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HANSARD Water ScarcityI certainly do. I know the Minister is equally concerned about that, and I am hoping that the Minister’s response will give reassurance to the hon. Lady, and indeed to all of us,…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityIt is always a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart. I particularly thank the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for setting the scene so incredibly well and…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNet Zero Transition: Consumer-led FlexibilityI thank the Minister for the positivity of his answers. The take-up of smart meters in Northern Ireland has not been good at all—nowhere near expectations. In his discussions with…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNet Zero Transition: Consumer-led FlexibilityNo, no—upwards! Everything upwards. It is also a pleasure to see the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith), in his place and I look forward to his…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNet Zero Transition: Consumer-led FlexibilityIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Thornbury and Yate (Claire Young) for leading this debate and for setting the scene…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Medal for Wounded Service PersonnelI commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing forward the debate. I spoke to him beforehand. Obviously, I am a Northern Ireland MP, and I declare an interest as someone who served in…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Illegal Migrants: Unknown WhereaboutsI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing the debate. He has illustrated with the story that he has related, and by citing the evidential base, how bad things are. Data from the…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Self-employed Adoptive Parents: Statutory SupportI commend the hon. Lady on securing this debate; I spoke to her beforehand to ask her permission to intervene and to very quickly give her a Northern Ireland perspective. In…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]First, I welcome what is coming forward. I ask for clarification on something that has been brought to my attention. I seek the Minister’s advice and support. Lords amendment 19B…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillEverybody recognises the importance of 1.5 million houses being built, given the need for social housing that many people have and the need for houses that people can afford with…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillUnder Lords amendment 1, the duty would be shifted to the employee to request guaranteed hours, as opposed to it being down to the employer to offer hours. That means that the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI thank the Secretary of State and the Labour Government for their statement on a strategy to reduce child poverty. The announcement on the two-child benefit cap is welcome, and…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank the Minister very much for his answers, and for his clear commitment to do better and to solve the problems. We appreciate his honesty in this House. It is understood that…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI thank the Minister for her thoughtful answers. Last week, Chief Constable Craig Guildford told the Home Affairs Committee that the decision “was not taken lightly” and that the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsI thank the Minister for her answers. Rape victims must be paramount in all that happens. Rape and sexual assault trials are already lengthy and very emotional for victims. Juries…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe highest level of pensioner poverty in the UK is in Northern Ireland. One way of lifting pensioners out of poverty is through pension credit applications, which require a…08 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineI did notice that. I want to be clear to the right hon. Gentleman and everyone in the House that we will never sign up to that. These people think they can get away with it. Of…04 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineWe all appreciate and understand that horror that children have had to endure. The right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) and I were among the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineYes, I agree with that. I wish that the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter) had been able to be here today because she has spoken valiantly in this…04 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) on setting the scene incredibly well. As the right hon.…04 Dec 2025