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HANSARDDraft Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024.27 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes, Chair, either this morning or at the start of the afternoon—whichever is appropriate.04 Jul 2023HANSARD Crisis in IranThe brutal regime in Iran is being financed by up to $100 billion a year of sanctions relief, despite delivering almost no concrete action on nuclear non-proliferation. Will my…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Avanti West Coast Contract RenewalMany of my constituents in Dudley South have been let down badly by the inability of Avanti West Coast to operate an acceptable level of service. How many more chances will Avanti…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI know the Chancellor will not have taken the decisions that he has today easily, but he will recognise that the planned increases in alcohol duties will have a devastating impact…17 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanInvestment zones have the potential to make a massive contribution to levelling up in areas such as Dudley South. Will the Chancellor reassure my constituents that the more…23 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenIt is a privilege to pay tribute, on behalf of people in Dudley South, to our much-loved late monarch, Queen Elizabeth, and to offer our condolences to His Majesty the King, and…10 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsThe speed and scale of the support announced by the Prime Minister is hugely welcome and, obviously, hugely necessary for the many households that simply could not have afforded…08 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for visiting my constituency to meet industrial energy users. It is good that the energy-intensive industries compensation scheme is being extended,…05 Sept 2022HANSARDUK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development PartnershipThere are various reports—not all of them accurate—about the limit on the number of people who can be processed under the partnership agreement with Rwanda. What action is being…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentWhile the media’s focus may be on the comings and goings in Westminster, local community groups make a huge difference to the lives of people in Dudley South week in, week out.…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentMy hon. Friend is proud of her local area and flies her flag proudly. As we look at the ongoing Conservative leadership contest, I shall be pressing whoever wins to keep levelling…21 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI really do not have time. It was the Prime Minister’s personal intervention—he sent back early drafts of the roll-out strategy—that brought together the NHS, the armed forces and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI will tell the right hon. Gentleman what the right response was: it was to co-ordinate the biggest diplomatic response since the end of the cold war. The Prime Minister, then…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI really should not. It is for that reason, and many others, that the House should continue to have confidence in Her Majesty’s Government.18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentYes, this House can have confidence in Her Majesty’s Government, because faced with unprecedented challenges over the past three years, it has got far more of the important…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDisclosure Between All Parties in Criminal Justice System4. What recent steps she has taken to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of disclosure between all parties in the criminal justice system.07 Jul 2022HANSARDDisclosure Between All Parties in Criminal Justice SystemWhat impact does the Attorney General expect her guidelines, published in May, to have on the CPS’s decision making and prosecution of sex offences?07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentWhat provisions are being put in place for the continuing operation of the EU-UK Partnership Council and the specialised committees over the coming months?07 Jul 2022HANSARD Alcohol TaxationIt is a real pleasure to speak in the debate. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Alun Cairns) on securing it at such a vital time for so much in…07 Jul 2022