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HANSARDAsylum Seekers: HotelsA number of my constituents have written to me requesting details on the future of the George hotel, which is one of the asylum hotels in Solihull town centre. Given the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotels9. How many asylum seekers were accommodated in hotels on (a) 30 September 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024.09 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonThere is a fourth point, which is that there is likely to be a sizeable volume of documents for the ISC to review. Will the Minister reassure this House that the ISC will be given…04 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillIt would be a safety net if it provided a short-term boost. What it does instead is provide an endless cheque book without any checks and balances in place. If there was a sunset…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChanges to Jury TrialsSir Brian Leveson’s review did not contain any specific modelling to support his view that limiting jury trials would reduce by 20% the time taken for trials. If the Government’s…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but this is about choices. We come to this place to make choices about how we spend taxpayers’ money to ensure that it is fair across…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI will make some progress. I will start with a real-life experience from my own constituency. Some months ago, I met a couple at a community event, both of whom were in work and…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillAt its heart, this debate is about choices, and the choice before us today is whether we believe that compassion is best expressed through limitless expenditure or through a…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Prisons: Illegal DrugsDoes the hon. Gentleman share my deep disappointment and concern about the position that the Ministry of Justice finds itself in? The research and development phase for…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital IDMany of my constituents will be watching these proceedings agog, because this is just another example of the chaotic approach to policymaking by this Government. Given the…15 Jan 2026HANSARDEmergency and Life-Saving Skills (Schools)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the teaching in schools of skills relating to emergency situations, including life-saving skills; and for…13 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyFor the thousands of British national overseas people in my constituency, the prospect of the Chinese super-embassy is deeply worrying, and that worry is compounded by these…13 Jan 2026HANSARDJury TrialsThe hon. Gentleman is entirely right: there is no mandate for this decision. It represents such a significant constitutional change to our legal system, and it is being made…07 Jan 2026HANSARDJury TrialsThe hon. Lady is right to a degree: there has been failure by successive Governments to invest in the criminal justice system. If we were serious about this issue in this place,…07 Jan 2026HANSARDJury TrialsMy hon. Friend is entirely right, and I will touch on some of those points in a moment. There has quite rightly been much reliance on Sir Brian Leveson’s report; he is a jurist of…07 Jan 2026HANSARDJury TrialsThe right to trial by jury is not some procedural convenience capable of being abridged when the administrative weather turns foul; it is one of the great constitutional…07 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Armed Forces Recruitment and RetentionThe Minister has more experience than most with the global threats facing this country. In those circumstances, we need to be recruiting the brightest and best to our armed forces…05 Jan 2026HANSARDHMP Leyhill: Offender AbscondmentsSince October of last year, five people have absconded from Leyhill, which suggests that there are systemic issues around both security and licensing arrangements. I suspect that…05 Jan 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillIt strikes me that it should not be particularly controversial that a Government should be encouraging people to save for their retirement, to take responsibility for their future…17 Dec 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillThe Minister is right that people should be putting into their pensions and we should encourage them to do so, but we should not put forward legislation that disincentivises that.…17 Dec 2025