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HANSARD BBC: FundingMy right hon. Friend will recognise, as I do, that one big challenge in relation to the BBC is that many of those who are most opposed to its further commercialisation are the…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Immigration and Nationality StatisticsWill the Minister give way?18 Dec 2024HANSARD BBC: FundingWould the hon. Gentleman accept that, whether or not he is a supporter of the licence fee, fewer people are choosing to pay it, so we have a problem that needs to be dealt with,…18 Dec 2024HANSARD BBC: FundingDoes the hon. Lady agree that the BBC’s unique currency is trust, and that one of the challenges in recent years is that people have lost faith in the BBC as an organisation that…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for bringing this issue to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDPrimary School Breakfast ClubsNurseries and the small businesses that provide before and after-school clubs are being whacked by national insurance increases, and there is little clarity from the Government…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsNo, I am afraid there is simply not enough time. Finally, I want to mention a small private school in my constituency. Its pupils are some of the most vulnerable and deprived in…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe Chancellor’s Budget has created a right mess. No matter how regularly the Prime Minister bleats that he is fixing the foundations, it is a mess of Labour’s own making, date…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI was interested by the train drivers’ pay deal, where the Government actually went back to the deal that we had made and undid the productivity commitments that we put in. Why…04 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityIn the previous Parliament, Labour consistently voted down stricter border laws and signed bleeding-heart letters trying to prevent the deportation of criminals from this country.…02 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn recent weeks, the number of channel crossings has been far higher than the Home Office expected, which is why we have seen Ministers rapidly approving new asylum hotels. We are…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that it was the vision of the Thatcher Government in the 1980s that took the area of Docklands and transformed it into Canary Wharf. There have…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI spoke to some of the DCMS stakeholders who went to the investment summit, and they came away worried. They see a Government who absolutely milk their stardust, but all they hear…17 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State believes that it is not good policy that counts, but good vibes: the violent indifference that led to a booming creative sector is no longer; the culture…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI am grateful for my first chance at the Dispatch Box formally to congratulate the right hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy) on her new job following the electoral loss of the…09 Oct 2024HANSARDLocal JournalismThere is surely no greater publication in my hon. Friend’s constituency than the Torbay Weekly . I should also say that this House has made it clear just how strongly it feels…23 May 2024HANSARDHeritage BuildingsPerhaps it is not too risky to say that I would consider doing so, but I appreciate my hon. Friend highlighting that wonderful organisation in his constituency.23 May 2024HANSARDHeritage BuildingsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the Diss Express , which I presume is a heritage railway—23 May 2024HANSARDHeritage BuildingsIt is a local newspaper—I do apologise.23 May 2024HANSARDHeritage BuildingsI thank the hon. Member for her question. One of my colleagues has just said to me that she is stepping down, so I would like to pay tribute to her for the representation she has…23 May 2024