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HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeIf the hon. Member shows a little patience, he will hear me move on to that later. The previous Labour manifesto stated that the reserve funds of both the MPS and the BCSSS would…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeIf the hon. Member had studied Hansard and paid a little more attention to Parliament during the past five years, he would know about the representations I made. In fact, I had my…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeI will make some progress. As I said, there are 40,000 members left in the scheme, and it will not be that long until there are just a few thousand of us left. Meanwhile, miners…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeYes, I will come on to the women who worked in our industry a bit later, but the hon. Lady is absolutely correct. All we ask for now that the pits have gone—we still have the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeYes, I like to be constructive. The hon. Member for Mansfield has not been so constructive; he has used the debate to try to score political points. I am using the debate to try…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeI think that the hon. Member is getting a little confused; she probably needs a history lesson. There was a Labour Government for 13 years from the ’90s that could have put this…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. As always, he makes a fantastic contribution and I agree with every single word that he has just said. The Labour party was founded…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeThe Minister has been good today, actually, at the Dispatch Box, so I thank her for that. A lot of positive things have come out of this Adjournment debate. I have one question:…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeBefore I start, I declare an interest in this debate as a member of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme, which, for the purpose of this debate, I will refer to as the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDChinese Embassy Developmentindicated dissent .09 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ9. This Prime Minister keeps telling his gullible Back Benchers that he has deported 24,000 people from this country since he came into power, but he will not say who these…21 May 2025HANSARDNational Security Act 2023: ChargesThe Home Secretary said in her statement: “The Iranian regime poses an unacceptable threat to our domestic security, which cannot continue.” Yet we know that Iranians make up the…19 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI am sure that my hon. Friend is aware of the large battery energy storage plants that will be required as we use more solar farms, but is he aware of the danger that they pose to…15 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for giving way; she is being most generous with her time. She will be aware that more than 600 illegal migrants have entered this country today. They could…12 May 2025HANSARDHospital BacklogsOne way to reduce the backlogs is to reduce or put an end to health tourism in this country, whereby people come to this country, get their treatment, and then nip back to where…06 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. This Secretary of State thinks it is a good idea to fill our fields with solar panels, at a cost of billions of pounds to the British taxpayer. I hate to break it to him, but…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Child Rape GangsThousands of young, white, British working-class girls have been raped, tortured and abused by Pakistani grooming gangs, yet the Minister refuses to support a full national public…28 Apr 2025HANSARD Headingley IncidentUnhinged individuals are roaming the streets of our towns and cities with crossbows, knives, saws and other dangerous weapons, and no tinkering around with legislation or…28 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingA man is a man and a woman is a woman. Anybody watching this at home will think that the lunatics have taken over the asylum, which they quite clearly have. I do not need a…22 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksThese steelworkers do not want visits from the DWP. They do not even want visits from out-of-touch Labour Back-Bench MPs. What they want is their jobs: they want to make steel. It…07 Apr 2025