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HANSARDNew Build Homes: Construction StandardsThe last Government consulted at very great length about bringing accessibility standards for all new homes up to M4(2) level. The Housing, Communities and Local Government…02 Sept 2024HANSARDLebanonI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. We must deplore the loss of civilian life, particularly of children, on either side of the divide, so I welcome his calls for…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Building HomesI welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also welcome both the ambition and the detail in my right hon. Friend’s statement, and the commitments made in it. I have two…30 Jul 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceIn 2010, we repeatedly heard the words, “The Labour Government did not fix the roof while the sun was shining.” Is it not the case that the last Government not only did not fix…29 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The use of e-bikes and e-scooters has been causing an increasing problem. In Sheffield city centre and pedestrian areas, they are a threat now to public safety, particularly…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Border Security and AsylumI welcome my right hon. Friend to her place and thank her for her statement. We all suspected that policy in the Home Office under the previous Government was a bit of a mess, but…22 Jul 2024HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI welcome my right hon. Friend back to his position on the Front Bench, and I particularly welcome his reference to hydrogen. I know he has been to visit ITM Power in my…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressFirst, I thank my constituents in Sheffield South East for re-electing me for the ninth time. I sort of remember making my maiden speech many years ago along with the challenges…17 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressAs my hon. Friend is aware, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a report in the last Parliament proposing exactly that. We went to look at the system in…17 Jul 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Could the Minister explain what he has just said? I still do not understand how it is going to work. On the regulator’s powers to deal with the problem created by parachute…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)It would help if the Minister was clear on what he was suggesting the regulator should do to deal with the massive gap between the clubs with parachute payments and those in the…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is therefore saying that a club makes a proposal, consults with the fans and comes to a view, then the regulator must accept the view that the club has come to. Why…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)I am not convinced by the Minister’s arguments, I must say. I think that we will be giving further consideration to this, as I hope the Minister will, and that we will come back…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister is nodding on that point. On that basis, I will not push the new clause, because the Minister’s explanation, and the evidence we have heard, reassures me that clubs…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Sharma. I thank the Minister for his positive comments on new clause 8, which are very much in line with what it…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)Sorry. When we come to the new clause, I will say that I have already said what I will say.21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady is absolutely right—there are many good owners of clubs in football. I refer immediately to Milan Mandarić, who came into Sheffield Wednesday when we were virtually…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Is the hon. Gentleman saying that the Premier League’s objective in having parachute payments protected in this way is to ensure they that continue, while the issue of the pyramid…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)Is the Minister saying that if there is a requirement by FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League or any other league for clubs to play their home matches away in another country, the clubs…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)Is the Minister saying that, if a competition organiser such as the Premier League, UEFA or FIFA suddenly required clubs to play their games away from home in another country, it…21 May 2024