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HANSARD Public Order BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that everyone in the House knows that if we want to get things done, we have to knock on doors, deliver leaflets and persuade people to vote for us, and…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillIs that not just the nature of democracy? Ultimately, in the longer term, we win or lose arguments; we do not win every single one, and we do not lose every single one. The right…23 May 2022HANSARD Child Maintenance ArrearsI am grateful to have this opportunity to talk about this incredibly important issue. While the topic is very broad, my speech is very focused. I am seeking to encourage the…17 May 2022HANSARD Child Maintenance ArrearsThe hon. Member pre-empts the exact point I was going to go on to make, which is that between December 2018 and March 2021, the predecessor agency wrote off about £2.6 billion of…17 May 2022HANSARD Child Maintenance ArrearsThe important point is that those powers tend to be at the end of an extensive, long-winded process, but people get very good at dropping in and out of it and, as a result, are no…17 May 2022HANSARD Child Maintenance ArrearsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. My focus today is on the need to change regulations, but I accept the wider concern about the functioning and efficiency of the…17 May 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI agree with my hon. Friend and thank her for coming to give her support today. It is about Crewe’s 360-degree connectivity, which is unrivalled when it comes to towns and other…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI agree with the hon. Member that it is not just in Crewe that this opportunity has galvanised communities. I am going to talk about how my community feels about it, but to give…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI do indeed agree with my hon. Friend, and I thank him for his support for the bid to have the GBR HQ in Crewe. More than 3 million people live within a 45-minute commute by road…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI thank the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) for his support. As he says, the bid has cross-party support from councils and Members of Parliament. It would be a benefit…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI begin by thanking the Minister and the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough (Gill Furniss), for attending the debate today. If the…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI fully support that ambition, because we all know how important local railway connections are, alongside the big intercity connections. I see on the roads in and around Crewe…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI beg to move, That this House has considered Crewe’s bid for the headquarters of Great British Railways. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I am proud to…29 Mar 2022HANSARDCost of LivingOne thing that would help single-parent families with the cost of living is receiving child maintenance. In fact, research by York University has found that securing child…21 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesI join other Members in saying that what has happened today is completely unacceptable. On the face of it, it also seems to me to be potentially unlawful, although I understand…17 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Billrose —07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI rise to speak in support of amendment 64. Economic crime is an issue that should always have the attention and concern of this House. It is theft on a grand scale, and often…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Billrose —07 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsIndia is a great friend of the UK and a leading democracy, and Indian communities prosper in democracies around the world, including of course in this country. Does my right hon.…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI rise to support Lords amendment 1, commonly known as Harper’s Law, and to take this opportunity to welcome a number of key reforms introduced by the Bill while also highlighting…28 Feb 2022