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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House will know that I have huge regard for him, and I wager that he thinks this decision is as disgraceful as we do. When he was Chief Whip, he would never have…14 Jul 2026HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Leader of the House, during his oration and statement, stated that the Government did not know the wording of the proposed motions for…14 Jul 2026HANSARDPoints of OrderYes, you did!14 Jul 2026HANSARD Extreme Heat: PreparednessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate another valley MP, the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay), on securing this debate.…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Extreme Heat: PreparednessI will leave that for the Minister to respond to, but I entirely agree that it is good that the Doorkeepers and House staff who support us so admirably were allowed to have a…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Extreme Heat: PreparednessIt may be quite normal, but it should still concern people that our electricity supply is vulnerable and that we are becoming increasingly dependent on weather conditions.…14 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 8 July.08 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI entirely associate myself with the Deputy Prime Minister’s opening and personal remarks. The Prime Minister and the right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham) are both…08 Jul 2026HANSARDForeign Interference in UK PoliticsI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement, and Philip Rycroft for his review. On Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, we Conservatives reaffirmed…06 Jul 2026HANSARDHigh Street Regeneration and Unlawful StorefrontsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I welcome the new Minister to her place; I know that she has a background in these issues, and I look forward to working…30 Jun 2026HANSARDHigh Street Regeneration and Unlawful StorefrontsI agree entirely with my right hon. Friend. That is something that this Labour Government have never got to grips with. Businesses already operating on tight margins face £40…30 Jun 2026HANSARDHigh Street Regeneration and Unlawful StorefrontsThe hon. Member is absolutely right. As I will come to, we welcome the Government’s early actions to tackle those businesses, but we think they could do more, and we offer our…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Elections: First Past the PostIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I genuinely thank the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) for securing this debate on our voting system. She…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Elections: First Past the PostI believe I have already addressed that point: it is because of us, as politicians. I absolutely agree with many of the comments that Members across the House have made today…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Elections: First Past the PostAbsolutely, and we can talk about that, but that was the system that the Liberal Democrats proposed in that referendum, and they lost the argument when they were in government.…24 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessMy right hon. Friend the shadow Minister for the Armed Forces is absolutely correct. I think we can add somebody else, and that is the former Defence Secretary. He is known not as…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessI thank the hon. Gentleman for outlining those defence figures, but when his party came into office in 1997, defence spending was 3% of GDP and when it left it was 2.5%. I…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Is not the real risk here that the defence investment plan, which the Government promised, will now be treated like a political…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessThe Minister mentions the fact that troops were being removed from Europe back to the United Kingdom. I may be interpreting this wrongly, but she seems to be slightly critical of…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessWill the hon. Gentleman give way?23 Jun 2026