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HANSARD Business of the HouseAs part of my listening campaign, the excellent councillors Gill Mercer and Tony Spooner have warned me of a fly infestation in the Pemberton part of Rushden. I have surveyed the…14 Sept 2023HANSARDWilby Way RoundaboutWilby Way roundabout separates the village of Wilby from Wellingborough and the large Sainsbury’s. It is an extremely dangerous roundabout on a dual carriageway. With more cars…05 Sept 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am afraid that I could not give you notice of this point of order because it follows the SNP’s Standing Order No. 24 application. It…26 Apr 2023HANSARDPoints of Orderindicated dissent.26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillThe Minister has rightly singled out two of my colleagues with flattery to try to help him—but he did not single me out, so he is going to get it in the neck. Suppose a…26 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Immigration Bill: ECHR CompatibilityThank goodness I am not a lawyer! We have an excellent Minister, who has spent the whole of this question not answering it. Three questions on the Order Paper, about three…30 Mar 2023HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday, Jennie in my Wellingborough office had a telephone call from a lady whose son, very unfortunately, was killed in a car crash in South Africa on Monday and is being…30 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryMy hon. Friend raises an important factor, and there are more slaves in the world now than in Wilberforce’s day. That is an issue that Parliament is looking at in particular, so…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If we discover something in this House, as he says, we correct it. We do not just say, “We are not going to use that product.” We go back and…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI will talk a little about that, and what the Government are doing for children. Unfortunately, it is not working. I will come to that. In this country, child victims of…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryThis is wonderful, Mr Betts. I get to sit in the Chair that you have, and when we come to Westminster Hall we have a debate that is non-political about an important issue. I have…29 Mar 2023HANSARDHuman Trafficking and Modern SlaveryI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of human trafficking and modern slavery. I am grateful to Mr Speaker for rescheduling this debate. Unfortunately, I had…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillPeople coming across in small boats are smuggled. They spend thousands of pounds to get here. People who are trafficked come here without paying any money or are duped and forced…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNew HospitalsKettering General Hospital serves my constituency, and work has already started on building a new hospital—one of the Boris hospitals—so I do not know what all the fuss is about.…07 Mar 2023HANSARDUnemployment Levels: Towns and CitiesWe started the sitting with a non-party political point, so may I continue in that mode? I absolutely agree that those on the Opposition Benches want to reduce the level of…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityI care very deeply about this place, and we have been plunged into a constitutional crisis. Members of this House, whether they are Ministers or not, need to be able to talk to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDCovid Pandemic: Testing of Care Home ResidentsIt seems that the Opposition want to rewrite history. The fact is that at the time people did not know what was right or what was wrong. The then Secretary of State listened to a…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce Expansionrose —28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionThe hon. Member is making an interesting speech. On the point about retaining people from overseas going into medical training, who he said will then qualify and leave, does he…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWellingborough Walks is a delightful avenue of Victorian trees that stretches from the town to the River Nene, and there is a tree preservation order. Unfortunately, at this…23 Feb 2023