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HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI have said nothing on this matter until today, as I did not consider that I had a right to do so because I was a member of the Privileges Committee for only a brief time. I was…10 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesAs my right hon. Friend is aware, I have been campaigning on the issue of fuel prices in west Berkshire for about a year and a half. One thing that has been particularly…03 Jul 2023HANSARDTechnology Sector15. What fiscal steps he is taking to support the technology sector.20 Jun 2023HANSARDTechnology SectorI recently convened a roundtable in my constituency with the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman) and a number…20 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseFor years, residents of Thatcham, a town in my constituency, have faced delays at a local level crossing, which frequently gives them waiting times of up to 45 minutes morning and…15 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportOn that point, will the shadow Minister give way?07 Jun 2023HANSARD Animal WelfareMBR Acres is a facility in Huntingdon that breeds beagles for the purposes of animal scientific testing. A number of my constituents have written to me raising serious concerns…25 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseTwo years ago, Great Western Railway significantly reduced the direct train service between Bedwyn and Paddington. In this week’s timetable change, it has halved the number of…25 May 2023HANSARD New HospitalsI welcome today’s statement. I have been working with the Royal Berkshire Hospital on the Building Berkshire Together community engagement programme, and there is palpable…25 May 2023HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: ReportI have previously declared an interest, because I was counsel to the inquiry from 2016 to 2017. Given that the inquiry looked at cases that were often decades old, there is a risk…22 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI have been struck by the number of pubs and restaurants in my constituency, including the John O’ Gaunt in Hungerford and 137 Eat Drink Distil in Newbury, that have been in touch…18 May 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI spent considerable time in the last debate addressing the European convention on human rights, and the House will be relieved to hear that I am not going to do the same thing…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI do. I listened to what my right hon. Friend was just saying about the problem of European judges, but can he refer to a case from the European Court of Human Rights where those…26 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am sorry, Dame Eleanor. To respond to my right hon. Friend’s intervention, it is dangerous to conflate what has been understood on the Conservative Benches to have been called…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillNo disrespect is intended, but it is clear that they are not frequently in court arguing these cases, because if they were, they would know the way the law ran.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose —27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Billrose —27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely scathing about the Bill, but he will be aware that, as recently as last summer, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change was writing about a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe in the Home Affairs Committee heard from Dan O’Mahoney, the clandestine channel threat commander, that the number of arrivals on small boats with any identifying documents is…27 Mar 2023