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HANSARD Business of the HouseI join my hon. Friend in congratulating Adam Trennery and all those involved in the Get Together After Serving team. It sounds like a really great initiative to support veterans…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis Government are absolutely committed to tackling child poverty. We inherited a very challenging context from the previous Government. The child poverty taskforce has been set…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to raise tax evasion, tax avoidance and, in some cases, illegal tax avoidance—industrial-scale tax avoidance such as in the case he raised. Obviously, I…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I gently refute what the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew) just said? Two important statements were…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Ambulance wait times, which are closely linked to A&E wait times, which in turn are closely linked to what is happening in many of our…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why we are introducing the Bus Services Bill, which is currently making its way through the Lords. She will know that in Scotland,…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI have to gently say to the hon. Gentleman that the failures were under the previous Conservative Government, who left local government on its knees, with years of austerity…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseReceiving that email from Gareth Stewart about his son’s place at the Royal School for the Deaf is an early reminder for my hon. Friend of how fulfilling the job of being a Member…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is right: unscrupulous managing agents are a plague for many leaseholders and homeowners in this country. My hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Frith)…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI echo the hon. Gentleman’s remarks about yesterday’s awful news of the stabbing and murder of Leo Ross, who was just 12 years old, in the west midlands. I have a child that age,…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLocal pubs play an absolutely vital role in local communities as a social hub, gathering place, centre point and focal point for community get-togethers. This Government support…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for listening to my interview. I would not say that it was that rare an interview, and obviously I am in the House once a week being fully accountable…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. He is absolutely right that the key reason why we have suffered in this country, over the last 14 years in particular, from stagnant…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst of all, I thank the hon. Gentleman for announcing forthcoming Backbench Business Committee slots, which will be of great interest to the House. The hon. Gentleman raises a…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am pleased to join my hon. Friend in congratulating the Everyturn charity on all the outstanding work it does to support those with mental health issues and dementia in her…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her comments on the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza; since we last spoke of it last week, it has seemed to be holding to some degree, which is very welcome.…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: the Government have introduced, through the Employment Rights Bill, a huge boost to workers’ rights in such situations. The Bill will shortly…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs ever, my hon. Friend raises important issues to his constituents. I am another of those Members with a high caseload of these issues. As he will know, the Government are…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs someone who represents a city centre, I can assure the hon. Member that I am well aware of the issues around car parking charges and the public attention they give rise to. He…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I thank my hon. Friend for the fantastic job she did when she stepped in as my Parliamentary Private Secretary in an emergency last week; I could not have got through…23 Jan 2025