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HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025I suspect the name of this statutory instrument is probably longer than my speech will be. I am grateful to the Minister for his words about the details of this instrument. Its…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of protecting consumers from rogue builders. I am conscious that we may have to go off for multiple votes before half-past…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersThe hon. Gentleman has probably read my speech, as that is the core of it. The legal problem is bigger than just failing to support victims through the court system. Rogue…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersI will talk about that in my speech. The fundamental problem is that, at the moment, the only course of redress is through the court system, and it is not good enough. The FMB…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The current system does not satisfy people in any way, shape or form. Also, there is an inequality of risk, which I will come to in my…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersAbsolutely. Not only that, but if we think about the consequences, those 97 emails could have been sent for any one of the 100,000 constituents that we each have. We should not be…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersThe hon. Gentleman makes exactly the right point. We need a balance of risk, and I will come to that point later. Consumers of repair, maintenance and improvement building…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rogue BuildersYes. It is shameful how these builders can get away with it—it is absolutely astonishing. By the way, this campaign has been going on for a number of years. It is very good to…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesMore!12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesEven the Lib Dems agreed with the OBR. Danny Alexander agreed with the OBR. I will stop chuntering now.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesThe OBR?12 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. As he rightly says, this is an important, albeit technical, statement, and we in the Opposition certainly accept…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning applications in Stourport-on-SevernI rise to present a petition on behalf of over 600 of my constituents in Stourport-on-Severn in Wyre Forest whose lives and services are being adversely affected by unwelcome…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBanking Services: Rural AreasIn this month of blaming everyone else for every woe that befalls the Government and using it as an excuse to bust manifesto pledges left, right and centre, it seems that the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025I will not keep the Committee for too long. I thank the Minister for her kind words about the work of the previous Government in this area. As she rightly said, the regulations…27 Oct 2025HANSARDAccess to Work SchemeBack in May last year, while in opposition, the Labour party was outraged to learn that the average processing time for applications to the Access to Work programme was running at…27 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Overseas Recognition Regime Designations) Regulations 2025We welcome the general thrust of the regulations, which are all about the internationalisation of our financial services market, continuing our moving on from a post-Brexit…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportIt is not in her gift, as she says from a sedentary position, but it is quite interesting. Notwithstanding the £17 billion black hole in Thames Water’s balance sheet, the water…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportIt is a great pleasure to serve under your leadership, Mr Turner. I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (Jim McMahon) on securing this…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Seventh sitting)I am keen to speak to these Liberal Democrat new clauses, because we have a fundamental problem. Research by Pensions UK shows that more than 50% of savers will fail to reach…11 Sept 2025