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HANSARD A226 Galley Hill RoadI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for repairs to the A226 Galley Hill Road. This debate relates to the road named Galley Hill in my constituency of…07 May 2024HANSARD A226 Galley Hill RoadThe Minister is, of course, responsible for National Highways. If the A226 was any bigger, it would come under the responsibility of National Highways. Does he therefore have any…07 May 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ7. In 2010, somebody earning £15,000 a year paid £1,700 in income tax. Today, somebody earning £15,000 a year pays less than £500 of tax. Does the Prime Minister agree that this…17 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThere is clearly a fair amount of agreement in the House about what we are trying to achieve. No one is suggesting that smoking is anything other than very bad for people’s…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI thank the Secretary of State for giving way; she is being very generous. The Bill gives her wide-ranging powers in relation to the flavours of vape liquid, packaging and so on,…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillHow many times has that offence been prosecuted?16 Apr 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The Bill would overturn the expansion of the ULEZ scheme, simply because it is a cruel, cruel form of taxation. It is…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillThat is an absolutely valid point, but I would go further. About 50% of police officers in the Metropolitan police area live outside London and commute in, and the percentage for…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI am grateful for that intervention, because it gives me an opportunity to smash the myth that the expansion of the ULEZ scheme has anything whatsoever to do with air pollution.…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend, who has been a real champion of this issue for her constituents in Barnet. She is absolutely right: people outside of London like to travel…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to the work he has done on this issue for some time. The approach to the border tax, as he called it, highlights the fact…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for intervening. As the law stands at the moment, the Government do not have the power to overturn the ULEZ expansion. As a consequence, I have…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI am rather surprised that the hon. Member is standing up in support of what the Mayor of London has done with the ULEZ scheme. I think that if he looked at his inbox carefully,…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillMaybe the hon. Member has an oasis in south London, where everyone around the outside hates the ULEZ scheme but in Eltham they love it, but I would be very surprised. I gently…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is typical of what has happened throughout the debate about ULEZ. In July last year, the leader of the Labour party said that ULEZ…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI will not. We had a Westminster Hall debate, at which many colleagues were present. Unfortunately, not a single Labour Back Bencher turned up. It was pitiful and it highlights…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillThe hon. Lady has been speaking for nearly half an hour, and it is obvious that she and the Labour party wish to talk out my Bill to overturn the expansion of the ULEZ scheme. Can…22 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I have four grammar schools in my constituency, which provide an important and very popular element of a diverse education system. Therefore, will the Minister please commit…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform Billrose —27 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillThese management companies that the Minister alluded to have a literal monopoly over the residents they are meant to serve—in effect, they control the residents, rather than the…27 Feb 2024