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HANSARD Social SecurityWill the shadow Secretary of State give way?10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI thank the shadow Secretary of State for finally giving way. Will he clarify which Conservative leadership contender has called for the means-testing of the winter fuel allowance?10 Sept 2024HANSARD Bus FranchisingI welcome the statement. The Minister is genuinely taking control of our buses after years of the wheels on the bus not going round and round. I look forward to seeing the return…09 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I welcome the ministerial team to their places. Business rates are a broken system that has hollowed out many high streets up and down the country. We are rightly committed to…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionUnder the previous Government, in 2023, 98% of appeals to tribunal were upheld. Does that not demonstrate the utter failure that, under the watch of the previous Government, has…05 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI thank the Prime Minister for the most powerful and heartfelt statement I have ever heard him make, putting the 72 victims of the Grenfell fire and survivors in the community at…04 Sept 2024HANSARD OfstedI welcome the Minister’s changes to Ofsted inspections. This holistic approach is genuinely common sense. In the future, will similar measures apply to children’s services?03 Sept 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI thank the shadow Secretary of State for finally giving way. She referred to being ideologically wedded to a certain model of providing railway services. Will she explain why,…29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Billrose—29 Jul 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillWhen can we expect to see the shambles that is Avanti West Coast kicked into touch and returned to public ownership? I would certainly welcome that, and so would lots of…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumI welcome the Home Secretary—the Labour Home Secretary—to her place. We have inherited an almighty mess, with asylum accommodation costing £8 million per day. It is absolute chaos…22 Jul 2024HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationRoslyn Gilmore is one of several thousand WASPI women in my constituency. It has now been six weeks since we had the statement to the House, so I repeat the call again: when can…13 May 2024HANSARD AgricultureThe frustration that farmers in the Cheshire part of my constituency have raised with me is about the speed at which money gets out the door and into farms. The Minister will also…13 May 2024HANSARD AgricultureI thank the Minister for giving way; he is being generous with his time. Has any impact assessment of ELM been done? Has it been published? I feel that we are operating blind here.13 May 2024HANSARD Agriculturerose—13 May 2024HANSARD Youth HomelessnessIn the last year of the Labour Government, we built 30,000 homes for social rent. The Minister mentioned 1 million homes, but we are not talking about four and five-bedroom homes…01 May 2024HANSARD Youth HomelessnessI do not disagree with the hon. Member. In fact, I recently met Baroness Casey, who has worked across Governments of all political colours, and she repeated that exact argument. I…01 May 2024HANSARD Youth HomelessnessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Dame Siobhain. I speak not only as the shadow Minister responding to this debate on youth homelessness, but as a…01 May 2024HANSARDNational Security4. What steps his Department is taking to strengthen national security.25 Apr 2024HANSARDNational SecurityIn the past week, three people in Germany have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China and two have been charged in the UK. This comes on the back of the Intelligence and…25 Apr 2024