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HANSARDMinisterial AppointmentsWe have strengthened the ministerial code, but we do not need to take any advice from the Conservatives. What we have seen from this Prime Minister is decisive action to uphold…06 Mar 2025HANSARDMinisterial AppointmentsThe Prime Minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office, unlike the previous Government. That is why decisive action has been taken. This is a…06 Mar 2025HANSARDGovernment Advertising: Social MediaThe Government regularly evaluate the effectiveness of all communication channels, including social media, to ensure that they are delivering and providing value for money for…06 Mar 2025HANSARDGovernment Advertising: Social MediaI know that my hon. Friend takes a keen interest in these matters. In 2023, the previous Government suspended paid advertising on X while reviewing alignment with our SAFE…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Member for that important question. She is absolutely right to highlight the barriers to politics that women in rural areas can face. We want more women in rural…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to hear about the falling waiting lists in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Waiting lists are indeed falling. Last month we announced that we had met our first step…06 Mar 2025HANSARDMinisterial Travel: CostAcross all our work this Government are determined to deliver better value for money for taxpayers. That is why, shortly after we came to office, this Government scrapped the…23 Jan 2025HANSARDMinisterial Travel: CostUnder the last Government, the former Prime Minister would take helicopters for short journeys at huge waste to the taxpayer. The Prime Minister’s ministerial travel under this…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has been a brilliant champion for more affordable housing in her constituency. Through our plan for change, we have committed to building 1.5 million homes this…23 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionAchieving our target of clean energy by 2030 will not only give us energy security, so that we are not at the whim of tyrants such as Putin, but will help us to meet our targets…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I thank the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for moving the motion today. He did so…06 Jan 2025HANSARDJob Vacancies: Prime Minister’s OfficeThere are currently four vacancies in the Prime Minister’s office that are being advertised. These roles are all advertised across the civil service or externally. The House will…05 Dec 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Prime Minister’s OfficeThe hon. Gentleman seems to have a curious interest in jobs at No. 10. If he is considering a career change, I would be very happy to have a private word with him.05 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is shameful that child poverty increased by 700,000 under the last Government. Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission. The child poverty taskforce,…05 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe Bill has the simple objective of removing the remaining 92 spaces reserved for hereditary peers in the House of Lords, thereby completing the process started in 1999.12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThank you, Madam Chair. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, as I open this Committee of the whole House. As I noted a number of times on Second Reading, this is a…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention. There would of course be no bar on the Leader of the Opposition nominating any of those who have served as hereditary peers for…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention, but, with the greatest of respect, it is for the Leader of the Opposition to nominate those whom they consider appropriate for…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThis is an immediate first step on the road to wider reform, and one that is long overdue since the 1999 Act. It is right that we are getting on with it, and doing so in the first…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI was very generous with my time in my opening remarks and we have had a full debate. Of course, the Government have committed to wider reforms to the other place, including…12 Nov 2024