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HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedI am very lucky to have had a really healthy working relationship with the west midlands regional schools commissioner, who is a former headteacher at the Mill Hill Primary…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedI beg to move, That this House has considered the Ofsted inspection of multi-academy trusts. There is much excitement, as we are expecting to hear the Division bell. I will speak…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedI am grateful to my hon. Friend and neighbour, with whom I share Kidsgrove, Talke and Newchapel, since they are within the Newcastle-under-Lyme borough. As we have just heard, the…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedI want to put it on the record that I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman regarding the disgraceful action of anti-vaxxers standing outside schools filming young people…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedThank you, Mr Robertson, for calling me to speak again, and I thank everyone else in Westminster Hall for coming back swiftly after the Divisions. I will not repeat all the…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedI am delighted to hear about the schools White Paper—the Zahawi-Walker legacy document —that will be launched next year. I will absolutely be pushing for my ten-minute rule Bill…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedApologies, Mr Robertson. The hon. Gentleman asked me to picture 1997 and put my head back in that time; I was seven years old when Tony Blair came to power, so it is hard for me…23 Nov 2021HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourLast Thursday evening, I was at the Smallthorne Community Centre with the Smallthorne Village Residents Association, local Staffordshire police officers and police community…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsTo some extent, I suppose retrospection has already happened. As I said earlier, there has been the uplift, the consultation and the £25 million that has gone in, so I suspect…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I could not agree more. We have to ensure that if someone is willing to put their life on the line, they are…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention. She probably will not be shocked that I will not use the word “fleecing”. However, I was going on to say that I wholeheartedly…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI thank all those who took part in this debate. Dr Huq, I do not know whether it is customary, but am I allowed to take an intervention while summing up? I noticed that my right…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 594155, relating to Gurkha pensions. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I will start by thanking Roy…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. I completely concur: no one wants to see any veteran—whether they are Gurkhas or members of the British armed forces who were…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI agree with my right hon. and learned Friend that the Minister has been exemplary in his tireless work. I thank the Minister for all the kindness he showed me in preparation for…22 Nov 2021HANSARDGurkha PensionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I totally hear his case. I am unfortunate not to have an individual in my constituency who can share their story. My hon. Friend is a doughty…22 Nov 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsLet me start with a quote: “When a person leaves their country through fear, we consider that, as a general principle, such a person should seek protection in the first safe…22 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I was in Dover yesterday, where I spoke to people from Border Force about the situation. Does the hon. Gentleman agree with them, and with me, that one big issue putting pressure…04 Nov 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It sounded as though the hon. Member for Sheffield Central was asking for unfettered, uncontrolled, open-border access to this country. We have already had 20,000 illegal economic…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend may think, after a £56 million levelling-up fund, a £29 million transforming cities fund, a £17.6 million Kidsgrove town deal and 550 new Home Office jobs in…04 Nov 2021