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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to associate myself with the Deputy Prime Minister’s comments on the bravery of the Hillsborough families and pay tribute to them for the success that has been landed…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillThe last Conservative Government crashed our criminal justice system, and ever since it is victims who have been paying the price. The shadow Justice Secretary spoke today of…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but should he look at the figures for 2015, he will see that all the things that I have described surged under the last…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend, and I refer to the comments I made on recall. As someone who spent their career setting up an organisation that supports young ex-offenders…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportThe hon. Gentleman can thank me for intervening. He talks about costs and legal requirements, but does he agree that in many areas hedge-fund-backed independent specialist schools…15 Sept 2025HANSARDBus ServicesEastbourne district general hospital, where I was born, and the Hastings Conquest hospital are quite far apart. On a good day, it takes 45 minutes to drive from one to the other,…11 Sept 2025HANSARDCadetsEastbourne’s mighty sea cadets celebrate their 115th birthday this year, but their future is being put under threat by rising energy bills, which are making running the operation…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsHundreds of peaceful protesters have been arrested this weekend in the name of national security, but in what way does a peaceful protester’s tactic of holding a banner compromise…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Pavement ParkingI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) for securing this debate. Whether it is on Seaside, Melbourne Road, Linden Close, Sydney Road, Heather Close…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesThe point my hon. Friend makes is testament to the importance of parity of legal representation. To continue, how many lives must be lost before we accept that the public deserve…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) on securing this debate. On behalf of my party, I…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumAs an Eastbourne boy born and bred, I am a proud Englishman. In Winston Churchill’s St George’s day speech in 1933, he said that his England was one where no one would think of…01 Sept 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI will not take the hon. Member’s intervention, unless he is going to confirm my point. [Interruption.] Okay, I will take his intervention.22 Jul 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI certainly owe the hon. Member one, but that is not quite as bad as when I was mistaken for another mixed race Member when I once forgot my pass and was granted a pass of…22 Jul 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is an honour to speak in this debate, named after the late Sir David Amess, to whom I wish to pay tribute. I also use this opportunity to pay tribute to the late Ian Gow, one…22 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS Hospitals: Parking10. What steps his Department is taking to improve car parking provision at NHS hospitals.22 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS Hospitals: ParkingParking at Eastbourne district general hospital, where I was born, is woefully inadequate. The car park is often full, so patients have to park way away up the Rodmill hill, and…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI came into the Chamber for this statement to hear and speak about the Orgreave inquiry, so it was pretty shocking to hear the shadow Minister use it as an opportunity to yet…22 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Eastbourne’s posties are legends, including Manuel, who covers my patch. Upstream issues in the Royal Mail, however, mean that constituents like Michaele are not receiving…17 Jul 2025