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HANSARDMinisters’ Personal and Lifestyle Costs: Vulnerability to Outside InfluenceIt would seem to be quite a hard life being a Prime Minister at the moment. In WhatsApp messages to Lord Brownlow that surfaced last week, the Prime Minister described his No. 11…13 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATWhy did the Government scrap the green homes grant? It would have cut £400 from the average household bill. Will the Government be returning it?11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. A recent survey showed that 91% of Wandsworth businesses are suffering negative effects from new Brexit regulations. Will the Minister commit to a region-by-region impact…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI, too, welcome the statement’s commitment to leaseholders and the fact that it puts businesses on notice, giving them the chance to do the right thing. When will the deadline be…10 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeThe delay of this scheme has been very traumatic for many of my constituents who have family members at risk of being murdered or kidnapped as child brides for Taliban soldiers,…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate at this important time, and for highlighting the plight of the Hazara community. Relatives among my constituents have been in…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateParents of children who are of primary school age and have disabilities will have been disappointed not to hear in the statement about a roll-out of the vaccine for five to…05 Jan 2022HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Paul Holmes), and to find out so much about his lovely constituency. I, too, feel happy to be part of this debate. I am…16 Dec 2021HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. As a new Member of Parliament, I have a lot to learn, and I have learned from Members on both sides of the House. I learned…16 Dec 2021HANSARDJoint Committee on the Draft Online Safety BillI welcome the Committee’s work. I am not a member of the Committee, but I have followed its work closely. I know how important it is, and I will certainly make this report my…16 Dec 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseHappy Christmas, Madam Deputy Speaker. The covid bereaved families across the country will not be having a happy Christmas; it will be a really difficult time. I welcome the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDFCDO StaffingI congratulate the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) on securing this urgent question. I am not reassured at all by the Minister’s statement. I have seen the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRoad ConditionThe road across Hammersmith bridge has been completely closed since April, causing congestion, chaos, pollution and danger across Putney. Can the Minister confirm whether there…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI thank everyone across the country who has had their booster—everyone who has been lining up at centres across the country and taking the time to ensure that they have done the…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDowning Street Christmas Parties InvestigationThank you, Mr Speaker, and I thank you, too, for granting this urgent question today. I also thank the Paymaster General for his statement and for giving more information about…09 Dec 2021HANSARDDowning Street Christmas Parties Investigation(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the details of the investigation into Downing Street Christmas parties.09 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe are only days away from the two-year anniversary of the Second Reading of the Bill that became the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. At that time, huge promises…09 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe asylum system certainly is broken, and this is not the Bill to fix it. On the Afghan resettlement scheme, where is it? How can we trust the Government to deliver any of these…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI have also seen the impact of county lines on my constituency. Criminals who run county lines rely on using and abusing children. That could have been cut by imposing 14-year…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Stability and PeaceI absolutely agree. There are voices of peace, especially women’s voices, within Republika Srpska, but it is not easy to work with them. Earlier we heard from the High…02 Dec 2021