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HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the Minister give way?04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillOn that point, I think of peers such as Patrick Courtown, the Opposition Deputy Chief Whip, who has served in the other House since 1975 in a number of ministerial capacities.…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the Minister genuinely for giving way again; he is courteous and gentlemanly in doing so. I promise that this will be my last intervention. Could I just ask him about the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman says that the Leader of the Opposition could give those peerages, but he will be aware that that is organised through the usual channels, in conjunction with…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe Minister may remember that at the beginning of the debate, I asked him to bear in mind the circumstances of some of the people who have given their life to this place over the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Strategy for Elections(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the new policies announced in the Government’s…17 Jul 2025HANSARD Strategy for ElectionsYesterday, the Department gave notice of a written ministerial statement on the Government’s new strategy for elections, which is a significant policy document on changes to…17 Jul 2025HANSARDWork and PensionsI am sure that the Chancellor will be delighted that the flip-flopping of the Prime Minister means she has to find another £2.5 billion in taxation on people in this country. Does…16 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI gently say to the Minister that she and her Back-Bench colleagues do not have a monopoly on talking about poverty. If she really cared about poverty, she would not have allowed…15 Jul 2025HANSARDHousing DeliveryLord knows who the Housing Minister is talking to, because time and again, developers have said that he cannot achieve his target of 1.5 million homes. As he knows, I have severe…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHomelessness PreventionRecent figures provided by CHAIN report a record 13,231 people sleeping rough in London—a 19% increase in the year since this Government took office, and a 63% increase since…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHomelessness PreventionWhat about this one?14 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsI am happy to congratulate any council controlled by any party if it has a local plan process going through, but the hon. Gentleman should have a word with his party spokesman,…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsI thank the Minister for giving way; he is being most generous. From his language—he said that this was not a decision taken lightly—this is clearly another victim of the Prime…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI am grateful for the Minister’s generosity, which he always shows in this Chamber. Based on the poverty assessment, he now says that 50,000 children will be uplifted and taken…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsVery briefly, and then I really must make some progress.09 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) on securing this important debate. He is…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsI thought that might come, so I will give way.09 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsWe have probably exhausted this line of debate, but, again, we have an example on the record of a Liberal council, Hinckley and Bosworth, that has not delivered on a local plan.…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Plans: Planning DecisionsAgain, the Liberal Democrats need to be clear about what they are promising the country. The hon. Gentleman again says that targets are the problem and that councils have…09 Jul 2025