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HANSARDCall for General ElectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is most generous with his time. Could he please explain why he thinks Labour MPs were so against voting for a national inquiry?12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionNowhere on the leaflet did it say we were going cut council tax, so the hon. Gentleman should maybe read it again. This Government have stolen money off the workers by not…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionThey got 72 MPs. Yet the Lib Dems are allowed on every single Select Committee and Bill Committee, but Reform UK is not. Is that fair?12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionI will just correct the hon. Gentleman slightly. Nowhere in our national literature did anybody promise to cut council tax anywhere in the country. He may want to correct himself…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionThe hon. Gentleman is being most generous with his time and has returned me the favour of an intervention. He talks about listening to the public; the public are very angry about…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionIt is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairship, Sir Edward. Let us be honest: if this petition was likely to trigger a general election, I doubt very much whether some…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionWill the hon. Lady give way?12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionThe hon. Gentleman is most generous with his time. He talked about divisiveness in politics, and he said that schoolchildren are picking up on that. At Quarrydale academy in…12 Jan 2026HANSARD BBC Charter RenewalI do not listen to the BBC at all and I do not watch live TV. I do not get enough time, as a Member of Parliament and a TV presenter. All my time seems to be taken up with that. I…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn November last year, the Energy Secretary and his entourage attended COP30 in Brazil. That was an event where a rainforest was chopped down so that the Energy Secretary could…06 Jan 2026HANSARD BBC Charter RenewalThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time, and he is quite right: the BBC should be held to high standards. Can he think of another broadcaster that has had as many…06 Jan 2026HANSARD BBC Charter RenewalThank you, Mrs Harris. Look what they did to Cliff Richard: filmed a raid on his house when he was an innocent man. Look what they did to Princess Diana. Look what they did to…06 Jan 2026HANSARD BBC Charter RenewalIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I must know a different BBC from most MPs here today. The BBC is a service that people are forced to pay for, even if…06 Jan 2026HANSARD BBC Charter RenewalI am quite happy to declare that; it is on my Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is £100,000 a year and it is probably more than the hon. Member will ever get paid for…06 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsHappy new year to you, Mr Speaker. It is all well and good closing these asylum hotels, but they have to go somewhere else. The latest madcap idea that we hear from the Labour…05 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsAnswer the question.05 Jan 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls StrategyLast week, I met an amazing lady, Rachel Williams, who after 10 years of suffering domestic abuse decided to leave her partner. Just a short while after, he entered the salon…15 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During the urgent question, the Health Secretary suggested that Reform UK were vaccine sceptics—that is not the case. I have had all my…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorWe would expect this Labour Government to do a little bit more for these communities. Back in the ’80s, Labour was attacking the Tories for doing exactly the same thing: closing…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorThe hon. Member talks about hurting working people. Does he not agree that the closure of the oil refineries hurts working people?11 Dec 2025