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HANSARD Telegraph Poles: Planning PermissionI know that a number of colleagues have experienced similar problems in their constituencies to those I will be raising, and I will try to accommodate interventions. I welcome the…17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitDoes the shadow Secretary of State acknowledge that the cost of Government borrowing that this Government have inherited is roughly double what it was in 2010? That is, in part, a…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Telegraph Poles: Planning PermissionThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I completely agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Cat Eccles).17 Oct 2024HANSARD Telegraph Poles: Planning PermissionI thank my hon. Friend for making those points. He highlights issues that are common across the wider region and, I suspect, the country. I will come on to some of the regulatory…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Telegraph Poles: Planning PermissionI know that my hon. Friend has been doing extensive work on this issue. There are similar problems in my Birmingham Northfield constituency, and I would be sympathetic to having…17 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Member is being generous with his time. I understand his point, but does he recognise, as those of us who are good Fabians on the Labour Benches do, that there is value…15 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) for securing this important and timely debate. Earlier this…10 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsIt is a privilege to follow so many excellent maiden speeches today. I am glad to have this opportunity to talk about schools and education because there is no doubt that schools…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI associate myself with the comments of Labour colleagues in this debate, but I want to speak about the particular issue of public sector pay and the attempts made in this debate…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI declared my background in the trade union movement, and I note that the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy) wrote the manifesto, which he stood on, that proposed cutting…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentIn my constituency, there are approximately 2,600 pensioner households that do not receive pension credit—that is one of the legacies of the previous Government—but are entitled…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWe will take no lectures on hospital admissions, given the state of the NHS that the right hon. Member’s party left us. The Conservatives claimed that they did not know what the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDStudent Mental HealthLast year, there was a 38% increase in the number of CAMHS referrals in Birmingham, while also a sharp fall in the number of young people seen within six months of a referral.…09 Sept 2024HANSARD OfstedThe decision to end single-word judgments will be welcomed by education professionals across Birmingham. I have seen in my own household the mental and physical toll that the old…03 Sept 2024HANSARDBirmingham City Council: Public Services1. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department’s statutory intervention at Birmingham City Council on the adequacy of public services provided by that…02 Sept 2024HANSARDBirmingham City Council: Public ServicesI recognise that the Secretary of State has inherited a very difficult situation. Under the Conservatives, Birmingham lost 40p in the pound and 60% of local authority jobs were…02 Sept 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillCongratulations on your election, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a privilege to follow so many excellent maiden speeches this evening, including from my hon. Friends the Members for…29 Jul 2024HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour15. What steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.29 Jul 2024HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourCrime and antisocial behaviour was the No. 1 issue on the doorstep during the election, and my constituents in Birmingham Northfield are paying the price for years of cuts to…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI thank the shadow Minister for giving way and I compliment him on his staying power during a very long debate. He talks about fares and affordability. Can he explain why, under…29 Jul 2024