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HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]That is useful information about the Bank’s decision making. However, the Bank still decided to go for insolvency prior to a resolution mechanism. I find it hard to see that,…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There was no intent in my remarks to undermine the integrity of the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). I may have…22 Jan 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have no desire to detain the House for long, but I have some questions that I hope the Economic…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I rise to support the money resolution, broadly for two reasons. The first is the significant risk to the reputation of the House. One of the greatest criticisms of this place is…22 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I will just finish, if I may. Our Bill is built on a very different legal framework from Canada’s. Drawing legislative parallels between the two seems like a cul-de-sac, not least…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I rise to speak to amendment (b) and to the other amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Bradford West. As we discussed in private, I am concerned that the promoter of the Bill,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)But we will be coming back to public—21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I was going to make exactly the same point. I think my hon. Friend the Member for East Wiltshire has fundamentally misunderstood what is happening. He referred to there being a…21 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024I have no wish to detain the Committee, but I do have some questions about the particular process we are discussing, not least because, as I understand it, it was the first time…20 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024That is not what I am implying at all. In this instance, I think that resolution was the right thing to do. What I am saying is that the Bank of England’s first decision, on the…20 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewGiven how Government finance works, the Secretary of State knows that he has, in effect, cancelled the replacement of Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital. That is despite, as…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastThe return of hostages and the end of daily massacres of civilians is profoundly to be welcomed. While the Foreign Secretary has attributed much of the work to diplomats, it is…16 Jan 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs I am sure you know, Mr Speaker, my constituency is the source of a number of globally significant chalk streams, not least and most famously the River Test. A number of Members…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI am fortunate to work with two local authorities, Basingstoke and Deane borough council and Test Valley borough council, which, after many decades of careful stewardship, are…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaMr Speaker, you and I have been through this rigmarole many times over the past 14 months. I was going to ask today about the fate of Dr Abu Safiya, but I think we all know what…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaIt does.07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThis impact assessment is extremely important, not least because at a macro level—given that the UK is essentially a services-based economy in which human capital is the most…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]rose—16 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way, but I am surprised she has not declared her interest because I believe she is herself a landlord. She presumably owns another…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI hope that the shadow Minister shares my surprise at the Minister agreeing to pay the stamp duty retrospectively on her flat. Let us hope that the cheque makes its way to HMRC.…11 Dec 2024