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HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I pay tribute to all the work that my right hon. Friend has done in relation to Grenfell, which has been of great importance. I declare an interest as someone who grew up in a…07 Nov 2022HANSARDDefence Procurement SystemThe Type 26 frigate is literally a world-beating design, which we have exported to both Canada and Australia, and we all want to see it in service as soon as possible. So it is…07 Nov 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenWe have lost our sovereign: the most remarkable woman and the longest reigning monarch in British history, who in 70 years barely put a foot wrong. She was perhaps the most famous…09 Sept 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Dame Meg Hillier), the redoubtable Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, on which I also serve. I…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentMay I just congratulate my hon. Friend on her brilliant campaign to help secure about £7 million for Southend Hospital? Well done!21 Jul 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister spoke earlier about the atrocities carried out by the IRA. For decades, many men and women had the courage to put on the Queen’s uniform and uphold law and…20 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaI am sure I speak for all of us here today when I offer my hon. Friend my most sincere condolences on his grievous loss. The National Grid plan does not come through my…19 Jul 2022HANSARDUkrainian Resistance to Russian AggressionThe Ukrainians are putting up a valiant and skilful resistance against Russian aggression, but we understand that they are currently losing about 100 men a day, with many more…18 Jul 2022HANSARD Health Services: Southend WestThe heroic efforts of our paramedics—I use the word heroic deliberately—are being hampered because they cannot discharge a critically ill patient into Southend Hospital if there…06 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making a thoughtful speech. Will he confirm to the House that he has actually read the Northern Ireland protocol? If he has read it, will he remind the…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillOne of the fundamental purposes of this long-awaited Bill is to uphold the critical Good Friday agreement, which as the whole House knows completely underpins the maintenance of…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI welcome the fact that after four years and two general election manifestos, the Government have finally brought forward the Bill that they have been promising the House for so…24 May 2022HANSARDNorth East Ambulance ServiceSome of us who have been here for a while can recall that we desperately tried to warn the last Labour Government that big was not always beautiful and that regionalising the…23 May 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolI warmly welcome the statement, as I am sure will the Nobel laureate Lord Trimble, who wrote in a national newspaper this morning that it was urgent to address the problems of the…17 May 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillMy right hon. Friend will know that, last Wednesday, the man who murdered our great friend Sir David Amess was sentenced to a whole-life term. David felt very strongly that we…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Sir Richard ShepherdI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) for introducing so ably this very important debate, which has been graced by a number of wonderful tributes to Sir…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseYou could have fooled me!10 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyThe British-built Type 45 destroyer is arguably the best of its class in the world, but it has been plagued by persistent problems with its propulsion system. The Ministry has a…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22We have seen in Mariupol today what the Russians are truly capable of. We must now deter further adventurism. On that point, will the Minister conduct an urgent review of the…09 Mar 2022