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HANSARD Population Growth: Impact of ImmigrationIt is important to say, in respect of that, that the reason why that contribution is required is that we have palpably failed to train home-grown people, who could take the same…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Population Growth: Impact of ImmigrationDoes my right hon. Friend find it even more, frankly, antidemocratic that at no point in that whole process since the 1980s have the electorate been asked whether that outcome is…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Population Growth: Impact of ImmigrationMay I ask the hon. Gentleman what the plan is?27 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesSo that is a yes.26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesJust to confirm, is it Labour party policy to support the imposition of a Greater Manchester clean air zone on my constituents in Bury North?26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesNorth.26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesAs a fellow Greater Manchester MP, Mr Stringer, it will be as much of a shock to you as it is to me that none of your Labour party colleagues are present to discuss this huge…26 Jun 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesDoes my hon. Friend agree that this scheme is targeted, like every single Labour policy, at the self-employed? This scheme unduly impacts self-employed people, who require…26 Jun 2023HANSARDBuses: FundingI thank the excellent Minister for his statement today. Let me give him a practical example of how the announcement is levelling up not just in my area but throughout the country.…17 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I apologise, Mr Deputy Speaker. I wonder whether our constituents think that going equipped to lock on—with apparatus to lock oneself to a motorway or something else to cause…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023Does my right hon. Friend agree that this comes down to a very straightforward choice: those who believe people should be able to glue themselves to the middle of the M25,…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I like the hon. Lady very much—we sit on the same Select Committee—but I am unsure of the point that she is making. When we talk about peaceful protest, we are talking about…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023Well, if the hon. Lady was a witness to those six arrests, I look forward to hearing from her.16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023Will the hon. Lady give way?16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023Will she give way on that particular point?16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023Will the hon. Lady give way?16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023It is an honour to follow the hon. and learned Lady, for whom I have a great deal of respect. I am constantly astonished by Members in this House who make claims based on no…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I think it is ludicrous that the police apologised. Apologised for what? As the Minister said, the police set out a statement on the circumstances of what they said had occurred…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023I know that you want to hear more of this speech, Mr Deputy Speaker, so let us get back to the proposal before this Parliament from a party that the legislation essentially does…16 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023My right hon. Friend makes the point. Sometimes I think I am listening to a fantasy world in here. Effectively, what the Opposition are saying is that they would allow anybody to…16 May 2023