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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.12 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 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandI congratulate the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister) on securing this urgent question, although I agree that the Government really should have offered a…12 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffThe film industry is enormously important to the Buckinghamshire economy. Pinewood Studios is in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey),…07 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentI will give way to my constituency neighbour.07 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I begin by drawing the House’s attention to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I…07 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentWhat I regret is the ZEV mandate, which is why I voted against it at the time. It puts shackles around our automotive industry, and it needs to be revisited so that our automotive…07 May 2025HANSARDUK Airstrike: Houthi Military FacilityI welcome the Defence Secretary’s statement, and I add my thanks to, and appreciation for, the Royal Air Force and all those involved in this successful operation. In his…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseUnitary council elections, county council elections and mayoral races are taking up a lot of the headlines at the moment, but in local government, there is an often regrettably…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage—and possibly for the Netherlands—(Olly…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolI think I am grateful for that intervention. I am not sure whether I have any contacts in the Conservative group on the hon. Gentleman’s council, but I will gladly see if I can…22 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in this important debate, Mr Betts. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley (Louise Haigh) on securing this…02 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsI can say in response to the Minister’s quip from a sedentary position that I have never spoken with a handout from the Whips. Sometimes, we sit there in the main Chamber…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsEarlier, the Prime Minister seemed reluctant to answer a direct question about his jobs tax. Next time he visits my constituency to enjoy the beautiful Buckinghamshire…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesMy hon. Friend makes an accurate point. In some ways, the statutory instrument seeks to address that point. However, he is right that when real people out there in the country…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that point, which I have been making for many years. I certainly did so during my time on the Transport Committee in the previous…02 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsI will just finish the point; I am pre-empting the hon. Lady. There is still time, as the Bill passes through the other place, to look again at this legislation. Instead of…02 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsI do not particularly want to relitigate our debate in the main Chamber a few weeks ago. It is the job of the Opposition to kick the tyres on legislation that the Government put…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, particularly as it relates to the use of synthetic fuel donated for my summer surgery…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Driving Licences: Zero Emission VehiclesThe hon. Gentleman is right that this is fundamentally about weight, but on the point about synthetic fuel, which my right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire (Kit…02 Apr 2025