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HANSARDCoastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden DeprivationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. Hartlepool is a town with a proud coastal and industrial heritage, but above all, it is a town of proud people. We…14 Jul 2026HANSARDImmigration and Asylum BillI can say absolutely wholeheartedly that the Home Secretary retains my complete support for seeing this legislation through in full. Does she not agree that, as we take this…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate, and I am grateful to the 1,744 people in Hartlepool who…13 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Hartlepool, like the rest of the north-east, has always been critical to our defence industry, including brilliant Hartlepool companies such as Merlin Flex. Will the Minister…06 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationSome crimes are so despicable and some individuals so evil that they forfeit their rights and their protections, and we must change the law to ensure that they are never afforded…06 Jul 2026HANSARDForeign Interference in UK PoliticsI welcome the Minister’s statement. It is integral that the public out there are confident that their politicians are not for sale. It is a shame that a small number of…06 Jul 2026HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWard Jackson primary school in Hartlepool has been named one of the top 10 schools in the world for overcoming adversity on behalf of their pupils. In the words of the award…02 Jul 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing AgentsFrom the moment I was elected in Hartlepool, my inbox, surgeries and public meetings were filled with people telling me remarkably similar and shocking stories about their estate…02 Jul 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing AgentsAs I was saying, I welcome the Government’s commitment to leasehold reform, but Ministers must ensure that estate management companies are not treated as an afterthought. The…02 Jul 2026HANSARD Steel Tariffs: Northern IrelandThe world has moved on and we no longer live in a free trade utopia, as some might wish. It is clearly difficult to impose protections for our steel industry, but it is the right…30 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and GasI fully support more drilling in the North sea and the granting of more licences—I believe that is important for energy security—but I think it is important to be straight with…24 Jun 2026HANSARDHealthwatchWhile I support the Government’s desire to drive out bureaucracy from the NHS and simplify systems for patients, Healthwatch Hartlepool has done an outstanding job in ensuring…09 Jun 2026HANSARDImmigration Rules: Economic ImpactIn Hartlepool we are reversing 30 years of globalisation and taking advantage of the unprecedented falls in immigration, thanks to this Home Secretary, and training our own,…08 Jun 2026HANSARDProgression of Bills through ParliamentMy hon. Friend used a word that has been used several times today: filibuster. In essence, that means “stop at all costs”. Given that that has been the behaviour of the House of…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseConstituents in Wynyard Mews in Hartlepool are being ridden roughshod over by their estate management company Praxis, just as residents at Marine Point are by Sela management,…04 Jun 2026HANSARDJury TrialsThere is considerable scepticism across the House, and among experts outside this place, including in the Criminal Bar Association, about whether restricting jury trials will have…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyI warmly welcome the Minister’s statement today and pay tribute to him for his enduring commitment to this issue, which started long before he came to this place. Improving the…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Seasonal Hospitality Businesses in Coastal AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) on securing this important debate, which…03 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsToday, X-energy and Centrica’s proposals for advanced modular reactors at Hartlepool reached another major milestone with the submission of an application for a generic design…02 Jun 2026HANSARDChild Sexual Offender DataIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I want to begin by putting on the record my thanks to the 651 constituents in Hartlepool who signed the petition.…01 Jun 2026