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HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I extend my immense gratitude to my friend, the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne). On behalf of my…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI pay tribute to the Minister for her work and thank her for her statement. This crime is absolutely abhorrent. Every single victim and survivor of this crime must get justice, no…02 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: CeasefireIsrael has breached two ceasefires to date. Its bombing, its killing and now its starvation have continued for months. It is not just the hostages who are not getting food; it is…02 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillFirst, I thank Mayor Tracy Brabin for her investment in mass transit across West Yorkshire, including a new bus station in my town of Dewsbury. I am grateful for those…02 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe hon. Member is making an extremely informed and important point in her speech. Does she agree that for Sheffield and her council the committee system has been better, more…02 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI have cut my six-minute speech down to three. I am a supporter of devolution and devolved power, community empowerment and local decision making. In my seat, we have a combined…02 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastThe Foreign Secretary said that “we can and must be precise with our language”. I stand here 23 months after the atrocities of 7 October—completely unforgivable atrocities against…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Birmingham Bin StrikesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) on tabling this urgent question and thank the Minister for his response. The Birmingham bin strikes…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Humanitarian Situation in SudanIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal), who is my constituency neighbour, for securing this…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Humanitarian Situation in SudanThere is no justification or excuse to prevent any human being from practising their faith, or no faith, wherever they live, in peace and without interruption or force. Does the…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastI welcome the Foreign Secretary’s announcement of additional aid to help the people of Gaza, but it is aid that will join the millions of dollars and thousands of trucks that are…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionBetween 2001 and 2023, there were over 4,600 incidents of sewage overflows in Dewsbury and Batley, amounting to over 28,000 hours. Bills for my constituents and Yorkshire Water…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeBefore coming to the Chamber, I attended a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on care-experienced children and young people, where I learned that, in the 2023-24, over…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I ask the shadow Minister how his party would fund the investments in early years proposed by the new Government?16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeDoes the hon. Member agree that the foundation of early years starts in the home with parents and the mother’s antenatal and post-natal health, and that the Government should…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this crucial debate. I welcome the announcements by the Secretary of State and the Government on the investment and the work they…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI thank the shadow Secretary of State for giving way—16 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesThe right hon. Member is making an important speech. Some 80% of millionaires in our country want to pay more tax. They want to contribute to our society and to our public…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingAccording to the latest DWP data, more than 11,800 children in my constituency of Dewsbury and Batley are living in poverty. This is not abstract and it is not inevitable; it is a…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI rise today to speak in support of amendments 2(a), 37 and 39, and new clauses 8, 10 and 11. Without going into a Third Reading speech, it is important to highlight that we are…09 Jul 2025