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HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailA little more than two years have passed since the last Prime Minister chaotically took the axe to HS2 north and east of Birmingham, and the mayor at the time, Andy Street, failed…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceI thank the Home Secretary for her statement. As a Birmingham MP, I have set out on a number of occasions in the Chamber my serious concerns about both the decision and the way in…14 Jan 2026HANSARD IranI thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement. I echo the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) about the regime’s severance of…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI draw attention to my chairship of the GMB parliamentary group, a union that represents workers in the distillery and retail trades. I will limit my comments to the uprating of…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI sit on the same Select Committee as my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur), and I know better than to speak for him. I have a degree of personal sympathy…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Road Safety StrategyI thank the Minister for all her hard work over many years to bring this excellent statement to the House. Some 500 people are killed or seriously injured on Birmingham’s roads…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyMerry Christmas to you, Mr Speaker, and all the staff of the House. There is no such thing as cruelty-free fur, as the last Labour Government recognised when they banned the fur…18 Dec 2025HANSARDNeurodiversity in the WorkplaceOne problem experienced by neurodivergent workers is that, when reasonable adjustments are put in place, the manager changes and they have to start again. The TUC did some very…17 Dec 2025HANSARDNeurodiversity in the WorkplaceMerry Christmas to you, Mr Twigg, and all the House staff. I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate on a topic that is close to my heart, and close to the hearts of many of…17 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe debate is on the Employment Rights Bill, although I struggle to follow the line of logic in the hon. Member’s speech. He said that the effect of the change would be to benefit…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIf the hon. Gentleman had been listening carefully, he would know that I was referring to the review called for in the Lords amendment. That is not all that the amendment…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIf the Lords amendment were not rejected, it would have two immediate effects. First, it would collapse the agreement between employers and union representatives. It is not some…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI enjoyed many hours in proximity to the hon. Member. He will know that the only reason we are considering the measure in such a short time is that the Bill has been delayed, so…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am grateful to have been called to speak in this debate. I draw the House’s attention to my membership of the GMB and my chairship of its parliamentary group—an unremunerated…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the shadow Minister give way?15 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionI draw attention to my membership of the GMB and my chairship of its parliamentary group. The BMA is currently in dispute with its workforce over an offer of 2% for this year,…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on again reading into the record the names of the 37. I hope I might put two sentiments of my own on the record. First, I…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillAnd now we turn, at last, to a fundamental question which has perhaps gone unasked in this House for too long: what is the mass and acceleration of an average-sized peacock? The…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillWhen the hon. Member for Orpington (Gareth Bacon) was the shadow Transport Secretary, he was recorded saying that his party would likely not reverse nationalisation because the…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI wish to associate myself with the sentiments expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton). Something has clearly gone very wrong with the…08 Dec 2025