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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI will not, as I want to ensure everybody gets in. In addition, we are committed to protecting small businesses by increasing the employment allowance to £10,500. We are blessed…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIt is clear to everyone on this side of the House that the measures in the Bill are a vital step towards securing the long-term stability of the public finances. We are not…03 Dec 2024HANSARDUkraineI am grateful to the Minister for the clarity she has brought to the urgent question. I do not think anyone in the House agrees that Vladimir Putin can be allowed to get away with…03 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityIn his response, the shadow Home Secretary said that £500,000 was not a lot of money. That is probably because he thought that for £100,000 more you could give free education,…02 Dec 2024HANSARDChagos Islands: UK-US Defence RelationshipCan the Minister confirm that the operations of the vital UK-US base on Diego Garcia will continue, completely unaffected by the terms of this deal? Separately, will he confirm…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Nicola Holdsworth sadly lost her mum a few years ago and struggled with grief. She was told that it would take eight months to see a grief counsellor, so she set up…28 Nov 2024HANSARD UK Leadership on SudanI welcome the Minister’s statement on this harrowing humanitarian catastrophe. I especially welcome the fact that the UK is committed to giving an additional £113 million in aid…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIs it not the case that state school parents work just as hard as private school parents, although they will never be in a financial position to be able to send their kids to…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI welcome today’s announcement on respect orders, which will be extremely welcome news for my constituents in Leeds South West and Morley. It is so good to finally have a…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCOP29I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and thank him for showing such leadership on the world stage alongside the Prime Minister. As he mentioned in his statement, Britain…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperMay I start by welcoming the statement and the White Paper? The Secretary of State has confirmed that we are the party of work. There is so much good stuff in the statement and…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI am pleased to speak on this Bill, which introduces the powers required to reform business rates. The Government are committed to a fairer business rates system that protects the…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseOne of my constituents, Nikki Allan-Dan, has been attending Leeds United games for more than 60 years. Nikki is disabled and uses one of the seven blue badge coaches that Leeds…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCondition of Local Roads9. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the condition of local roads.21 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsI welcome the Prime Minister’s global leadership—he has restored our place on the world stage. Climate change is the biggest threat facing us all. That used to be an…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCondition of Local RoadsI associate myself with the comments about Lord Prescott. I am grateful for the Secretary of State’s answers on local roads. The roads in Leeds South West and Morley are in a dire…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationIt is truly astonishing to hear the Conservatives come here today to defend their Rwanda policy—£700 million spent on four deportees, or £175 million each. They could have…20 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformWhenever I speak with residents, business leaders or their staff in my constituency, they all tell me the same thing. Whether it is the staff at Wortley ASDA who have to deal with…20 Nov 2024HANSARDDefence Programmes DevelopmentsI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement today. It is really good to have a Secretary of State who is taking the long-term decisions to ensure our military is fit for the…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]I am really pleased to hear the Minister setting out exactly what a representative Chamber should look like. I was especially pleased to hear her comments to the Liberal Democrat…14 Nov 2024