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HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe barbarism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Government against the Palestinian people is beyond belief. We should not be negotiating trade deals with the Israeli Government, we should…04 Jun 2025HANSARDWaste Provision on Lea Hall Road, in the Garretts Green Ward in Birmingham, Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthI rise to present this petition on behalf of residents of Garretts Green ward in Birmingham. The petition, assisted by local councillor Saddak Miah, has the full support of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDParking enforcement measures on Hurstcroft Road and Eddish Road in the constituency of Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthI rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents living on Hurstcroft Road and Eddish Road. They have had to endure years of inconsiderate parkers blocking their drives…02 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewI welcome the calm assurance that my right hon. Friend has brought to the House. Our country is safer and stronger for the decisions that he has announced today. But if we are to…02 Jun 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesMy hon. Friend has consistently been a strong voice for the business community in Redditch since he joined us in the House. He is right that what has been lacking for a long time…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesThe report could not have been as well written or as strong and robust in its recommendations without the hon. Member’s input. We are grateful for the hard work he put into…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesThe hon. Gentleman is right. As we were composing the report for the House over the last few weeks, he consistently underlined the risks that coastal communities would confront if…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesThe consensus when we published the draft of our report was overwhelming, and the measures we proposed were backed by an enormous majority of business groups across the country,…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesMy hon. Friend is right to point that out. The good news for the Minister is that he now has the scrutiny framework in front of him that the Committee will use to judge the…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesThe hon. Lady will know, as I do, that although fisheries and the fishing industry constitutes quite a small part of our economy—about 0.04% of GDP—for many coastal communities it…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesThe right hon. Member is absolutely right to say that Morocco is a country that we should work more closely with. Xlinks is an exciting proposal. As a stable, long-term partner to…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesMy hon. Friend made that point repeatedly during the Committee’s deliberations. What has been especially welcome is how she consistently brings the perspective of local businesses…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesI rise to speak to the House today on behalf of the Business and Trade Committee on our sixth report—a road map for the EU reset. I hope you will forgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker,…22 May 2025HANSARD UK-EU Summit: Policy PrioritiesThe hon. Member is absolutely right. He knows, because of the extraordinary record of service that he brings to this House, that there is an immense amount of work that we still…22 May 2025HANSARDTraffic calming measures around The Oval School in Garretts GreenI rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of the Garretts Green ward in Birmingham, calling for traffic-calming measures around the Oval school in Garretts Green. It was…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThis deal is good for business and good for Britain. I congratulate the Prime Minister on embracing a good half of the Select Committee’s recommendations, which—if I might say…20 May 2025HANSARD Trade NegotiationsThank you, Mr Speaker, for helping to ensure that this moment was possible. Let me add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend and to His Majesty’s ambassador in Washington,…08 May 2025HANSARD Energy Prices: Energy-intensive IndustriesMy hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) is an enormous champion of the ceramics industry, and he is right to bring this question to the House today,…01 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate in Government time about how Ministers can back our brilliant mayor Richard Parker in creating a mayoral development corporation in east Birmingham to build…01 May 2025HANSARDTrade: US TariffsToday the Select Committee writes to the Secretary of State to supply our response to his consultation on how we should respond to American tariffs. We have heard widespread…01 May 2025