverty is, of course, a matter for Government. It is about policies and about incomes, but there is another important side to child poverty in this…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI think we need to look at the absolute poverty figures and at what difference we can make to them—and what makes a long-term difference to the number of people in poverty of any…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI agree. I find it hard to believe that Labour Members would allow and support a system where someone could have five, six, seven, eight, or nine children—all being paid for by…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingWill the Minister give way?15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in this debate, which at its heart is about fairness and what works, rather than what sounds good. I believe that supporting families…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingAs others have pointed out, the Government put forward welfare reforms that were supposed to save money but ended up costing money, and this is yet another attempt to placate…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingNot right now. I recognise, of course, that some people are not able to make the same choice about the number of children in their family—including, for example, children who are…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI am deeply moved by the Minister’s commitment to reducing poverty. Will he explain why, as a Minister, he supported the Government’s proposals in the Universal Credit Bill last…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingIt is the inability to have difficult conversations and make difficult points that puts Labour Members on the wrong side of these issues and on the wrong side of British…15 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison, and to respond on behalf of His Majesty’s Opposition. This delegated legislation follows on from legislation laid…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Secure 16 to 19 Academies BillI rise to express the Opposition’s support for the Bill. I thank the hon. Member for Cramlington and Killingworth (Emma Foody) for bringing it forward. I note that my hon. Friend…11 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsHas the hon. Member actually read it?09 Jul 2025HANSARDViolence against Women: Criminal Justice SystemThe whole House will remember the murder of Sarah Everard and the national debate about violence against women and girls that it provoked. Sarah’s parents, Susan and Jeremy, had…08 Jul 2025HANSARDViolence against Women: Criminal Justice SystemI welcome that commitment, but the Minister failed to mention that we tabled an amendment in Committee which she voted against, along with a number of other Labour Members. Given…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThose of us who have been involved in the mishandled transition of post offices from directly managed branches to franchises, as has happened in Bexhill, have seen how poorly the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. The draft order will amend the criteria for determining whether an offender recalled to custody should be eligible for…30 Jun 2025