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HANSARD Illegal Migrants: Unknown WhereaboutsThat was No. 5.09 Dec 2025HANSARD Illegal Migrants: Unknown WhereaboutsThere will be 18 of them.09 Dec 2025HANSARD Illegal Migrants: Unknown WhereaboutsWhen we talk about emotive subjects such as this one, it is important that we establish the facts. The hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) recently railed on social media…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Operation KenovaWe know that this was a brutal, murderous conflict, but, as we are reminded today, it was internecine as well at times. “There’ll be days like this”, in the words of one of…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The Government’s new youth investment fund is supporting the charity Nacro in my constituency to build a youth hub in Wythenshawe park. The Minister knows my constituency…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Flood Risk and Flood Defence Infrastructure: North-west EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Sarah Hall) for this important and timely debate. For my…18 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsThe hon. Member is making a very impressive speech. Cultural institutions are also important for our high streets. I note that it is the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am fond of the hon. Gentleman, who speaks of “doublespeak”. It was not long ago in my political lifetime that the former Member for Witney, the then Prime Minister, invited His…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe former Government set up a trust fund of £40 million for the Chagos islanders. After four years, only £12,000 had been spent. That is how they treated Chagossians under the…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI hope the whole Committee can unite around this point. I pay tribute to the Chagossians in the United Kingdom for the contribution they make to the schools in their communities…20 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackDuring my time in and around public life, Manchester has faced a number of terrorist atrocities: the ’92 and ’96 IRA bombs, the death of Detective Constable Stephen Oake in 2003…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025I thank the Opposition for their support for this statutory instrument and welcome the right hon. Member to his elevated place. This is like the ghost of Christmas past, as we…01 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs…01 Sept 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Western, for chairing the Committee. I also thank the Clerks, Hansard Reporters and Doorkeepers for overseeing proceedings. The Committee also benefited from the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I think the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam has a point, in that the public will be interested in how this is made. Advanced-waste SAF, including SAF made from non-recyclable…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)The clause will enable the Secretary of State to provide financial assistance to the counterparty to ensure that it can always meet its liabilities under the revenue certainty…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)The clause gives the Secretary of State the ability to control some of the activities of the designated counterparty through directions. The counterparty will maintain day-to-day…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)Well done to the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire; he pulled it out of the fire there with the amendments. He is right that we are putting SAF on the statute book. We should…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I concur with the hon. Member about domestic fuel production, particularly in the uncertain geopolitical world that we face today, but amendment 4—17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)On new clause 8, the hon. Member for Wimbledon is right to talk about deindustrialisation. Growing up in the 1970s, I saw the impacts of that, particularly on the east side of…17 Jul 2025