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HANSARDTyphoon Fighter Sovereign CapabilityThe hon. Member is making an excellent point. I have no objection to us having an element of F-35 within the RAF. It is important to have blended capability. The key point is that…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTyphoon Fighter Sovereign CapabilityThe hon. Member is giving a good speech in defence of jobs in his constituency. On the point about previous years—I touched on this in my speech—it became obvious that the next…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTyphoon Fighter Sovereign CapabilityThey do provide slightly different roles, but they have the same general one in air combat. Many people say that in aerial combat Typhoon will get the highest the quickest, and…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTyphoon Fighter Sovereign CapabilityForgive me; the hon. Lady will gather from my accent that I will have a slight Lancashire bias in this debate. However, it is obvious from the stats that BAE Systems produces on…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTyphoon Fighter Sovereign CapabilityI beg to move, That this House has considered Typhoon fighter sovereign capability. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I requested this debate as an…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTyphoon Fighter Sovereign CapabilityThat is the nub of the argument about why this debate is about sovereign capability. While there will be balance—I will come on to the difference in capabilities between the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell) for securing this debate. Given that he represents the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI am sure that many Members have attended meetings with groups of residents who, in trying to resolve issues that are causing them so much anxiety, are at their wits’ end. We have…30 Oct 2025HANSARD UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export DealEver since I was elected, it has been a critical part of my work to push to secure Typhoon orders at the Warton site because of the impact those orders would have not only on jobs…29 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThat point shows the complexity of the issue. Painting it with “14 years this” and “14 years that” does not represent what is happening. In Fylde, we have seen the largest amount…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxGoing back to what a former fantastic, great Prime Minister did—and comparing it with the policy on stamp duty—we know that it was hated by Labour Members, because it took away…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe interest rates on the bond market are now higher than they were after that mini-Budget. Constantly harking back to that, when we are in a worse position now than we were then,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxWhile we are on the subject of paying for things and ownership of land—trying to find the funds to abolish a tax and allow our citizens to purchase their own home—one obvious…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxWill the hon. Member give way?28 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister was earlier asked about the ever-growing size of the civil service and the Cabinet Office under this Government and whether we would see those numbers coming down,…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLancashire county council has started a consultation on the future of adult social care. Critically, it includes a consultation on the future of 10 critical care homes across…23 Oct 2025HANSARDFuture Pandemic PreparednessDuring the pandemic, Government agencies, bodies and Departments suddenly discovered ways to comply with GDPR to share significant amounts of data, which was critical to managing…23 Oct 2025HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998: ImmigrationI welcome the Home Secretary to her position. Every new appointment comes with an opportunity to take a fresh look at these matters. Clearly, since the 1950s, when the refugee…15 Sept 2025HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998: Immigration11. What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of disapplying the Human Rights Act 1998 to immigration matters.15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf my constituents pay £2 for a bus ticket one day, then £3 for a bus ticket the next, their fare has increased by 50%, not gone down, has it not?11 Sept 2025