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HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat is the second time the shadow Home Secretary has said that the National Crime Agency has suggested that Rwanda would be a deterrent. The head of the National Crime Agency has…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe shadow Home Secretary seems keen to reflect on the records of Governments. In 2010, the number of people in the asylum system reached an over-20-year low. By the time the…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Police Grant ReportI would like to explore a little further the shadow Minister’s understanding of how taxes pay for things. He says that taxation pays for police officers and he believes that he…05 Feb 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Local GovernmentMayors can make a huge difference to local communities. Indeed, we have seen that in Greater Manchester, where public control of bus services has made a massive difference to…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Police Grant ReportI join my hon. Friend in thanking the Minister for her unwavering support during the troubles last summer, which was appreciated by me and other Members of Parliament whose…05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceI welcome the settlement, which sees a reversal of the past 14 years for Hartlepool, where cumulatively we lost £235 million in a decade. This year, additional grant funding is…05 Feb 2025HANSARD National Insurance ContributionsI welcome the extension of national insurance contributions relief for veterans, but does the Minister agree that we need to do more to ensure that employers across the country…04 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) was correct to say that this feels like déjà vu. Here we are again, debating huge transport…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate on an incredibly important issue. We have heard throughout the debate, not least from the Minister, about the astonishing economic…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Fiscal Policy: Defence SpendingIs it not the reality of the past 14 years that we have fewer soldiers and fewer Navy and Air Force personnel and that, in an uncertain world, we need to reverse that trend and…27 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionThere is real division in our communities, and extremism is changing at great speed. Although the vast majority of Members in this House treat such division as a tragedy and as…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseChild sexual exploitation is without a shadow of a doubt the most disgusting, degrading crime imaginable, and we must at all times have the victims at the forefront of our minds.…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationIn Hartlepool, 75% of every penny spent by the council is spent on social care. That is contributing to a burden on council taxpayers in Hartlepool that is far too high. Does the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy constituent Richard Lee has waited over 43 years for answers about the disappearance of his daughter Katrice from a military base in Germany in 1981. She was just two years…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. This is a profound injustice, and one that has shaken the lives of countless women born in the 1950s, who are the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareHartlepool is incredibly lucky to be served by an amazing institution—one that has touched the lives of so many in our town. Alice House hospice and the brilliant people who work…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanProgress in this area will be incredibly energy dependent. Does my right hon. Friend agree that we need to speed up the roll-out of small and advanced modular reactors to meet…13 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI welcome this Bill because, at its heart, it puts children first. It does so in a number of ways, and I want to start by talking about children who are out of school. Parents…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy right hon. Friend has spoken about academies and various other forms of schools. Will she confirm that nothing in the Bill would result in a teacher in any school getting a pay…08 Jan 2025HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the frankly grown-up approach she is taking to tackling this problem. Does she recognise the fury that is felt by constituents in…11 Dec 2024