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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAs my hon. Friend will know, I worked for his father and my daughter worked for his mother. Does he think that all this is a façade for a form of international development? The…12 Dec 2023HANSARDChildcare Support: Working ParentsIs it not a fact that after 13 years of the Conservatives in government, our country is in a situation where preschool and out-of-school care is the most expensive in Europe and…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUnduly Lenient Sentence SchemeCould the Solicitor General make it clearer what the scheme is about and spread the message more broadly? I regularly write to him to say that a sentence has been too lenient. I…07 Dec 2023HANSARDFly-tippingDoes the Minister agree that a real problem with fly-tipping is skips? Unscrupulous and dodgy skip companies allow their skips to be filled and then, mysteriously, those skips do…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Cyber Interference: UK DemocracyThis is a refreshing statement, but what action will be taken? This is a very serious challenge to our democracy. Indeed, it is not only a serious challenge to Members of…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories and Crown DependenciesAs the Father of the House has just intervened and I am the longest-serving Member on the Opposition side of the House, may I say that I am a long-term supporter of what my right…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMadam Deputy Speaker, I hope you will allow me to pay a short tribute to Alistair Darling. Alistair and I worked together in home affairs throughout Roy Hattersley and Neil…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories and Crown DependenciesWhat I am learning from my right hon. Friend’s excellent speech is that London is the centre of the world for hiding money, because so many professionals in this city know how to…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories and Crown DependenciesMy right hon. Friend is being generous in giving way. I absolutely support everything that she is saying, but can we also have more publicity about what is happening with people…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI represent the Labour and Co-operative party and I have great sympathy for shop workers who are being harassed and attacked, and having a really tough time. Does my hon. Friend…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyMy hon. Friend is making a very good speech. We want to protect shop workers and stop shoplifting—it would be wrong to say that we did not—but in my constituency, which is similar…05 Dec 2023HANSARDEhlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder8. If she will review the provision of health services for people living with (a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (b) hypermobility spectrum disorder.05 Dec 2023HANSARDEhlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum DisorderThat is all very well, but I do not think that will convince my constituents or the one in 500 people who suffer from that awful disease. This wonderful talented group of people…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI am not sure that I like the language of “taking the fight to the criminals.” The fact of the matter is that we want to deal with criminals in the right way. If only the Minister…05 Dec 2023HANSARDEconomic Growth: Yorkshire and the NorthI am sure the whole House wants to see Mr Speaker back and well again very soon. The Secretary of State must be looking at different data from that which I am looking at. I know…04 Dec 2023HANSARDEconomic Growth: Yorkshire and the North1. What steps he is taking to support economic growth in Yorkshire and the north.04 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationWhat I want, what my constituents want and what the whole country wants is to stop killing children, stop killing civilians. They do not know who is the best person or group of…04 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillOne more very small point: I think my right hon. Friend knows of my interest in miscarriages of justice, but is it not a fact that in this underfunded criminal justice system we…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI welcome the Home Secretary to his post. Not only is he the Home Secretary, but he is an old friend of mine, and I hope he stays longer in this post than he has in the others.…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillMy right hon. Friend is speaking with great authority on this. Every Member of this House knows how underfunded the police are. We have not only an underfunded police force, but a…28 Nov 2023