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HANSARDUkraineI warmly thank the Secretary of State and the full ministerial team for their hard work mobilising the additional money from frozen Russian sovereign assets. I hope that other…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Reporting Ministerial Gifts and HospitalityThe shadow Minister may remember that he failed personally to support the suspension of Owen Paterson after he was found guilty of lobbying and being paid thousands of pounds to…14 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI wish my parliamentary namesake a happy birthday. Dockless e-bikes are an increasingly popular transport mode in Kensington and Chelsea and in Westminster, yet local authorities…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that one of the unintended consequences of section 21 is that people often do not report damp and mould or the repairs that they need for fear of…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillIt is a great privilege to follow that excellent speech. The Renters’ Reform Bill is potentially transformative for Kensington and Bayswater, as it is for the whole country.…09 Oct 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) on securing this debate and giving the subject the attention it deserves. We obviously…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI would like to put on the record the thanks of my constituents in Kensington and Bayswater, which includes the wider Grenfell community, for the cross-party support last week…11 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Over the weekend, Lord MacDonald, the former director of public prosecutions, warned that court backlogs and the complexity of any trials that may arise from a CPS decision in…10 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Businesses—especially creative industries—in Kensington and Bayswater tell me that they are fed up with the adversarial relationship we have had with the EU and the pointless…05 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportAs we have heard, it is now more than seven years since 72 people lost their lives in Grenfell Tower in north Kensington. As we have heard again today, the disaster was entirely…04 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsA forthcoming Transparency International report has identified 28 contracts worth £4.1 billion that were awarded to parties with direct political connections to the Conservative…03 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Wednesday, the phase 2 report of the Grenfell inquiry will be published, and I am sure that the whole House will join me in remembering the 72 residents who lost their lives in…02 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Procurement: Value for Money14. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure value for money in public procurement.25 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In just over a month, phase 2 of the Grenfell inquiry will report. There will be implications for the entire Government, but what preparations have been made ahead of the…25 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Procurement: Value for MoneyI thank the Minister for her answer. As she said, value for money is fundamental, but procurement can also be used strategically to ensure that growth opportunities and social…25 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsOn Sunday night, at a community event in north Kensington attended by hundreds of people, 15-year-old Rene Graham was shot and killed in a senseless act of violence. My heart goes…24 Jul 2024HANSARD NATO and European Political Community MeetingsI warmly welcome the announcement that the UK will lead an initiative to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet of sanctions-evading ships, which is helping to generate dirty money…22 Jul 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryModule 1 of the report finds that pandemic planning did not take pre-existing health inequalities into account. In my constituency, those inequalities are particularly wide, as we…19 Jul 2024HANSARDForeign Affairs and DefenceThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Wetherby and Easingwold (Sir Alec Shelbrooke), and the excellent maiden speeches by my…18 Jul 2024