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HANSARD Diego Garcia Military BaseAmerica backs the deal. Canada backs the deal. Australia backs the deal. New Zealand backs the deal. Our relationship with the Five Eyes countries is our most crucial intelligence…22 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationI thank my right hon. Friend for giving way—that roar from Opposition Members is no doubt enthusiasm for what I am about to ask. This week, the Government signed a deal with the…21 May 2025HANSARD Immigrationrose—21 May 2025HANSARD Immigrationrose —21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and this deal. Perhaps most important to people in Gateshead will be the downward pressure on food prices, so I ask the Prime Minister,…20 May 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]At the FSAs’ 2023 annual general meeting, the shadow Minister said: “Despite the phenomenal success of football at home and abroad, we have seen too many examples of the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDConstruction Skills Training7. What steps she is taking to increase the number of construction skills training opportunities.28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman mentions UEFA and FIFA. Would he categorise those as organisations where politics is kept at arm’s length and where there is no place for cronyism?28 Apr 2025HANSARDConstruction Skills TrainingOur plans for the renewal of central Gateshead are by far the most exciting investment opportunity in north-east England, with £1.2 billion of inward investment, thousands of new…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]My constituents in Gateshead have, by and large, been subjected to a lot of dodgy owners in their time. The vast majority of my constituents are Newcastle fans. Many people…28 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q I think your position is clear from your response, but for the avoidance of doubt and in the time that we have remaining, is Natural England confident that this model will…24 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am barely getting going but would be delighted to add an extra minute to my speech.23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI wonder if the hon. Member can explain to me how spending £22 billion extra on the national health service this year can in any way be described as procrastination.23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI have a question to which I know the answer. The question is “How many new hospitals were built in the last five years?” and the answer, of course, is “Zero”. Is it not the case…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. This has been an interesting and enlightening debate in some ways. Of all the subjects on which the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsIf we want the tone to be constructive, we should be constructive about the fact that Labour is going to be building hospitals, when no hospitals were constructed over the last…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am keen to make progress. I have repeatedly made this point to Conservative Members, who I do not feel are taking the advice, but I will repeat it to the Liberal Democrats, who…23 Apr 2025HANSARD British SteelI thank the Minister for her statement and for her swift action. The people of Scunthorpe will be grateful, but as my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI thank the Secretary of State for his speech and his decisive action. This will be a meaningful day for the people of Scunthorpe. I know how important jobs in the steel industry…12 Apr 2025HANSARD Israel: Refusal of Entry for UK ParliamentariansDoes the Minister agree that the counterproductive and concerning actions of the Israeli Government in this regard, and the contemptible response from the Opposition Front Bench,…07 Apr 2025