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HANSARD World Book DayI thank all hon. Members who contributed to this debate. It has been a consensual debate, celebrating the power of World Book Day and the benefits of reading. It has also been an…05 Mar 2026HANSARD World Book DayI beg to move, That this House has considered World Book Day. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Hobhouse. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for…05 Mar 2026HANSARD World Book DayThat is a wonderfully creative way to engage children, not only in reading but in a wider and important area of learning. I pay particular tribute to the schools and public…05 Mar 2026HANSARD World Book DayMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. World Book Day is a collaboration between lots of different organisations across our communities, and libraries are central to that. This year,…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStudent Loan SystemConcerns raised in recent weeks about plan 2 student loans, including unilateral and unexpected change in the repayment terms and repayments based on the consumer prices index,…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Small Religious Organisations: SafeguardingI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. On reasonable suspicion, does he agree with me that in any closed community, including religious organisations, it is a…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Small Religious Organisations: SafeguardingMy constituent is a survivor of abuse within a religious organisation, and she represents a larger group of survivors at the same organisation. She has found the Charity…02 Mar 2026HANSARD UkraineThe exhibition in the Upper Waiting Hall this week is called “Voices from Ukraine”. It is a collaboration between my constituent, the sculptor Stephen Duncan, and celebrated…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Electronic Travel Authorisation: Dual NationalsIn 2018, in the Windrush scandal, many of my constituents suffered the detriment of being denied access to their own country. A part of the learning from that scandal is that…25 Feb 2026HANSARDStudent Loan Repayment PlansIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair today, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) for his powerful opening speech and for securing the…25 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKI will not give way, because of the number of Members who wish to speak. Some 16,400 SMEs have given up exporting to the EU because of Brexit-related red tape. [ Interruption . ]…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins) for his powerful speech in opening the…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKMy hon. Friend is right. The Office for Budget Responsibility is clear that Brexit has caused a 4% long-term reduction in GDP and has created a structural challenge in UK…24 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI welcome the publication of the schools White Paper, the clear statement of intent from the Government on narrowing the attainment gap and the consultation on SEND reform. I…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingI urge the hon. Member to reflect with a bit of humility on what his party did to local government funding when it was in power.10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingMy hon. Friend makes the point about the recovery grant very well. I will come on to some practical suggestions for what the Government could do to alleviate that situation in the…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingI am not going to give way during this very short summing-up. [Interruption.] I would say to him that listening to his impassioned pleas on behalf of inner-London boroughs does…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingThere are different ways of looking at the analysis and I am sure that the Minister will speak in detail on the way that the Government have apportioned funding based on the…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingMy hon. Friend makes the point very well. It is the reality of people’s lives. People come to all of us who represent constituencies at the heart of the housing crisis in the most…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Inner-London Local Authorities: FundingI give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi), the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.10 Feb 2026