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HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 25 February.25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMay I associate myself with the remarks of the Prime Minister in respect of Team GB and Ukraine? A great former Prime Minister once said, “You turn if you want to. The lady’s not…25 Feb 2026HANSARDDraft Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026My hon. Friend rightly highlights the campaign of my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Spelthorne for the new council to be named West Surrey and South Middlesex. As I…25 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I gently take the Minister to task on that. Were not some of the first actions of Secretaries of State of this Government, when they came into office, to publish reports in which…10 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Will the Minister gently give way on that point?10 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eleventh sitting)On a point of order, Mr Western. We have just dealt with a couple of amendments that the selection list described as tabled by the Opposition but were actually been tabled by the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will not get into whether a peacock or a pheasant is a large or small bird—it takes me back to my days as a Health Minister, when we had a debate about whether a scotch egg is a…05 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister says that GBR will be able to design a bespoke performance regime, but does that not go to the heart of what my hon. Friend the Member for South West Devon…05 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Twelfth sitting)Does the Minister not see the challenge that if GBR is the single directing mind, we need to ask how it is held to account for individual decisions that it makes? Where is its…05 Feb 2026HANSARDDraft Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2026I will be very brief. I will not reiterate what has been set out so eloquently by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire, the shadow Minister, nor will I reiterate what…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn their manifesto at the last election, the Government promised to set up specialist rape courts in every Crown court location. Will the Minister update the House on how many…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)Can the Minister give a few examples of the exceptional circumstances that might cause the power to be used?03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)As ever, Mrs Hobhouse, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I will speak primarily to amendment 63, as articulated, typically eloquently, by my hon. Friend the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Tenth sitting)Does the Minister also recognise that the review has led to cuts of about 20 individual programmes? That was not done on the grounds of accessibility—although the letter I…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Ninth sitting)Is the hon. Member aware that, although not in a domestic context, there have in the past been schemes in which, instead of air miles, points or miles have been available—for…03 Feb 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be brief, as I know that a number of hon. Members wish to speak. I can see the intent behind amendment 134 in the name of the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage, which…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister says the watchdog can request enforcement. Does it have the power to compel enforcement?29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eighth sitting)I will endeavour not to detain the Committee for long. In the Committee’s second sitting, when Mr Reeve and Mr McDonald gave evidence—as I think my hon. Friend the Member for…29 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (Eighth sitting)I want to tempt the Minister. I hope he will look at me and not catch the eyes of his officials, because I am very well aware, from my time as a Minister, of phrases such as “in…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat does the Minister say to childminders in Melton and Syston who are concerned about potentially increased administrative burdens and cash-flow pressures, as a result of…27 Jan 2026