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HANSARDMiners and Mining CommunitiesI was waiting for the hon. Gentleman to get to the key moment when he would mention the Leamside line, and I was not disappointed. As he knows, there is a connection between our…09 May 2024HANSARDMiners and Mining CommunitiesI am one of those women who were politicised by Margaret Thatcher. I always say Margaret Thatcher is the reason I joined the Labour party and the reason I am standing here today.…09 May 2024HANSARDMiners and Mining CommunitiesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that one of the things that the documentaries and today’s debate will achieve, I hope, is for the younger generation to…09 May 2024HANSARD Countering Iran’s Hostile ActivitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Henderson. I will start by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) and the…08 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I want to thank the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for securing today’s debate and for her excellent…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsOne of the reasons that John Vincent and Henry Dimbleby, who authored the school food plan, said that they included recommendation 17 on universal free primary school meals is…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsI will be very brief; I think my hon. Friend is just coming to her big wind-up moment. I know she is in an invidious position—an impossible position. I am sure that, like the rest…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsI just want to point out that that is, of course, because of the introduction of universal infant free school meals, which, it has to be said, was a coalition Government policy;…07 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWill my hon. Friend give way?30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI waited until my hon. Friend got to the end of all those disgraceful, abhorrent examples. Will he clarify for me a fallacy that the touts often put around about me and my hon.…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Billrose—30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. I know that we have debated this point before, and I will discuss it further in my contribution, but I make the point again that…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat is a good observation. To hazard a guess, the Minister probably agrees with the Lords amendment. He is a decent chap, and I think he sees the right in it, but he is sitting…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillOn the point about Taylor Swift and whether any of her tickets have been sold on the secondary market in Ireland, I challenge the Minister to take another look at that rather than…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Billrose —30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Billrose —30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt absolutely is. It is not a level playing field at all. I was going to come to the bots, and the fact that nobody has yet been put behind bars for having used bots, even though…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt is very interesting that my hon. Friend has come to the same conclusion I have. I have made that exact point in many interviews over the years: why would anybody go out and rob…30 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate, and it is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley), who is doing some great…30 Apr 2024HANSARDLiver Disease and Liver CancerIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) and the hon. Member for Glasgow Central…25 Apr 2024