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HANSARDDefence Funding: Efficient Spending17. What steps he plans to take to ensure efficient use of increased defence funding.20 May 2024HANSARDDefence Funding: Efficient SpendingI am very pleased to hear my right hon. Friend commit to the efficient use of defence spending, which we may not have seen in the past. Will he comment on the excellent example of…20 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillThe hon. Member—as he knows, I am from the same part of the world as him—is making some excellent points. He touched on Bury FC in my constituency. I am interested in fairness in…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillMy hon. Friend makes a sensible point, which not many people will know: Bury and Bolton were in essentially the same financial situation. Both had gone into administration at the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillI am very interested in what the hon. Gentleman says. There are some very important points regarding redistribution, but there is also a very important point about the competent…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillThis is a unique regulatory Bill, in that it regulates the preservation of football clubs—in my view, it is regulation to save something, rather than regulation regarding…23 Apr 2024HANSARDHigh Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I warmly welcome the Bill, but may I make one point? With everything that we ever talk about in this place, it…13 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Mayor of Greater Manchester’s vanity project of a 493-square-mile clean air zone has cost the taxpayer nearly £100 million. It has been supported by all Labour councils in…07 Mar 2024HANSARDCommunity Ownership Fund22. What the eligibility criteria for the community ownership fund are.04 Mar 2024HANSARDCommunity Ownership FundWould my hon. Friend consider amending the criteria for community ownership fund applications to include the potential community purchase of redundant council assets? It would…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationFollowing on from that point, there is clearly an issue with publication within eight weeks. Bearing in mind that the public purse is funding 30 civil servants and a chief…04 Mar 2024HANSARDThe Union3. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to safeguard Northern Ireland’s place in the Union.28 Feb 2024HANSARDThe UnionWhat action has my right hon. Friend taken to ensure that no new regulatory borders between Great Britain and Northern Ireland can emerge from future agreements with the European…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Antisemitism in the UKAs one of the two Members of Parliament for the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, I support exactly what my colleague, the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford), has said.…19 Feb 2024HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163) and negatived .26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillThe hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) made an incredibly touching speech. I think everyone in the House supports the Bill. My hon. Friend has been a leader in small…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillI suspect the population of the United Kingdom are not gripped by Parliament TV at the moment, but I wish they were, because debates such as this show the humanity of Members of…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillI completely agree. The great challenge in the modern economy is productivity. I cannot express how difficult it is to recruit good staff who are productive—it is genuinely…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillThat is absolutely correct. Obviously there are bad employers, but the colleagues I know who run their own businesses, who value their employees, would certainly not resile from…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillI do not wish to put the hon. Gentleman on the spot, but I want to raise an issue in this ongoing conversation. Does he believe that the House should further consider bereavement…26 Jan 2024