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HANSARDEU-UK SummitWill the Minister give way?22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsI am full of admiration for all the hard-working teachers across my constituency, and indeed the whole country, and my sister-in-law is a secondary-school English teacher, but I…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, and to take part in this debate this afternoon. Having been first elected to this place in 2019, I feel I missed out…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitClearly, in any trade negotiation an agreement is made between two countries. The difference with a negotiation on, for example, our accession to the comprehensive and progressive…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI am grateful to the hon. Member for her intervention, but I am not sure that I fully agree with her analysis. This deal is relitigating Brexit. It is reintroducing dynamic…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI have given way several times. I may well come back if time allows, but I am aware of the time limit that you have set, Ms McVey. My constituency could pretty much not be further…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI do not know whether the hon. Gentleman was a leave voter himself, as I know many traditional Labour voters around the country voted for Brexit. I certainly voted for Brexit and…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitIt has been reported in the media that a very senior president of one of the biggest regional fisheries committees in France said: “We couldn’t have hoped for better…We are very…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitAs the Minister is talking about pragmatism and the national interest, perhaps I can set him a very brief maths test. On dynamic alignment on carbon trading, the EU’s carbon price…22 May 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: ReplacementI listened carefully to the answers the Secretary of State gave just now to the shadow Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Alex Burghart), and…21 May 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Replacement9. What steps he is taking to replace the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitDynamic alignment undermines sovereignty, and to undermine sovereignty does not just undermine the central principle that 17.4 million people voted for; it also undermines…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIt is essential that aid reaches innocent civilians in Gaza, as the shadow Foreign Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel), was equally clear in…20 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman. So that we in this House and the whole country can hear clearly, is he saying that the Liberal Democrats fully support solar farms?15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementAs the sanctions regime ramps up, although perhaps not as quickly as my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) calls for—I endorse that call—the…15 May 2025HANSARDDriving Test BacklogI do not think the Minister has got the memo that she is in charge now. The Government cannot hide behind the same old excuses and try to blame others, as average test volumes are…15 May 2025HANSARDDriving Test BacklogAt the Transport Committee in April, the Secretary of State admitted that under Labour’s watch, “waiting times for access to driving tests hit new highs.” For all the talk of a…15 May 2025HANSARD Carer’s LeaveIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) on securing this important debate. On behalf…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentNobody wants war, but we must reflect that this is a war. It is a war between our ally Israel and the aggressor, Hamas. It was Hamas who brutally murdered, mutilated and raped…14 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne of my constituents is experiencing severe delays in getting Access to Work scheme payments, dating back to February. In correspondence with the Department, a letter openly…12 May 2025