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HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Can I probe other panel members? There are a number of areas where we talk about the UK interest here. Do you think there is any merit in separating UK interest and Government…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Can I ask for your thoughts on clause 23, which is on the extension of powers to the security services? The security services feel quite strongly about that and we…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Perhaps I can return to my previous discussion with Professor Lewis on the issue around UK interests and Government interests? Putting aside the issue around leaks, I want to…07 Jul 2022HANSARDSchool Budgets: Impact of InflationI have spoken to local headteachers who report that due to inflation, staffing costs have increased by 12%, with gas costs increasing by 20%, and electricity by 30%. One…04 Jul 2022HANSARDSchool Budgets: Impact of Inflation18. What assessment his Department has made of the impact of inflation on school budgets.04 Jul 2022HANSARDRights of Children (Police Custody)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I pay tribute, as others have done, to my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby), who shared…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Sharma. I thank the Minister for his opening remarks. I hope that he will be relieved to hear that we…27 Jun 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryIn the time that I have this afternoon, I will focus on the incredible difficulties my constituents have had in accessing NHS dentistry. As others have said, the pandemic has…21 Jun 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryWill the Minister give way?21 Jun 2022HANSARDNational SecurityCanada, one of our Five Eyes partners, recently announced sanctions against Alexander Lebedev as one of 14 people who “have directly enabled Vladimir Putin’s senseless war in…20 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogLike every other MP who has spoken in the debate and, I suspect, every other MP across the Benches, I have an inbox and postbag full of Passport Office delays. We opened 30 cases…14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogMy hon. Friend makes an important point, speaking to the variety of reasons why people have to unlock this backlog, whether for work or personal reasons. There are economic…14 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Ms Elliott. I thank the Minister for his opening remarks. I was listening carefully. He and his colleagues will be aware that the…13 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillIt is a pleasure to follow the detailed and powerful contribution by the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker). It is an honour to close this debate for the Opposition. While all…06 Jun 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesIn the time I have, I will focus on two groups who have been in touch with me on the cost of living crisis. Many colleagues have outlined the scale of the problem facing the…17 May 2022HANSARDShireen Abu AqlaWe know that Shireen was wearing a press vest and helmet, yet in addressing the circumstances of her murder, an Israeli military spokesperson said: “They’re armed with cameras, if…16 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeCan the Home Secretary confirm whether the national security Bill will clarify whether it would have been inappropriate or unlawful for a Foreign Secretary to have met a former…11 May 2022HANSARDSafe and Legal Routes to UK: Nationals of Ukraine and AfghanistanA family who are still in Ukraine have been reporting back to their Homes for Ukraine sponsors in Halifax that they have been able to hear the bombs getting closer every day of…25 Apr 2022HANSARDDraft Licensing Act 2003 (Platinum Jubilee Licensing Hours) Order 2022It is a real pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Dr Huq. Members will be pleased to hear that I do not intend to detain the Committee for long. Unusual as this is, I am in full…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Drug CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under you this afternoon, Mr Pritchard. I thank my neighbour, the hon. Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore), for securing this debate. He and I share a…20 Apr 2022