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HANSARDGroceries Code AdjudicatorI commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing this debate forward. He is absolutely right to refer to the importance of the Groceries Code Adjudicator. In my constituency of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDThameslink Train ServicesI commend the hon. Gentleman for the work he has done for disabled people who use trains regularly. That should be happening everywhere in this great United Kingdom. Does he agree…25 Feb 2025HANSARDThameslink Train ServicesWill the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Feb 2025HANSARD SEND Education SupportFirst, I congratulate the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter) on so passionately describing the issues for her constituents—but these are replicated for all…25 Feb 2025HANSARDDefence and SecurityIt is always a surprise not to be called last, Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement. It has encouraged everyone in this great United Kingdom of Great…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingI commend the hon. Lady. This is a massive subject for my constituents, as it is for hers. For those who have lived in the countryside, who were born in the countryside and whose…25 Feb 2025HANSARDMaternity ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I commend the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for setting the scene so well. I thank her for…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI welcome very much the Secretary of State’s commitment to the scheme. I know it is an England scheme, but we have a similar scheme in Northern Ireland. Every one of us as MPs has…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThe Minister has a real interest in the matters for which she has ministerial responsibility; I want to put on the record my thanks to her. When we have had meetings on other…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Bank Closures: Rural AreasWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Feb 2025HANSARD Bank Closures: Rural AreasThe hon. Gentleman is very kind. I commend him on bringing forward this debate. He is right to highlight elderly people. Social isolation is an issue for many people, not just…24 Feb 2025HANSARDHostile State ThreatsWhen considering hostile state threats, we cannot ignore terrorist groups from both the right and the left in this great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland who…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Crown Estate Bill [Lords]That is the thrust of where I am coming from. I am not against the idea of green energy, but I want to ensure the sustainability of the fishing sector over the years. It has been…24 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraineI welcome the Foreign Secretary’s strong words, commitment, strength and fortitude. I will always welcome the end to war, but I am unable to forget the mass murder of Ukrainian…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Crown Estate Bill [Lords]Of course, a key issue for all of us in the United Kingdom, and certainly for us in Northern Ireland, is the fishing sector. Any net zero development, such as a wind farm—wind…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Crown Estate Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to contribute to the debate; I will follow on from what the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister) seeks. I want to make a specific request,…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Bank Closures: Rural AreasThe hon. Member for North Dorset referred to 14 banks closing, and I referred to 11 closing. When it comes to the criteria for agreeing where those bank hubs will be, will the…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Crown Estate Bill [Lords]I seek assurance that the ambitious net zero targets will not detrimentally affect the fishing sector. I remember some years ago there was talk of a wind farm just off the coast…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the Minister most sincerely for his statement. Nobody in the House is not reassured by what he has said. He also referred to the regional Administrations and how this will…13 Feb 2025HANSARDCardiovascular Disease: PreventionI would have asked to intervene, but the Minister had sat down. First, I thank all Members for coming along. The hon. Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) set the scene incredibly well…13 Feb 2025