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HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]The Secretary of State rightly talks about the role that regulators have to play, whether that is Ofwat or the Environment Agency. While the water companies were getting away with…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Gentleman has made an interesting point about people who may wish to claim that they have a paddock at the back of their house. Does he have any numbers to back that up?…11 Dec 2024HANSARD International Human Rights DayThe Minister’s powerful speech highlights the responsibility that we all have to protect human rights in the UK and around the world. Earlier today, I was with Councillor Amjid…10 Dec 2024HANSARDApplied General Qualifications: Review14. What progress her Department has made on its review of applied general qualifications.09 Dec 2024HANSARDApplied General Qualifications: ReviewI draw the House’s attention to my declared interests: I am the governor of a sixth-form college. I thank the Minister for that answer, but she will know that the certainty that…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe hon. Lady is making an important point about the impact the changes will have on small businesses. In 2021, she voted for the Health and Social Care Levy Act 2021. I have…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationIn my constituency, two hotels were opened under the previous Conservative Government, and they are still there, so I find the new concern from Conservative Members slightly…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Apprenticeships and T-LevelsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, in an incredibly important debate about the future of our young people. I congratulate the right hon. Member…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Government and Democracy EducationI thank my hon. Friend for being so generous with his time. He will know that one of the most successful areas of the economy and politics in this country is co-operatives and…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Apprenticeships and T-LevelsWill the Minister also take back an invitation to Stoke-on-Trent to our noble Friend?20 Nov 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillCan the shadow Minister tell me how much that proposal would cost taxpayers? Given that he supports the amendment, I presume he has a detailed financial breakdown of exactly how…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillThe Secretary of State will know that while the previous Government systematically failed, communities around the country did their best to support serving personnel and their…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareHaving grown up in a kinship care setting, with my grandparents, I heartily welcome the content of the Command Paper. Had its provisions been available to my grandparents, I would…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Financial Services: Mansion House SpeechMuch like my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi), I am a proud member of the Co-operative party, so to have so much co-operative and…18 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI think the very fact that we that we would be seeking to expel the bishops, who are the representatives of the Church of England, from the national legislature, would by its…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that provisions in the 1999 Act stipulate a specific number of hereditary peers by party affiliation, making the Lords the only place where the party…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for taking a second intervention. Is he suggesting that life peers—I declare an interest in that my partner is a life peer—are unable to undertake the…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman has highlighted a great example of where on the face on it, there may seem to be consensus, but I fear the immediate impact would not be as simple as he thinks.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Chair. I will keep my comments brief, because I know that that will entertain the Committee more. [Hon. Members: “More!”]…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman is clearly very pleased with himself and his amendments. The only seat as secure as a seat in the House of Lords is a seat at the top of a regional list for…12 Nov 2024