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HANSARD Sentencing BillI am grateful for that intervention, which I think is quite sensible, and I support the contention. I hope the Minister will respond appropriately when he has the opportunity.…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI will try to make my remarks fairly brief—not because I am against short sentences, but because I recognise that there are time pressures. I would like to record my support for…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.16 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for her comments. Despite previous reassurances from Reach plc, owner of the Mirror , Daily Record , Express and many regional papers, it has…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Pride in PlacePeterlee is the place to be. Interestingly, Peterlee is the only town in the country named after a trade union leader. There will be great celebration of the Labour Government’s…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Child Risk Disclosure SchemeIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on making such a powerful and moving speech. I also…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI welcome the Bill for many of the reasons already highlighted by the Justice Secretary and many Labour colleagues earlier. My hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith and Chiswick…16 Sept 2025HANSARDPrison SafetyLast week in Brighton, the TUC unanimously backed the “Safe Inside” campaign promoted by the Joint Unions in Prisons Alliance calling for urgent action against record-high levels…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I declare an interest as a member of the RMT and Unite parliamentary groups, and I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank the RMT for…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryAs chair of the coalfields group of Labour MPs, and on behalf of the group, I welcome this statement. It is an historic moment, and I know that Orgreave Truth and Justice…22 Jul 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt would be remiss of me not to pay tribute to that exceptional and powerful speech from the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh); I am sure those in authority…22 Jul 2025HANSARDAlcohol and CancerA number of positive suggestions have been set out by my hon. Friends during the course of the debate and by some experts in the field, and that includes the suggestion that my…08 Jul 2025HANSARDAlcohol and CancerI am listening intently, but I may have missed an important point, so I wonder whether it would bear repeating. The Minister indicated that a treatment framework will be published…08 Jul 2025HANSARDAlcohol and CancerIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart, and to speak in this important debate. I congratulate my good and hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Cat…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Adoption and Kinship PlacementsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for South West Devon (Rebecca Smith) on securing this important debate. I am…20 May 2025HANSARD Coalfields Regeneration TrustI congratulate my good and hon. Friend on securing the debate, and echo the points that he is making. In my constituency of Easington in County Durham, the CRT works with 54…22 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI warmly welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend and neighbour. I particularly welcome the fact that Yohden primary school in my constituency—one of the most deprived and…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Rail Services: East Durham CoastlineMy hon. Friend’s point is well made. I completely agree: the problem affects not just my Easington constituency, but Hartlepool, Billingham and the Tees valley. Not only does it…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Rail Services: East Durham CoastlineI beg to move, That this House has considered rail services on the east Durham coastline. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. Some hon. Members might be…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Rail Services: East Durham CoastlineI am grateful to the Minister for seriously addressing the issues that I raised, and I hope that he will address my other two principal suggestions. It is all very well talking…01 Apr 2025