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HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising social tariffs. We need the proper legislative framework and nationwide approach for which I think she has been arguing for some time.…09 Jun 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for putting me on the spot. I stand by what I have said. It is for the Ukrainian people to determine their own future. We in this place…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for that intervention, which prompts me to say to the Minister that the generosity of the British people needs to be matched by the generosity of our immigration…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineIt will be a very hard way back for Russia if President Putin remains in power. The off-ramp option that was spoken about in the early days of the war is now very difficult for…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman is my co-chair of the all-party group on the National Trust, and although we disagree on many things, we agree on some. I have to say that on this issue I…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineAll of us in this place will have seen the queues snaking around Portcullis House. Our parliamentary staff, who have an awful lot on their plates regardless of whom they work for,…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful to the Minister for updating the House on the Government’s actions in Ukraine. There is cross-party support for their action to support our friends in Ukraine, and…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI think the Government themselves have admitted that some of the sanctions that were put in place after the invasion of Georgia, and certainly after the invasion of Crimea in…25 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI agree with my hon. Friend. I want to see reform of our procurement system to ensure that it is sufficient and agile, and, dare I say it, more cost-effective than it has been to…25 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityLabour’s commitment to NATO is unshakable. Eighty-five days ago, when Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, we faced a choice as a Parliament, a country and an alliance—to let Putin…19 May 2022HANSARD Affordable Housing (Devon and Cornwall)I think there is a good route for covenants. As someone whose little sisters work in farming, I know that the agricultural ties on some properties are a really important way to…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Affordable Housing (Devon and Cornwall)I thank the hon. Member for South West Devon (Sir Gary Streeter)—my constituency neighbour—for those remarks. There is cross-party agreement on this issue that I have not seen…27 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraineLabour stands unshakeably with our NATO allies in providing military, economic, diplomatic and humanit-arian assistance to Ukraine as it defends itself from Putin’s criminal…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraineMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. The hon. Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho) mentioned a tilt to the Indo-Pacific, but we must first get our own backyard in order.…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI welcome the Bill. It is an important step forward, and it is because I welcome it that I want to see it strengthened. It seems to be an opportunity for us to get this right and…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Food SecurityDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that Seafish has gotten rid of its “Love Seafood” campaign that promotes British fish—fish caught in Britain, to be eaten in Britain? Does he…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Food SecurityIt is good to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone, and I thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) for introducing this debate. Food security is more…31 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Aggression: Support for NATO AlliesLabour’s commitment to NATO is unshakeable. We support the provision of lethal aid to Ukraine and we back the bolstering of defences for our allies on NATO’s eastern front. The…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDevil’s Point and Firestone BayDevil’s Point and Firestone bay are beautiful places to swim. As a keen wild swimmer myself, I have enjoyed swimming there many times. Given the ongoing sewage crisis, we need to…23 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Stop Safety6. What steps he is taking to improve bus stop safety.17 Mar 2022