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HANSARDPark 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 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 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 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 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 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) BillMy hon. Friend is right about pensioners being dragged into paying income tax. Does he agree that millions of those pensioners will want to be able to contact HMRC and ask it…11 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 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. British pensioners living in the European Economic Area, the United States and up to 20 other countries get their pensions uprated, but those living in Canada, Australia and…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Department for Business and TradeBritain is in the middle of a cost-of-doing-business crisis. I see it on my high street and I hear about it from local employers, and colleagues from across the House will hear…04 Mar 2026HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillThe Liberal Democrats support this Bill, and we support the amendments that are before the Committee today. The Bill does something that is straightforward and necessary: it…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillBritain is a trading nation. When our businesses win contracts abroad, they create jobs, raise wages and generate the tax revenues that are needed to fund our public services.…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)The tabling of amendment 50 is very good timing, as HMRC has revealed today its estimate that 1 million people missed the deadline, which was up to midnight on Saturday, to file…03 Feb 2026