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HANSARD Leasehold Reform and New HomesThank you for chairing this session, Mrs Harris. I thank all hon. Members for their interesting and important contributions during the debate. My hon. Friend the Member for…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform Billrose —27 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillThere are a lot of good things in this Bill. I give credit to the Minister and previous Ministers for introducing it, and my hon. Friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire…27 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I believe that today the SNP has been treated unfairly. But it is not just the SNP that has been treated unfairly. Those of…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in Gazarose—21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATrose —21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATI just want to press the Opposition Front Bencher on a specific point. There are some brilliant special schools in my constituency. The Opposition are saying that they will exempt…21 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI really welcome this plan; I welcome the extra £200 million, the new patient bonus, the measures to get dentists into areas that do not have them and the minimum UDA. These are…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIIt is clear that paying off the debt means that RedBird IMI has control over the titles. Indeed, it has already transferred the ownership of that debt to a new UK entity. Should…30 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsDoes my hon. Friend agree that we should create a special legal process to more rapidly overturn these wrongful convictions, and to accelerate compensation, including for those…08 Jan 2024HANSARDGaza: Civilian Deaths and Humanitarian Situation22. What steps he is taking to support civilians in Gaza.12 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Civilian Deaths and Humanitarian SituationThe whole House is appalled by the atrocities committed by Hamas, but also by the civilian suffering in Gaza. Will my right hon. Friend set out the steps he is taking to relieve…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing Billrose—06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillMy only concern about the reply my right hon. and learned Friend gave me a few moments ago is that we are no longer making a comparison with the same cohort. In a previous…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillAre we really comparing like with like here? The statistics produced by the Ministry of Justice compare the effect of community sentences on reoffending from the start of the…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that it would be wrong to steer our independent judiciary away from this? Many people in the judiciary complain like mad if we suggest higher sentences…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillI strongly welcome many aspects of the Bill, particularly the whole-life orders. They would have completely changed the treatment of Colin Pitchfork, who is widely remembered by…06 Dec 2023HANSARDGender RecognitionThe issues of gender recognition and self-ID that my right hon. Friend is working to clarify are increasingly an issue in amateur and professional sports, with the risk of serious…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillWhen they are in prison, yes.06 Dec 2023HANSARD Sentencing BillJust to clarify the point, the statistics that my hon. Friend cites show that for those who were given a short prison sentence, the reoffending rate after they left prison was…06 Dec 2023