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HANSARD World COPD DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate the day after World Chronic…20 Nov 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023Was the Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris wrong when he said that there were no new protections for veterans in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill?19 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseI congratulate the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Paul Davies) on introducing this debate. Every hour, two more people in the United Kingdom hear the life-changing words, “You have…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseI have also been approached by BeechBand. I hope the Minister agrees that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Government must ensure that where there…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseI bow to the hon. Member’s experience on that. I hope the Minister is listening carefully, because these types of innovative technologies can make a significant difference and…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI thank the hon. Gentleman for that clarification. Hopefully, that means that the Liberal Democrats will vote for our motion later.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesTo bring the hon. Member back to the controlling of spending, may I ask him a question that other Members on his side have failed to answer? Would he be in favour of keeping or…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesOn that point, will the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesUnder Labour, Britain is living in a doom loop of high spend, historically high debt, and higher taxes. That is killing growth, fuelling inflation, reducing opportunities and…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesThe hon. Gentleman has aptly described the social utopia that I accused him of describing. The fundamental point is that if we do not have businesses contributing to the economy,…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesThe hon. Gentleman shakes his head—our motion probably does not fit the narrative that he is looking for. The hon. Member for Bishop Auckland just said that neither he nor I know…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI do not think I have mentioned the Climate Change Act, but I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising it. I think what my constituents want— [ Interruption. ] I am trying to…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesAs I told the hon. Member yesterday, he has the second worst job in Government, which I think he is feeling today. Even if what he has just said is true—I do not agree with…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorHaving eight minutes to wind up, when usually one gets about eight seconds in this place, is a luxury that I will indulge, at least to a limited extent—I do not want to keep hon.…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorI agree with the hon. Gentleman entirely. It makes very little sense to design a system that punishes small wineries for doing precisely what we want, namely innovating, employing…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct, and he pre-empts something I was going to say later about the inconsistencies and unfairness in the current system. Small producer relief is…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of alcohol duty on the UK wine sector. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I am grateful to…11 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI have listened to the hon. Member’s speech very carefully, but I think I missed him mentioning the £19.5 million of levelling-up funding that Weymouth got in 2023 under the last…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI have a similar problem in Farnham. We are being hit by the headwinds of what is going on nationally, but the Farnham infrastructure programme means there is disruption locally.…04 Nov 2025