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HANSARDEngagementsFollowing the horrendous circumstances of Henry Nowak’s death, I urge the Prime Minister to consider this: it is now clear to growing millions in this country that we are living…03 Jun 2026HANSARDChild Sexual Offender DataWhile this debate is very welcome, it is on the broad range of sexual offences against children and the gathering of data about the perpetrators. I suggest, and certainly my…01 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagements“Smash the gangs”—that is what the Prime Minister promised us. “Trust me, I will stop the boats from coming.” But 70,000 people later, with 1,000 in the last week and too many…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Over the course of the last year, our North sea neighbours, Norway, have opened 49 drill sites for gas and oil. On our side of the North sea, the number is zero. Given that…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Power to Cancel Local ElectionsNo taxation without representation is quite a powerful political adage, and it has worked well over the years. What people were facing in many parts of the country was paying…02 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsAt the age of 14, Michel Mandarin was forcibly removed from his home, the coral atoll of Île du Coin, dumped on the quayside in Mauritius, and forced to live on food scraps out of…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory(Urgent Question): To ask His Majesty’s Government to give us an update on the situation with regard to the Diego Garcia American military base and the British Indian Ocean…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryThank you, Mr Speaker. Well, the situation in America has changed, as you know. The British Government went around America and said a whole load of things, such as that it was…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryStop the boats!25 Feb 2026HANSARDLocal ElectionsI could scarcely believe it last year when the county council elections in Essex and elsewhere were postponed for a year. Clearly there is no reason at all why they cannot go…04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal Electionsrose—04 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister— [ Interruption. ] No, I have only got 30 seconds. The Prime Minister has stated very clearly that he wants to close the migrant hotels by the end of this…12 Nov 2025HANSARD European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, and to make further…29 Oct 2025HANSARD European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure you will allow me the opportunity to continue to try to say something despite such constant interventions. The British people voted…29 Oct 2025HANSARD European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)It is marvellous to see the intellectual levels of debate in this place—it really is. Is it any wonder— [ Interruption. ] Is it any wonder that out in the country there is growing…29 Oct 2025HANSARD European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was talking about fear and anger growing in the country—and I sense there is also a bit of that growing in this Chamber. When it comes to…29 Oct 2025HANSARD European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)I ask the Liberal Democrats and others in this place: what is wrong with you? Do you not believe that this country is good enough to make its own laws? Do you not believe in the…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWhen the Americans realise that, actually, Mauritius is not a trustworthy nation—it is bankrupt; it needs the money; it will not honour this treaty—we will be in a very different…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillBefore I speak to amendment 10, which stands in my name on the amendment paper, I have a quick reminder: the International Court of Justice made an “advisory” judgment—it has no…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI certainly will, and I will come to that in short order. The opportunity for marine tourism is massive; it is worth billions of pounds a year, and it would provide a lot of jobs…20 Oct 2025