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HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewI very much welcome the aspirations of this strategic defence review and welcome the statement on page 7 that, “We will develop a new Defence Investment Plan”. However, as the…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewSeveral years ago, when I was a magistrate in Westminster and my father was a magistrate in north Wiltshire, we lamented a great deal about the fact that when we put people in…22 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. One of the best experiences I had as a Minister in DCMS several years ago was visiting 114 places around the country. I extend an offer to the Minister to come to Salisbury to…22 May 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsOne of the biggest drivers of satisfaction in any profession is settlements in line with inflation and expectations of inflation. Will the Minister assure the House that the…22 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI am extremely grateful to be made aware of the hon. Lady’s visit and of her support for the capabilities that we undoubtedly need in this country. I will go back to give some…21 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationI recognise how important it is to use temperate language, but all my hon. Friend the Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) did was to factually set out two statements the…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI am happy to give way to the Member representing Harlow.21 May 2025HANSARDBusiness and the EconomyThe shadow Minister is making a forensic case against the Government. May I ask him to focus on an issue that he will be familiar with from his prior ministerial experience? We…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI am extremely grateful for the opportunity to bring the future of the UK Health Security Agency campus at Porton Down, in my Salisbury constituency, before the House again this…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI thank the hon. Gentleman who is very gracious in the way he puts over his point. It would be helpful for everyone in both our constituencies and for the country as a whole to…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI am extremely grateful for that very helpful intervention, because the hon. Gentleman points out the co-location of DSTL and the UKHSA at Porton, and that is a really important…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend; I recall the many conversations that we had on this matter. How can we be in a situation where £530 million—Public Health…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI am grateful, as ever, to the hon. Gentleman for his support this evening, and he anticipates some of the points I will make later on. I want also to refer to the Public Accounts…21 May 2025HANSARDChurches and Religious Buildings: CommunitiesIt is, and I wish St Mary’s parishioners well in all their endeavours. There is scope for the Government to come out of this in a very positive way in June by looking back over…13 May 2025HANSARDChurches and Religious Buildings: CommunitiesI am trying to avoid making party political points, but the hon. Lady does tempt me, because at St Paul’s in Salisbury—where I go to church and where my grandmother went 100 years…13 May 2025HANSARDChurches and Religious Buildings: CommunitiesI acknowledge the hon. Lady’s point. Every Member present today will have a vivid portrait in their mind of an impact that a church makes in their community. It is quite different…13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordUndoubtedly, the City of London is not in the best possible place when it comes to where it is investing and the amount invested in UK equities. When I was a Minister, we had the…13 May 2025HANSARDChurches and Religious Buildings: CommunitiesI commend my friend, the Second Church Estates Commissioner, the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova), for opening this co-sponsored debate, and it is a pleasure to serve…13 May 2025HANSARDChurches and Religious Buildings: CommunitiesOf course the Minister is absolutely right in what he has just said. However, he will also be very aware that within the budgets he is responsible for, there will be capital…13 May 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionI join Members across the House in condemning this act of terrorism. The hon. Gentleman will know that his party’s manifesto pledged to pursue a new strategic partnership with…29 Apr 2025