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HANSARDUK Steel StrategyNow that the Government have some experience of running a business with British Steel, what assessment has the Secretary of State made of the £37 million cost of the Employment…19 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyMy hon. Friend, as usual, makes a clinically accurate point, and he is absolutely right to do so. The truth is that the headline figure does not even tell us the full story. This…18 Mar 2026HANSARDRural BroadbandI could reel off countless examples of villages in my constituency where hard-to-reach areas simply have no broadband at all, let alone fibre broadband. Constituents and…18 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Traffic chaos from a botched road realignment is affecting Calvert Green, Steeple Claydon and Twyford. Landowners are still awaiting payment for land taken. There is woeful…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI am grateful—18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThe hon. Lady has potentially misunderstood the intervention from my hon. Friend the Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans). She is making the case, perfectly rightly, for…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyHow absurd it is that, on an issue that affects each and every one of our constituents, whether they drive their own car or take the bus or a diesel-powered train, not one…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThe hon. Gentleman is late to the debate—we have been around that a few times over the course of the afternoon. The record of the Conservatives in government was to freeze council…18 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastIn answer to an earlier question, the Foreign Secretary rightly said that Ukraine’s security is our security. But in answer to the last question, she equally set out why the…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Rural RoadsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) on securing an incredibly important…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Liberal Democrat-chaired Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes fire authority has just consulted on closing Stokenchurch and Great Missenden fire stations and removing nearly a…12 Mar 2026HANSARDDefending Democracy TaskforceI welcome the Minister’s statement, and entirely concur with him on the domestic elements of protecting our democracy that he announced, but returning to the issue of foreign…12 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingI welcome the Home Secretary’s decision, but as my right hon. Friend the shadow Home Secretary made clear, this speaks to a much wider problem. What steps is the Home Secretary…11 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing on from that last question, the loan charge and taxpayer fairness APPG, which I co-chair, wrote to Ministers on 1 July, 22 September and 25 November last year, with…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Goods Vehicles (Testing, Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. The role of goods vehicles, whether heavy or relatively light, is critical to our economy. We know that the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDSupport for NEET Young PeopleThe Centre for Social Justice found that as of the end of last year, 707,000 young people with a university degree were out of work and on benefits. That statistic comes at the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Does the Minister think it is reasonable that my constituents did not receive a penny of carer’s allowance for the entirety of last year while caring for their daughter living…09 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyThe concept of paying someone who has come here illegally £40,000 to leave will stick in the throats of all taxpayers in this country. Notwithstanding the arguments that the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastFor all the Chancellor’s words about forecasts, reality bites when the real unemployment figures are examined. The figure today is 5.2%, the highest since the pandemic, and youth…03 Mar 2026HANSARD Sustainable Aviation Fuel BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I could not have asked for a better birthday treat than to debate this issue with the Minister and with everyone else who has shown such a huge…03 Mar 2026