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HANSARD Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourThe right hon. Lady had the courtesy to advise me in advance that she would have to leave shortly after 4 pm, so I think it was reasonable to allow her to speak in the debate.26 Mar 2026HANSARD Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourWe move on to the Front Benchers, who are entitled to 10 minutes each. I hope that we can allow at least two minutes for Julian Lewis to wind up at the end. I call the Liberal…26 Mar 2026HANSARD Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourOrder. Six Members wish to contribute to the debate and we have about 50 minutes, so people can do the sums on that—it is about eight minutes maximum for each speech.26 Mar 2026HANSARDUK Steel StrategyI welcome the strategy. Sheffield’s history is inextricably linked to steel, and we want our future to be linked to steel as well. My right hon. Friend mentioned the excellent…19 Mar 2026HANSARD Disability Equipment ProvisionOrder. Six Back Benchers want to speak in the debate, so I suggest about five minutes each as a guideline.11 Mar 2026HANSARD Disability Equipment ProvisionMinister, it would be helpful if you could allow a couple of minutes at the end for the mover to respond.11 Mar 2026HANSARD UK-based Tech CompaniesWe now come on to the Front Benchers. Everyone is entitled to at least 10 minutes, but I think you can work out that you have a little bit more if you want to take it.11 Mar 2026HANSARD UK-based Tech CompaniesOrder. We have five speakers, which gives each of them between eight and 10 minutes, so that we can get the Front Benchers in after that. I call Chris Evans.11 Mar 2026HANSARD Disability Equipment ProvisionWe now move on to the Front Benchers. The Liberal Democrat and Opposition spokespeople will have five minutes, and the Minister will have 10. There is a bit of flexibility on that…11 Mar 2026HANSARD UK-based Tech CompaniesOrder. The hon. Gentleman has not been reading the media—we had some good news this morning, which has moved us forward. I just wanted to make sure everyone is up to date with the…11 Mar 2026HANSARD UK-based Tech CompaniesCan the Minister make sure that he allows two minutes at the end for the mover to wind up?11 Mar 2026HANSARD Post Office Green PaperI warmly welcome the Minister’s statement. May I raise two specific issues relating to post offices in my constituency? First, Mosborough post office, a fairly small but growing…25 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThe Public Accounts Committee has looked at the cost of home-to-school transport. Clearly, one of the drivers is the cost of sending kids with special needs miles away from their…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceIt is interesting to hear the hon. Member completely remove from his memory what happened in the 14 years of his Government. I ask him to remember back to when this began in 2010,…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceThere is again memory loss on the Lib Dem Benches. It was the coalition Government who made the biggest cuts to local government funding and started passing funding…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceMy right hon. Friend is being a little unfair to the Tories. The biggest cuts under austerity from 2010 to 2024 came from 2010 to 2015 when the Lib Dems were in coalition, so…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI certainly do. My next point was going to be that deprivation is properly recognised in the funding settlement. The problem is that councils that have deprivation either across…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceAbsolutely. Councils should be funded according to need, not according to political representation. [Interruption.] Before Conservative Members start, I do not know whether they…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceThe reform needed is so fundamental that the system would not be recognisable from what we have now. That is how we have to try to move forward. We were promised business rates…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceI will not go through every detail of this settlement. There is always a balance to be struck in local government settlements, and Ministers have to make their own judgments about…11 Feb 2026