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HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI hear what the right hon. Gentleman says about investment, but from 2010 to 2015 he was part of the coalition that savagely cut services in the north-east, including expenditure…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern) on securing this debate. I first became involved with kinship carers 15 years ago through a…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIn his Budget statement, the Chancellor said: “In recent times…the UK economy…has dealt with a financial crisis, a pandemic and an energy shock caused by war in Europe”. Like…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsAfter yesterday’s revelation that Nick Read, the Post Office CEO, is under investigation following an 80-page report written by the former head of HR at the Post Office, do the…28 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Board and GovernanceI declare my interest as a member of the Horizon advisory board. Welcome back to the Minister. He should bring in his sleeping bag—he is here that often. I was at the five-hour…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaI agree with the Secretary of State that we must always think about our servicemen and women who carry out these tasks. As a former Defence Minister, it is news to me that it is…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI declare my interest as a member of the Horizon compensation board, and I thank the Minister for his statement. It is welcome to see him, rather than the Secretary of State,…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting the urgent question. I draw the attention of the House to my interest as a member of the Horizon compensation advisory board. I like the…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon Scandal(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if she will make a statement on financial redress for sub-postmasters and outstanding issues relating to…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]As a member of the ISC, I welcome the Government’s acceptance of our recommendation. However, I would like to understand why they are not accepting our other, simple proposal:…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThe Secretary of State says we have to accept that Henry Staunton’s accusations are completely false. The letter that Nick Read wrote to the Lord Chancellor about overturning…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I understand the use of the measure for the security services, but the Bill broadens the scope of how many people could be dragged into it. There is no judicial oversight of the…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]It is not about the Prime Minister not being informed about the delegation; it is about the Prime Minister looking at the case afterwards—they would not be second-guessing it,…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I thought we were here today to scrutinise the Bill. It should not be a chore for the Home Secretary to be asked questions. The definition of wellbeing could be quite broad. I…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]As my hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle) just said, we need to give confidence to the public that what we are rightly doing to protect ourselves has that…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I agree, and I support that oversight, even though this Government have not made our job on the ISC easy. Unless I am missing something, there is no judicial oversight of internet…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I was a little taken aback that the Home Secretary just assumed that, once these had been agreed by a substitute, they would automatically be reviewed by the Prime Minister.…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]What the Minister has to realise is that the big concern from the public—although let’s be honest, the public are not looking at the detail of this—is that somehow the security…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I think the Minister was, actually. I think he picked up the tail end of that Bill. The ISC has looked at this issue in detail. We have taken evidence from the heads of the…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]There isn’t.19 Feb 2024