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HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillMy hon. Friend’s point about lost moments of childhood is often missed. It is all well and good to talk about the impact on parents and on the economy, but having grown up in…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI am an hon. Friend, not right honourable, though I welcome the promotion. I have listened to this debate from outside the Chamber this afternoon and heard many Conservative…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanFurther to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne), the anti-dumping measures that we impose on Chinese goods…02 Feb 2026HANSARD Youth Unemploymentrose—28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentThe shadow Secretary of State is obviously well known for speaking clearly and candidly, which is refreshing. Can she clearly and candidly answer these questions? Which rights…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentOn the point that the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness made, the natural extrapolation to what I believe the Conservatives are suggesting is that the way to…28 Jan 2026HANSARDLocal Authority Children’s ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I commend the hon. Member for Woking (Mr Forster) for the compassionate way that he spoke, and the dignity that he…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentThe Federation of Small Businesses will be looking for answers to those policy challenges that it is rightly putting to this place. What would the hon. Member’s answer be? By how…28 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I will not, I am afraid. That will not then allow the sector to put in the investment needed to bring down the factories’ outputs through new technology. When the Minister sums…27 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I want to make a couple of quick remarks, partly in relation to the ceramics industry—I am a one-trick pony at…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThe litany of failures under the Conservatives of Staffordshire police is too long to mention in the short time that I have for this question. The Home Secretary mentioned local…26 Jan 2026HANSARD NHS Urgent Care: StaffordshireRoyal Stoke hospital is in my constituency, and one of the things its staff tell me is that if it were not for the Haywood walk-in unit up in Stoke-on-Trent, Leek Moorland…26 Jan 2026HANSARD NHS Urgent Care: StaffordshireI want briefly to highlight the fact that one of the perverse things in Staffordshire is that my constituency is serviced by the Royal Stoke hospital, as is Stafford. Its…26 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment InsourcingWhen the Government finally bring the in-sourcing process to fruition, they will have a lot more purchasing power over the services they buy and the goods they procure. Can the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI really welcome today’s announcement. Stoke-on-Trent is routinely ranked at No. 1 in the country for fuel poverty. We have old, terraced housing, often with single glazing and…21 Jan 2026HANSARDA-level and T-level Enrolments2. What estimate her Department has made of the number of young people enrolled on A-levels and T-levels in September 2026.19 Jan 2026HANSARDA-level and T-level EnrolmentsAs the Minister will know, the uptake of T-levels is behind where we expected it to be and where many colleges would like it to be. At this point I should declare an interest, as…19 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness Rates: Retail, Hospitality and LeisureThe Minister says that it is the job of MPs to help publicans and hospitality businesses understand the system. I gently say to him that they do understand it. Their frustration…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Iran: ProtestsThe brutal regime in Iran is well known to be attacking its own people at home, but it also poses one of the largest credible threats to Jewish people here in the UK. As the…19 Jan 2026