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HANSARDSeasonal WorkLike me, the shadow Secretary of State will have been out in the constituency speaking to small businesses, and I am sure that Labour MPs will have been doing the same over the…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI thank the hon. Lady for giving way; she is being characteristically courteous. She is entirely correct in outlining the choices and some of the policies that her Government have…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerAs usual, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury is out here defending the Chancellor. I feel quite sorry for him. He has reeled off a number of policies that his Chancellor and his…10 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ7. In 2020, the Justice Secretary said:“Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea”,and the Prime Minister himself has said that there should be “a right of trial by jury in…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Oxford to Cambridge Growth CorridorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) on securing this important debate on the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Secretary of State give way?02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to the Secretary of State for intervening, but this is my intervention, not his. Why was he part of a Cabinet that stood by and punished his colleagues for voting…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is right. My constituency on the south coast has Oil Spill Response Ltd, which tackles oil spills. At a recent event, the vice-president of a very big oil company…01 Dec 2025HANSARDFree School ApplicationsParents and pupils deserve a school system that builds on success, not one that holds it back. The coalition Government opened 24 free schools in 500 days, yet this Government…01 Dec 2025HANSARDFree School Applications13. What her planned timetable is for decision on existing free school applications.01 Dec 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend made a number of excellent contributions in Bill Committee. Is he concerned, as I am, that the Minister consistently said that there would be consultation and that…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am slightly disappointed with the tone the hon. Lady is taking. If we are talking about devolution in a devolution debate, she should respect the right of an hon. Member elected…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe hon. Lady made a number of excellent contributions in Committee. She will know that my party supported some of her amendments, and she has our support for what she has been…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend is giving a characteristically excellent speech. Does he find strange, as I do, the disjointed attitude that the Government have on referendums? The Government are…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMay I politely say to the hon. Gentleman that if he carries on congratulating Whips like that, he will go far?24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment Billrose—24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe official Opposition have tabled other amendments, and I could speak about them all evening, Madam Deputy Speaker, but to reassure you, the officials in the Box and Members…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillVery briefly.24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMay I begin by welcoming the Minister to her place? We spent a long time together on the Bill Committee, working cross-party, along with many other Members on both sides of the…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech on behalf of his constituents. He will remember that, in Committee, members of my party tabled amendments to try to protect the…24 Nov 2025