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HANSARDCustoms (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026Steel matters for our national security, for our defence and for our critical infrastructure, and it sustains jobs in every single part of the United Kingdom. British Steel…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDSteel TariffsFirms such as Hewland Engineering in Maidenhead face a 50% tariff on their specialist steel, but there is no approved British supplier to make the grades they need. That is not a…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDBuses: Tariff HarmonisationBus companies and local authorities are rightly being encouraged to buy electric buses. However, half of new buses in the United Kingdom are bought from China, which does not…11 Jun 2026HANSARDSuicide Prevention StrategyEarly intervention saves lives, yet far too often support arrives only at the point of crisis, especially for young people in our education system. Will the Minister support the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDPark Home OwnersMany park home residents in Maidenhead have told me that complete swathes of the consultation are not relevant to residents but are to site owners. Can the Minister clarify which…28 Apr 2026HANSARDPark Home OwnersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I thank the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for securing the debate. We have discussed these issues multiple…28 Apr 2026HANSARDPark Home OwnersMy hon. Friend is completely right. Park home residents have had consultation after consultation over many years. Site owners will respond to the current Government consultation,…28 Apr 2026HANSARDPark Home OwnersI thank my constituency neighbour for that point. It is incredibly important that everybody responds to the consultation, so we must encourage more people to do so. The financial…28 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Vaping Duty Stamps (Requirements, Reviews and Appeals) Regulations 2026The Minister knows we spoke at length about this subject in Committee stage of the 2026 Act, and I seek confirmation on a few points that we made back then. We spoke quite a lot…27 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement StrategyOn the Business and Trade Committee, we have heard time and again that if we want to transform the economic health of small and medium-sized enterprises, we need to direct a…22 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement StrategyOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office was asked several times about trade union requirements in public procurement…22 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension SchemesCapita has failed time and again, yet it is constantly awarded more contracts. Sally, one of my constituents, had been told multiple times that her lump sum payment was coming or…22 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingThe Prime Minister once promised to end the chaos, and to restore honesty and integrity to Government. Does he think that appointing a man who called a convicted child sex…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Crime and Policing BillThe Minister is using words such as “may”. What she has outlined is incredibly important, but Lords amendment 342 obviously goes further than “may”—it insists that diversion…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Single Status of WorkerIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (Justin Madders), with whom I sit on the Business and…15 Apr 2026HANSARDAccess to GPs: Bracknell ForestThe Bracknell Forest wards of Maidenhead constituency have seen massive amounts of house building in recent years, many without the GP facilities to join them. In a recent health…14 Apr 2026HANSARDStatutory Menstrual LeaveIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Paul Davies) for introducing the debate and I congratulate the lead…13 Apr 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI will speak to Lord’s amendment 2, which requires the Secretary of State to issue an appendix to the victims code setting out how the code applies to the families of British…25 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that at times like these, we want the Government to be encouraging those on low and medium incomes to invest in their pensions and their futures—and…23 Mar 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillOn the simplification of our tax system, I do not see in the Government amendments any changes to the loan charge system, as we proposed in Committee, meaning that people who have…11 Mar 2026