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HANSARDArbitration Bill [Lords]I rise on behalf of the Opposition to support the Second Reading of the Arbitration Bill. As the Minister has laid out, arbitration is a cornerstone of the UK’s legal and economic…29 Jan 2025HANSARDArbitration Bill [Lords]Quite right.29 Jan 2025HANSARDProlific OffendersAs the Secretary of State mentioned, the approach to managing hyper-prolific offenders is part of David Gauke’s review, which could consider, for example, the wider use of GPS…28 Jan 2025HANSARDProlific OffendersI did not quite hear a “yes”, but I will take that as an encouraging commitment that the Secretary of State will publish the GPS tagging review ahead of any sentencing review.…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Attorney General’s Office: Conflicts of Interestindicated assent.23 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI apologise. If Members are not willing to go along with that courtesy, I am afraid that I will not continue to take interventions. I have tried to be fair and decent. I hope that…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeGovernments make choices. I have just laid out the economic situation that we inherited, which was worse than the one Labour has inherited, and yet we prioritised NHS spending.…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI do not have to let anybody intervene, but I will let you intervene to make a point about your hospitals. If there continues to be a back-and-forth, I will not let anybody…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I hope that the hon. Member will appreciate that the money resolution is narrow in scope—I will perhaps bring the attention of the House to some tangentially related issues when…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeThere is not time for a continual back-and-forth in a 30-minute debate, so I will make some more progress. When it comes to comparing the record of the NHS, the performance of the…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I am conscious of the limited time available and so will keep my remarks focused. I appreciate that it is not commonplace for Front Benchers to speak at length on money…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeIn the last hour, I have had a communication from the trust explaining that, with the delay, the extra cost may be in the hundreds of millions. I would be grateful to take up the…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programmerose—22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI will.22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI beg to move, That this House has considered the New Hospital Programme. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq, for a debate that is very timely in the light…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeIt is a 30-minute debate, and I want to be generous in letting hon. Members make short points in support of their hospitals, but I do not want to allow it to degenerate into a…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeIn a moment.22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI share that disappointment, which relates to some of the remarks that I will go on to make about how those costs will go up with the delays, because of the inflationary pressures…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI will not give way yet. Yet that is exactly what the Government have done again and again, breaking not only that pledge but a series of pledges they made during the…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeThat remains to be seen; we will have to see what the Office for Budget Responsibility says in March about the planned public expenditure limits. To be clear about taking…22 Jan 2025