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HANSARDFirearms LicensingAbsolutely: let us apply the laws that we already have, as they are well equipped to do the job. I have been contacted by many constituents about this issue. One constituent, Rob,…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank the hon. Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for his balanced introduction to the debate. One of the…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceWe have heard a lot about the coalition years and austerity, to the extent that I began to wonder whether I had misread the title of the debate. Whatever the rights and wrongs of…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Place-based Employment Support ProgrammesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I also thank the hon. Member for Southport (Patrick Hurley) for shining a light on this important issue. The…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Pensions and Social SecurityI very much appreciate the action that the Government have taken to uprate UC—for the first time in its history, as the Minister says—but does he accept that it still will not…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) for bringing attention to this important issue.…04 Feb 2026HANSARDMagistrate RecruitmentI visited my local court just a few days ago. In Horsham, we are lucky enough to have a sufficient number of magistrates, but we still cannot maximise throughput because of a lack…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Transport in the South-EastIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir John. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for securing this debate. I can vouch for…03 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Last week, I met 30 or so members of the Hong Kong community in Horsham. These people are professionals: they are…02 Feb 2026HANSARDUK Bus ManufacturingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I, too, thank the hon. Member for Falkirk (Euan Stainbank) and the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Armed Forces BillOn that point, I declare my support for Horsham district council’s work. It confirmed to me last year that it is examining the cost of exempting military compensation payments…26 Jan 2026HANSARDKey Stage 1 CurriculumIn my constituency of Horsham we already see the positives that play-based education can bring, with organisations such as Woods for Learning, which is a forest school catering…26 Jan 2026HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Act 2025: EnforcementI will add another name to the catalogue of water company disasters: Southern Water. In Rudgwick in my Horsham constituency, residents have complained for almost 20 years about…20 Jan 2026HANSARD ADHD DiagnosisI am sorry for interrupting the hon. Member. Education, health and care plans are not supposed to depend on or require a formal diagnosis of ADHD but, in practice, that is how…20 Jan 2026HANSARDLocal Elections: CancellationFor the second year running, Conservative-run West Sussex county council has applied to cancel local elections, in which the Conservatives face wipeout. Their excuse is that it…19 Jan 2026HANSARDFood InflationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I thank the hon. Member for Hornsey and Friern Barnet (Catherine West) for securing this debate. I am a member of…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Horse and Rider Road SafetyI thank the hon. Member for the intervention. We must also place this debate in the wider context of changing rural road use. In Cowfold parish, the accident rate has doubled in…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Horse and Rider Road SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Horse riders are not a marginal group on our roads and we should stop treating them like one. They are a vital part of…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI recently met Richard, a publican in my constituency, and he told me the trade had never been so tough. He said: “The truth of the matter is, for the first time I’m thinking I…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Airport Drop-off ChargesWill the hon. Member give way?13 Jan 2026