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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Air pollution increases the risk of developing conditions including asthma and lung cancer, and has been linked to thousands of deaths. In London, hard work by our mayor Sadiq…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI welcome this long-overdue ceasefire and phase one of this peace plan. The devastating number of Palestinians killed, including more than 18,400 children, is intolerable, and…14 Oct 2025HANSARDReoffending RatesI, too, welcome my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and his new ministerial team to their roles. The Clink Charity has delivered life-changing rehabilitation…16 Sept 2025HANSARDReoffending Rates18. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of reoffending rates.16 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]It is an absolute pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis). I rise to speak to the amendments standing in my name and to new clauses 23 and…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend will not be surprised to hear that I agree 100% with her assessment. She is right; all those years ago—I do not want to say how long, because we will be showing our…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]Absolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for making that point so well. I am fairly certain that the Minister will have heard him loud and clear and will agree. It is so important that…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are encouraging people to do more active travel and to use public transport, so we need to ensure that the transport network is fully…10 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWill the Secretary of State give way?02 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillBefore the Secretary of State makes progress, will she give way? [ Laughter . ]02 Sept 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionI warmly welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. My constituents will be relieved as, after 14 years of Tory failure and inaction, water pollution from toxic sewage discharge…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Middle EastSeventeen thousand, nine hundred and twenty-one children have been killed in this horrific war in Gaza. The Israeli army willingly opened fire on children collecting food and…21 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Energy: SupplyI welcome the Government’s mission to achieve clean power by 2030. I know that the Minister will agree that it is vital that we make the transition to net zero as quickly as…15 Jul 2025HANSARDClean Energy: Supply11. What steps he is taking to help increase the supply of clean energy.15 Jul 2025HANSARDHousing DeliveryI welcome the Government’s bold and ambitious plan to deliver more housing, especially affordable and social homes, in Wandsworth. The council is already delivering homes, but of…14 Jul 2025HANSARDPeople on Low Incomes in Rural CommunitiesThe right hon. Gentleman asks an important question. The Church values all its rural communities, and that is why we have so many different projects to ensure that places of…03 Jul 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeThe Church estimates that around 260 church buildings will be impacted by the changes to the listed places of worship grant scheme. Some 206 of those have multi-year projects…03 Jul 2025HANSARDAl-Ahli HospitalThe Israeli attacks on patients and medics at hospitals are abhorrent, as I have said on many occasions. The Church is in close contact with the diocese of Jerusalem, which…03 Jul 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeAs I highlighted, there are other funds, and I will write to my hon. Friend to set out some additional support that might be available. I understand that works at St Nicholas…03 Jul 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeThe hon. Gentleman rightly highlights that there are other ways to acquire funding, such as through the heritage lottery and so forth. I will certainly write to him if there are…03 Jul 2025