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HANSARD NHS PensionsDoes the Minister have full confidence in the chair of the NHS Business Services Authority?01 Apr 2025HANSARDViolence against Shop WorkersIn Ashford and Staines in my constituency we have a real plague of shoplifting and antisocial behaviour. Inspector Matthew Walton of the North division is doing a great job with…31 Mar 2025HANSARD UK-China RelationsWe may disagree about what we heard earlier on today in the spring statement about whether the economy is growing, but we are certain that this Government will grasp ever more…26 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsAre the Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to overseas return hubs?25 Mar 2025HANSARDDefence Procurement: SMEsWe are shortly to appoint a national armaments director with a salary of more than £600,000 a year. I hope that that colossal salary comes with the mandate to be able to tear up…24 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThe Minister says that the situation is completely clear, so I feel like a bit of an idiot for asking for more clarification, but I will anyway. Pre-sentencing reports are allowed…17 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Incentives7. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of incentives to seek employment.17 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment IncentivesThe people of Spelthorne are very hard-working and do not mind their taxes being paid for a safety net for the most vulnerable in our society, but they really do get annoyed when…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tipton and Wednesbury (Antonia Bance). She is such a compelling advocate that I am tempted to go on strike myself. I do sense…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThere are 24 Members sitting on the Government Benches. Would my hon. Friend like to issue an open invitation to them to name a single small business that has been in touch to say…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI think the hon. Lady has slightly missed the point of what I was saying. Reading the body language of Members on the Government Benches, I think they all wanted to hear how this…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillAmong the 5,000 small businesses in my hon. Friend’s constituency, has my hon. Friend come across one that is in favour of the Bill or lobbied him to vote for it?11 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday afternoon, a group of five and six-year-old special educational needs children had great fun running circles around their Member of Parliament on the football pitch at…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. In a speech in December, the Minister said that he wanted to put bureaucracy on more of a “start-up” footing with a Silicon Valley vibe, and that in order to achieve that he…06 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI think that International Women’s Day is fantastic because it gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to someone whose birthday would have been on International Women’s Day had…06 Mar 2025HANSARD North Sea EnergyBP’s global headquarters are in my constituency. As the Minister meets industry “all the time”, to use her words, she will be fully aware that it announced a major reset last…06 Mar 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesWill my hon. Friend give way?26 Feb 2025HANSARDDefence and SecurityI have been to war three times, each time working for an American general—General Schwarzkopf in the first Gulf war, the outstanding David Petraeus in the second Gulf war, and…25 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clearly, the highest standards of independence and probity will be required of the chair in order to execute their duties, particularly given that we have not brought back to…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsMy right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright) spoke incredibly slowly and incredibly clearly—so much so that even I understood his…05 Feb 2025