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HANSARDRailways BillMy hon. Friend will have heard representations for ensuring that, under clause 5, devolution agreements must not be unduly limited, either by the Bill or its implementation. Is he…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillThe hon. Member describes the railway as it could be—and he tempts me to get on to Red Star Parcels, but that might be one for another day—but we must have regard to the railway…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillThe right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills is, I say respectfully, wrong on this issue. When the Labour party first committed to the reintegration of track and train, under the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillWhen privatisation happened, the Government of the day fought hard to keep state-owned foreign railways out of the running of the railways, but they were compelled to accept them…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillI am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, for being able to speak so early in this debate. I wish to focus on Government amendment 92, amendment 166 on devolution, which stands in my…10 Jun 2026HANSARDBelfast: Violent DisorderI commend the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for her words in this place. My constituents will have been horrified by last night’s scenes in Belfast,…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillI hear what the right hon. Lady says, but it is contradicted by the record and our own experience. She says that integration of track and train is an idea that came from that…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Road Safety: West MidlandsI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. It is striking how many of the issues she describes ring true for city constituencies as well. In Birmingham, the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsIt is a great honour to bring this Adjournment debate before the House to mark the centenary of the general strike of 1926. Twelve years after the general strike, the Welsh…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Rail FreightI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. Rail freight moves everything from Tesco containers to Cornish clay on its way to Stoke through my constituency. I…03 Jun 2026HANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention and for sending me a copy of the documentary on the Cramlington train wreckers ahead of this debate. It was moving to see those men in…03 Jun 2026HANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsMy hon. Friend has displayed his customary ingenuity in mentioning Harlow. I believe that, as a new town, it did not exist at the time of the general strike—but I will come on to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsThat was an important intervention, and it is absolutely right that we remember the role of the Red Clydesiders and the members of the Independent Labour party, among whom Jimmy…03 Jun 2026HANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and I truly welcome the cross-party support he has demonstrated for the principle of trade unionism and for workers’ rights. It is…03 Jun 2026HANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsI agree with my hon. Friend, and it is only right to say that he, through his role on the GMB executive and as one of the delegates to the national policy forum in opposition, was…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights Act 20256. What progress his Department has made on implementing the Employment Rights Act 2025.21 May 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights Act 2025I draw attention to my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions, and I welcome and acknowledge the Minister’s firm commitment to this area. The Department recently published…21 May 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In Birmingham Northfield and across the country, there are many reports of inappropriate houses in multiple occupation that prove actually to be…21 May 2026HANSARDDraft Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026I thank the Minister and the Government for bringing forward this secondary legislation. As he knows, there is a need to improve the diversity of the driving workforce and to…20 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingPeter Mandelson’s conduct has disgraced himself and, by extension, brought shame upon the two Houses of which he was formerly a Member. Does the Prime Minister agree that the…20 Apr 2026