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HANSARDCouncil FundingIn 2018, Tory-led Northamptonshire County Council issued a section 114 notice—as close as a council can come to declaring itself bankrupt. Since then, under this Conservative…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRural Councils: FundingThank you, Mrs Latham. I apologise to the hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) for being slightly late; I was trying to get the printer to spring into action this morning. I…29 Nov 2023HANSARDRural Councils: FundingIf I can say so respectfully, that was a slightly cheeky intervention. The hon. Gentleman may well find that the Opposition Benches are populated by far more Labour rural MPs…29 Nov 2023HANSARDRural Councils: FundingThe debate is not about the levelling-up fund as much as about the debate around it. It is not for me to highlight which seats are or are not in scope of the target priorities of…29 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change Committee: Progress ReportWhen it comes to national and household energy security, ownership matters, as championed by the Co-op party. The Labour party is committed to 1 million owners of UK-produced…28 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. New figures released by the Co-op Group show that a staggering 300,000 incidents of shoplifting, abuse, violence and antisocial behaviour in Co-op stores have been reported…21 Nov 2023HANSARDEnergy SectorThe Labour party and the Co-operative party have set out a shared ambition for more community-owned energy. That is not new: in Denmark, 52% of wind energy is community owned, and…14 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesGiven the grave seriousness and scale of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza, it is vital that the length of humanitarian pauses is sufficient to allow aid and supplies to…14 Nov 2023HANSARDBreaking Down Barriers to OpportunityIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Vicky Foxcroft). I thank her for the work she does and for being a champion for disabled people.…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationIn the scale of human suffering in the 7 October attack and the offensive in Gaza, we are drawn to that of the children who have been killed or injured, and who continue to…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI am going to make some progress.18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionIf the right hon. Gentleman is excited at this point, he is going to get even more animated shortly, so he should bear with me. What we see today is not just the result of…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI will check the voting record later, but we presented our plan to Parliament, and Members had the choice to vote for or against it. That plan would have seen sewage discharges…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionGovernment Members seem to be under the misapprehension that our costings for the manifesto are in line with contract awards for personal protective equipment. They absolutely are…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI will make some progress, if I may. This is all about whether families can live decent and fulfilled lives in the places where we live, where we work and where we holiday…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionNuance and facts do matter in this type of debate, but the facts speak for themselves, frankly: going by the Government’s figures, there are 800 such discharges each and every…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionThe only reason we are here today is that, after 13 years, the country we love, and the quality of life for millions of working people, are suffering from the Tory sewage scandal.…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI will make some progress. Since we presented that Bill to the House for debate, 40,000 sewage dumps have taken place. Labour’s plan would have ensured that polluters pay the…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI am very proud of Labour’s record of leaving the cleanest air and water since before the industrial revolution. What the data says—dump by dump, outlet by outlet, beach by beach,…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLike the industry itself, that response does not hold water. People know that Thames Water is not an isolated case: five companies are rated as being of concern by the…06 Jul 2023