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HANSARDAutomatic Pension EnrolmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank all colleagues for taking part in today’s debate. We have had a rounded discussion of this important issue, and…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate. I express my support for new clause 1; I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning), and to…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI ask for the Minister’s further reassurance on some points of detail that relate to these amendments. First, around half of the buildings in my constituency that have…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI offer my support to the hon. Member for Kensington (Felicity Buchan). My thoughts are still with her community five years after the disaster. I am sure that the whole House…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Draft Online Safety Bill ReportI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. I support the Joint Committee’s work, and I am grateful to the Chair, the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Reducing Costs for BusinessesWill my hon. Friend give way?11 Jan 2022HANSARD Reducing Costs for BusinessesI will be brief, as I appreciate the pressure on my hon. Friend’s time. He is absolutely right to point out the link between household expenditure and businesses. In Reading and…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I am grateful for the opportunity to close the debate on behalf of the Opposition. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden) said, we do not…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPensioner Poverty: State PensionThe Government have consistently failed to stand up for the interests of pensioners on modest incomes. Food prices are up, gas prices are up and electricity prices are up. The…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Rail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate. I start by offering my wholehearted support to the shadow Transport Secretary, who has made an excellent contribution this…08 Dec 2021HANSARDRail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanI wholeheartedly support my hon. Friend in the points she makes about how this Government have let down the north, London and other parts of the country. The electrification…08 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI thank the Minister for her investment in rehabilitation. My question is about redundant prisons, and in particular Reading jail which, as she knows, has been redundant for some…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWill my hon. Friend give way?07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. Does he agree that at the core of this is the poor quality of our relations with some of our nearest neighbours, and,…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI want to offer my deepest condolences to little Arthur’s family and friends. As colleagues throughout the House have said today, this is a truly dreadful case. I thank the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Armed Forces BillIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill). We have covered a wide range of welfare issues tonight. I want to highlight one in…06 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome the Government’s plans to extend the vaccination programme. However, with our NHS under severe pressure after two very difficult years, what extra resources is he…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I appreciate the work that the right hon. Gentleman has done to try to get the right balance and stand up for the interests of homeowners rather than large corporations. Does he…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is making an important speech and he has hit on a number of central issues, particularly when dealing with his own legal experience of these dysfunctional markets…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to speak in tonight’s debate. I wish not only to address a number of issues that colleagues have raised, but to add in further details that I hope are particular…29 Nov 2021