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HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q I have a couple of quick questions, following on from some of the comments that you have just made. Do you think that a 30-year strategy, or whatever, is a realistic…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. Mr Brown, I think it was you who mentioned the integrated business units and accountability, and you also mentioned communities and passengers. How will the Bill…20 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways Bill (First sitting)Q I want to pick a little further at the accessibility point, particularly on step-free access. By way of example, last week I got a letter from the Minister—neither of the two…20 Jan 2026HANSARD UK-France RelationsIt is right that we recognise, despite the ups and downs in the relationship between our two countries, that the interaction of their histories and cultures has made them what…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Horse and Rider Road SafetyI congratulate both the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr Dillon) and the British Horse Society for their work on this hugely important issue. The demand to speak in the debate shows…14 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Permitted Disclosures) Regulations 2025It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I am slowly beginning to get used to life on the Back Benches and to sitting on neither the Government Front…12 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. As my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Buckinghamshire, the shadow Minister, has set out, we welcome the intent behind…04 Nov 2025HANSARD GP Services: Melton and SystonThe hon. Gentleman is right. Although I spent two and a half years as a Minister in the Department of Health and Social Care, I was never the Minister for Primary Care, but I am…30 Oct 2025HANSARD GP Services: Melton and SystonI am grateful to the Minister for that. The only point I would make is that when, at the age of 47, one is described as an elder statesman, one can see retirement looming. I want…30 Oct 2025HANSARD GP Services: Melton and SystonThank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker, and through you I thank Mr Speaker for granting this important Adjournment debate. I congratulate the Under-Secretary of State for…30 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealI welcome this announcement, and I congratulate the Minister and, indeed, the right hon. Member for Liverpool Garston (Maria Eagle) and their Conservative predecessors on the team…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillOn new clause 1, will my right hon. Friend give way?29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI am very grateful. As a former sentencing Minister, I can see no logical reason why the Government would oppose new clause 1—tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid…29 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025I will be brief. I associate myself with the Minister’s remarks to you and your constituents with respect to recent events. It is a pleasure to make a brief speech in a Delegated…14 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025Charnwood.14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat commitment can the Minister give to my constituents in Thurmaston, Syston, Queniborough and nearby villages who wish to remain in the county of Leicestershire and have…13 Oct 2025HANSARDEducation CommitteeI am grateful to the hon. Lady and her Committee for a detailed and important report on a subject that is of huge importance to all our constituencies. I wanted to pick up…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBaby LossI pay tribute to the hon. Members for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh) and for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) and to my right hon. Friend the Member for Godalming and Ash…13 Oct 2025HANSARDIndustrial ActionThe resident doctors’ strike is unnecessary, irresponsible and wrong. Recently, and again today from the Dispatch Box, the Secretary of State has been resolute in not giving in to…22 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMaintaining the focus on local communities, the fantastic St Mary’s birth centre in Melton Mowbray, in my constituency, has recently been temporarily closed by the local NHS trust…22 Jul 2025