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HANSARD Business of the HouseI take this opportunity to congratulate my hon. Friend on regularly attending these sessions and other debates, and on consistently raising critical minerals and their importance…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am really sorry to hear of the ongoing situation with the slow remedying of RAAC in homes and buildings for many of my hon. Friend’s constituents. He will appreciate that this…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the right hon. Gentleman, and he is a very honourable Member. I am sure he is in the good books of not only Mr Speaker but the Deputy Speakers, and is certainly on their…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will know that the British Government engage in ongoing dialogue with Bangladesh and other countries. We expect to see democratic norms in Bangladesh, as we do in…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI will try to be a bit shorter in answering them, too. I strongly welcome the work being done by Sikh Women’s Aid to highlight some of the barriers that women face in reporting…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry—the deputy leader. He gave up his leadership role to someone else at some point, I recall. Anyway, the deputy leader.19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend has made some extremely valid points about our democracy and our sovereignty in this country. I see that the leader of the Reform party is in his place—19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAs I just said, I understand the strength of feeling about this matter. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions came to the House first to make the announcement, as is…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for her question. I know that this is a really big issue for many women right across the country, and it has spanned multiple Parliaments. I know that many…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place. I am sure that his leader is somewhere far more important, perhaps in a studio or abroad, getting an airing. I hear what he has had to…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. At this time of year, at Christmas, many of us in this House visit our local food banks. He is absolutely right that it is shocking…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI join my hon. Friend in congratulating St Mary’s Episcopal cathedral on appearing on the Christmas stamps this year. She raises an important issue that many hon. Members across…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThis Government support farmers and our rural communities. We have put in an extra £5 billion for the farming budget over two years, which is one of the biggest increases that…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We all see the impact of permitted development rights and houses in multiple occupation on our communities. Where they go unchecked, they can…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my hon. Friend who, as a new Member in this House, has been one of the best attenders both in business questions and for many other statements. He has really got…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will appreciate that I cannot comment on specific plans, but I understand that Rotherham council’s consultation on this application has been extended into the new…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee for announcing some of his forthcoming debates. He will be aware that, as I just read out, an extra Backbench Business…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI would be delighted to join my hon. Friend in congratulating his constituents on working as a community to get the fibre broadband connection that rural communities such as his…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseFor now, yes. I think the hon. Member has made his point. My hon. Friend will be aware that foreign donations are not permitted in our electoral system, and that is absolutely as…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe issue of SEND often comes up in these sessions. I gently remind the hon. Lady that the SEND system that this Government inherited was in crisis, with spiralling costs getting…19 Dec 2024