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HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportMy hon. Friend intervened on my maiden speech, which is slightly irregular, and now he has intervened on my first outing at the Dispatch Box. Co-operatives have a wide variety of…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. Please do not adjust your sets: I am not the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. But I am very pleased to be here on…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportThat point is very well made, and my hon. Friend is right to be proud of his forebears, who were doughty working-class politicians and representatives of his area, as he is. The…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportI have to make progress—sorry. Additionally, the Government asked the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority to produce, by the end of 2025, a report…21 Oct 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThis is a fascinating return to the ’90s—like much about the Conservative party—but I think the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has missed the fact that there was an…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the hon. Member give way?04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the Father of the House give way?04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the Father of the House for giving way. He makes a compelling point about other countries. Would he care to name some other countries that have people sitting in their…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThat is a fascinating argument. The hon. Gentleman has argued in favour of the Lords for their restraint, and now he is arguing in favour of the Lords because they allow…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThis has been a suitably fascinating debate. I do not plan to speak for too long, because the points have already been well made. We have had 10 hours here and 52 flippin’ hours…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI delighted to inform the right hon. Member about the parliamentary Labour party’s Back-Bench committee, which meets the Prime Minister weekly when Parliament is sitting. I see at…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI will happily take a point in a second from my hon. Friend, which I presume will be on the Lords amendment and not on oatcakes, but I wish to respond fully to the point made by…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank my hon. Friend, although I do not think that will help me with my diet. However, I am doing the great north run on Sunday so I will probably need the calories. I am happy…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy long-standing views on reform of our Parliament can be looked up by any Member if they so wish. I very much welcomed, both on Second Reading and from the Front Bench today, the…04 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesIt is wonderful to be back for another Opposition day debate, as I am sure we can all agree. It is another debate about imagined proposals. It must be a difficult time for…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesIndeed. Thank God the Conservatives are not writing the Budget, because we have seen what their Budgets led to. I understand Opposition Members’ frustration. It is nice to see…03 Sept 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityThe shadow Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), has spoken passionately about crimes in this country—including, I dare say, some by a number of…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanAs I am sure many Members do, I feel a sense of anger that once again the Afghan people have been betrayed. I thank the Secretary of State for his candour and his response, and…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsAs I think Members across the House would agree, Alex Chalk, the former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, was taken seriously in this place, as were his opinions. He recently…09 Jul 2025HANSARDRoad and Rail ProjectsThe Secretary of State and the Minister for the Future of Roads will be surprised that I am going to break the habit of a lifetime and not talk about the Gateshead flyover for a…08 Jul 2025