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HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the Minister give way?18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt is good of the Minister, for whom I have a great deal of respect, to give way. As I know her to be an honest person, will she at least share with the House the fact that…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am sure that the Minister intends to ensure that this does not happen, but would someone have to record all the hours and places in a week? I do not know how much the Minister…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the Minister reassure home-educating parents that the requirements in the Bill will not be overly onerous? For instance, there is a requirement to record the time that each…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillLike me, my hon. Friend finds these proposals tragic because of the removal of the curriculum freedoms that have allowed schools such as Michaela and Petchey and others all over…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillDoes my hon. Friend, like me, reflect on the irony that the success from 2010 to 2024, which we on the Conservative Benches would naturally celebrate, was only possible because of…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe impact assessment states that these measures could have a £5 billion impact, in addition to the £25 billion impact of the national insurance contribution changes. Does my hon.…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillGiven that the measures we are debating will give so much more power to the trade unions, why has the hon. Gentleman not felt it incumbent on him to declare the thousands of…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillHow much?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Could he tell us which of that fine list of businesses have said that they support the Bill?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe Minister will tell us, we hope.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillA lot of people outside this place might feel that the answer to that question is that the trade unions have funded Labour Members— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Derby…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillDespite her proud membership of trade unions, the last Labour Member to be called to speak, the hon. Member for Coventry South (Zarah Sultana), did not mention the more than…12 Mar 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Vessel CollisionI join the Minister in saluting the heroic rescuers and mourning the loss of the seaman. Mr Speaker, you may share some of my frustration at the lack of communication with Members…11 Mar 2025HANSARDSchool Building ProgrammesThe Minister may remember that the last Labour Government had Building Schools for the Future. Some £55 billion was spent on buildings and IT to transform education—except…10 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthIf the Secretary of State wants to help economic growth in Scotland, I suggest he looks at oil and gas. Ending the licensing of domestic production, which will not make the…05 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: New Transport InfrastructureThe great university cities of York and Hull are unusual in that they do not have a direct rail line between them. The whole region—Labour MPs, Liberal Democrat councillors,…04 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillMy hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way. He touches on the issue of children with special educational needs. This is not just about scrimping parents making a choice;…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillIf it turns out that the energy profits levy, lugged up to even higher levels, leads to a lower tax take than there would have been if it were at a lower level, would the hon.…03 Mar 2025