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HANSARD SEND Education SupportI am not going to give way, sorry. That created a national system with new, clear standards under the Green Paper, and a consultation that set out the Conservatives’ commitment to…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Bank Closures: Rural AreasWill my hon. Friend give way on that point?24 Feb 2025HANSARDPhone Theft13. What steps she is taking to tackle phone theft.24 Feb 2025HANSARDPhone TheftIn earlier times mobile phone theft was seen as an urban issue, but as has been evidenced by my postbag over the last couple of weeks, it is increasing in our rural towns and…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Bank Closures: Rural AreasI would not like to claim that I am the Member of Parliament for the whole of Surrey. My Hampshire residents would not be pleased about that. Just last Friday, the Barclays bank…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersI am sure that I would have agreed with whatever point the hon. Lady was about to make. Other hon. Members have mentioned the hypocrisy of this Government telling pensioners prior…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) for securing this debate,…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersNo.12 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillFar be it from me to criticise a Member of the other place, especially one with such a distinguished medical career. All I would say gently to the hon. Member is that this is not…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWill the Minister give way?10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am sure that the Minister is about to get to this, so I apologise for intervening, but as I raised in my speech, we want to be very clear about how she will measure success…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI think that everybody across the House wants to see small boat crossings diminish and hopefully conclude entirely. Likewise, I think that most people across the House feel that…10 Feb 2025HANSARDRail Services: Open Access OperatorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck, especially because it is my first speech from the Front Bench. I am told that you never forget your first time,…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Like my hon. Friend, I am no expert in heated tobacco products, but is he suggesting that they can also be used as a smoking cessation tool? If that is the case, his argument…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Just for those listening, I should say that I am the Member of Parliament for Farnham and Bordon. The people of Bordon will be very upset if they are not mentioned.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I want to confine my remarks to proposed new section 8D—“Offence of failing to prevent vaping”. I assume that the provisions under section 8D are similar, if not exactly the same,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)My hon. Friend always tempts me with his libertarian arguments. I am not quite with him on this Bill, but almost. Proposed new section 8B(2) of the Health Act 2006 says: “Only…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I know the Minister is a man of his word. I ask him to be really clear on this, because he has talked about “some point in the future”. Some people’s “some point in the future”…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Forgive me if I am incorrect, but the Minister is saying that businesses may make the decision that they do not want people to smoke on their premises. They already have that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Like the shadow Minister, I agree with the essential thrust of clause 136, notwithstanding the amendments that I voted for earlier, but there is a clear problem with second-hand…28 Jan 2025