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HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesI praise my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. On apprenticeships, I wonder whether he would care to comment on the excellent work of the Catapult centres, which are…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaMy hon. Friend is making a powerful and moving speech. Does he agree that organisations such as the one he mentioned mirror the work of Back and Forth Men’s Mental Health, a…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaOn the point about the various organisations, governmental or otherwise, that are involved, will my hon. Friend join me in commending the work of Rugby borough council, which has…19 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranCould my hon. Friend set out what more the Government can do to engage with multinational investors and demonstrate that, from Rugby to Fife, the UK is an attractive environment…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Warm Homes PlanI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this really important subject to the House. Does she acknowledge that the Government have invested £13.2 billion, which is a long-term…18 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is only thanks to this Labour Government investing at scale in our domestic nuclear industry that we can overturn the disastrous legacy of the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsDoes the Chief Secretary agree that the Tories are still as irresponsible as they were under Liz Truss, blindly promising £47 billion of cuts to justify their wacky fiscal…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Illegal Waste: Organised CrimeI commend the Government’s action in this space. A contact of mine who used to work in environmental health tells me that there is a misplaced perception that in our covert…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI am saying to this House that my right hon. Friends in the Government have to take very difficult decisions to deal with the problems this country faces, many of which were…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI absolutely accept that the previous Labour Government took difficult decisions towards the end of their tenure in office following the global financial crisis. What happened…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI will not give way; I will make a little progress. The Conservatives paint themselves as economically competent and as the party of low taxes. Well, Liz Truss blew the first…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI will not; I may give way in a little bit, but let me make some progress. We will ensure that we avoid another decade of under-investment in public services and infrastructure. I…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI am for doing absolutely everything we can to reduce child poverty. One way in which we can achieve that is by ending the two-child cap—there are other measures. However, that is…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesSince hon. Members mention taxes from a sedentary position, let me say that the Conservatives broke their tax pledge by increasing national insurance in 2021.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI absolutely believe we should implement the manifesto that we stood on, and I am proud to do that.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesNo, I will not. The consequence? Chaos. Under the Conservatives, prisons were full. We had a lack of prison places and a crisis so bad that it led the right hon. Member for…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesThat £47 billion seems rather like a number plucked out of thin air. Frankly, I do not think that that number holds any credibility. The previous Government cut national insurance…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI will not give way. The Conservatives broke their triple lock promise in 2022 and 2023.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI commend the hon. Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) on his constituency, which I drove through. I enjoyed a drink or two in one of the pubs in his town of Ludlow, and…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesFrankly, it took 14 years for the Conservatives not to apologise for any of the decisions they took, so I do not think we need any lectures from the hon. Member or from other…12 Nov 2025