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HANSARDInward Investment: Fiscal StepsI thank the Chancellor for that and I welcome her to her place. It is important to encourage inward investment. It is also important to address the issue of youth unemployment. As…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingThat is okay—I will keep to the four minutes and I will not take an intervention either. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) on setting the scene…03 Sept 2024HANSARDUnpaid CarersThe Minister outlines the need for reform. I think many of us in the Chamber would like compassion and understanding to be key to that. Reforms are okay, but they need compassion…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Banking Services: Rural NorthumberlandI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. He is absolutely right that everyone in the House tonight will have experienced bank closures. I have lost 11 branches in my…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Technology in Public ServicesOne of the things that comes up all the time in my constituency is the great difficulties that elderly pensioners have with online commitments. They do not understand them, not…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI put on record my thanks to the Paymaster General for a most positive statement, and for the clear commitment to getting the contaminated blood compensation paid. If I may say so…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Technology in Public ServicesI thank the Secretary of State for giving way, and I look forward to hearing the rest of his contribution. As someone who does not have much of a grasp of technology, I understand…02 Sept 2024HANSARDViolent DisorderI thank the Home Secretary for her statement, her clear, strong leadership and her swift action. Well done, Home Secretary. That is what every MP and people across this great…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Banking Services: Rural NorthumberlandI congratulate the Minister on attaining her office and wish her well in it. I think she referred to 350 banking hubs, which I presume means across the whole of the United Kingdom…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Technology in Public ServicesWill the Secretary of State give way?02 Sept 2024HANSARDUkraineI thank the Minister very much for her confident answers. They will encourage us all in this House and indeed our constituents back home as well, and I thank her for that. As she…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI thank the Foreign Secretary for his answers. I defend the right of Israel to protect all its people, as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland did for its own…02 Sept 2024HANSARDCommunity CohesionI thank the Deputy Prime Minister for her answers. Sometimes it is easy to dwell upon the negativity, but there are positives as well. There were positives in my constituency when…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Budget Responsibility BillThe Minister is setting out the stark realities of where we are financially, which it is important that we all understand. Given that the financial positions of all of us within…30 Jul 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationI thank the Minister for that response. If we want to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, it is quite clear what the free world has to do: get rid of Hamas, who are…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Food SecurityI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. The issues that he has outlined also apply in my constituency, where agriculture is really important: it creates…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Food Securityrose —30 Jul 2024HANSARDSouthport IncidentOn behalf of myself and the DUP, I extend my deepest condolences to the bereaved, the devastated families and, importantly, those in hospital who are fighting for their lives. I…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Post Office HorizonI thank the Minister very much for his answers to the questions posed. I make representations for the 26 postmasters from Northern Ireland who have been fighting for years to…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Budget Responsibility BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Kettering (Rosie Wrighting). I wish her well in her new role. She brings youth with her, but also experience of how life is. That is…30 Jul 2024