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HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Billrose—19 Nov 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: HuntingdonshireI wish to be helpful, as I always try to be. I have spoken to the hon. Gentleman and I congratulate him on the debate. We had a local government reorganisation in Northern…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Access to Healthcare: Bracknell ForestI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. He is right to underline the issue of GPs. Does he agree that access to healthcare must begin with access to the local GP…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) for setting the scene, as she so often does. I know that this…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI welcome what the Government are trying to do, and the thrust of what the Minister is saying, but I think that the Minister and the hon. Gentleman are referring to the fact that…19 Nov 2025HANSARDFilm and Television ProductionsI thank the Minister for that answer. I also thank him for his energy and interest in Northern Ireland. We hope to have him in Strangford shortly for a visit. Between 2019 and…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesThank you for calling me early, Mrs Harris; you are very kind. I am sure hon. Members are wondering why. I thank the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Josh Fenton-Glynn) for securing…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaI thank my hon. Friend for her words of wisdom. I know that she has tried, before and during her time in this place, to address the issue of online access to information about how…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesI hope the Minister will forgive me if he is going to address my earlier request, which related to the Northern Ireland Assembly Minister back home. I know that he travels to…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Infrastructure: Cramlington and KillingworthI commend the hon. Lady and understand exactly her frustration in relation to having infrastructure in place. In my constituency we have been pursuing the Ballynahinch bypass for…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI thank the Minister for his statement and wish him well in his endeavours. Anybody in this place would be churlish not to wish him well in his endeavours to try to do better—18 Nov 2025HANSARDUNESCO: 80th AnniversaryIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I want to say a big thank you to the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Jonathan Davies) for setting the scene…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranExpect there might be one or two to my left-hand side, but that is by the way. It is sad to hear of yet another large UK company closure next year, this time in Mossmorran. I have…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseI thank the Minister for his statement; we are greatly encouraged by the steps the Government are taking. I chair an all-party parliamentary group—some Members here are members of…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Infrastructure: Cramlington and KillingworthOn a point of order, Mr Dowd. I am probably not the only Member who has noticed that this Chamber seems as cold as a butcher’s fridge. It was the same yesterday. Have you had any…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillFurther to the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), the Republic of Ireland Government and the Garda Síochána have to respond on the…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillOn accountability, I think we all want justice for those victims who have never had justice. I think of the four Ulster Defence Regiment men of Ballydugan, for instance: there was…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Warm Homes PlanI commend the hon. Lady for raising this issue. In Northern Ireland we have a slightly different scheme called the affordable warmth scheme, run by the Northern Ireland Housing…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsHere is a pithy question, which I hope will be important for us in Northern Ireland. Will Northern Ireland receive a dedicated share of UK-wide peatland funding schemes such as…18 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsLast week, VAT was to increase; this week, it is not. Pensions increases were to feature in the Budget; then they were not. Income tax was to feature; then it was not, and then it…17 Nov 2025