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HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccination HarmI, too, want to acknowledge all the work that my hon. Friend has done. He has been absolutely tenacious on this issue. I was a Minister in the Cabinet Office, so I know. I had the…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseWhat a disappointment. I came to the House today to listen to the Minister’s statement in the hope that we would get some detailed information about the Government’s statutory…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumDoes the Home Secretary believe that the rights of the people coming over the channel in dinghies should take precedence over the rights of local residents in places such as…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTeacher RecruitmentThis Government are hampering schools’ recruitment of new teachers. First they hiked up the cost through the increase in employer national insurance contributions; then the money…21 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF Photographic Reconnaissance UnitI congratulate the hon. Member for Carlisle (Ms Minns) on securing this debate and on the way she recounted such moving and powerful stories. Each story is unique, but they are…17 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationThe hon. Member gets to the nub of the issue. The impact of the removal on the local community is huge, and the fact that a quango seems to be unaccountable to a sponsoring…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationWill the Minister give way?16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of the relocation of the Information Commissioner’s Office on Tatton constituency. It is a pleasure to serve under your…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationWill the Minister give way?16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationI thank the Minister very much for giving way. I would recommend that he did not shoot from the hip with his answers. I said that I would allow him to write to me, because some of…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationI made it clear that the office size was shrinking, so I gave the Minister the cost per square foot. Those are the raw data and information that we need. It would have been much…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationWill the Minister give way?16 Jul 2025HANSARD Point of Orderindicated assent.14 Jul 2025HANSARDCondition of Roads: CheshireI completely concur with what my hon. Friend and neighbour has said about Cheshire West and Cheshire, but the roads in Cheshire East are a disgrace. As for the money—the £53…14 Jul 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Veterans: ProsecutionDoes my hon. Friend agree it is time that the hand-picked Attorney General, Lord Hermer, from whom the Prime Minister is taking legal advice on repealing the Act, should be…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Never!14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureThe Secretary of State has said that he wants to tell some hard truths, so can he tell the House directly—without spin and waffle, and without dodging the question—how much in…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. We are elected to this House to hold the Executive to account and to ask questions on behalf of our constituents. The Secretary of State…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHousing DeliveryWhen the Minister has met major house builders, what have they told him about the chances of hitting the Government’s target of building 1.5 million new houses in this Parliament?14 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsCan the Minister confirm the amount of money that has been saved as a result of the changes I brought in to the equality, diversity and inclusion guidance in the civil service?…10 Jul 2025