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HANSARDWater BillI am not clear where in the Bill such savings are supposedly achievable. I think it is naive to assume that things would automatically be better if the ownership of a water…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillHow long, roughly, does the right hon. Gentleman think it would take to ensure that the citizens were skilled up enough to contribute effectively to the full consultation that he…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillReally?28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillIt is deeply patronising to suggest to my constituents that they would be guaranteed the same job after serving on a citizens’ assembly. We cannot force or compel McDonald’s to…28 Mar 2025HANSARDWater BillIt is not just the Green party in this country that causes such significant challenges. The demands of the Green party in Germany on the then-Government to stop using nuclear…28 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI support rejoining and always opposed leaving, for the reasons around national security and our national interest that my hon. Friend outlined. Is he surprised that there are no…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipToo busy fighting.24 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Twelfth sitting)On a point of order, Mr Western. It is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair; can I ask you a procedure question before we go any further? We have had the presentation of the…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI thank the Secretary of State for listening to disabled people and their organisations about ending needless, wasteful and extremely expensive repeat reassessments for those with…18 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Ninth sitting)Am I right in thinking that the Work and Pensions Committee will be entitled to call any witness, including whoever is appointed to this role, to give evidence to it and to be…11 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Tenth sitting)Is it fair to say that the impact of this amendment, if made, would be to require the DWP to ask people that they suspect of committing fraud for their permission to investigate…11 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Tenth sitting)Is it fair to say, for the reasons that the Minister outlined on the removal of the deterrent, that this amendment would not only assist some who seek to commit fraud but cost the…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillThank you. On swift justice, will the Opposition Front Bench bring forward amendments regarding the shadow Home Secretary’s position on citizen’s arrest? How many amendments can…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillWill the right hon. Member give way?10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillCan I have another go?10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that it increasingly sounds like he is saying that—on police powers, on the measures in this Bill, on police officer numbers and on resources—the…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing Billrose —10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillWill the shadow Minister give way?10 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Eighth sitting)Could the hon. Member give us the figures on the increase in pension credit take-up for the period during which a Lib Dem held the position of Minister for Pensions?06 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Eighth sitting)I think the Conservative spokesperson just gave the figure of £500 million in pension credit fraud and error last year. Is the Lib Dem spokesperson saying that that is not very…06 Mar 2025