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HANSARD Housing Development Planning: Water CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on her speech on issues that all hon.…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI thank the Home Secretary for giving way; it is courteous of her. On miscounting numbers, can I drill down on the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (Ben…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI thank the Home Secretary for giving way, but I think she should apologise for not answering the question. There were record levels of policing under the last Government; 20,000…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing Billrose —10 Mar 2025HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek your guidance on how I may get a response to correspondence I have sent to Departments on behalf of my constituents, in particular His…10 Mar 2025HANSARD British Indian Ocean TerritoryI am grateful to the Minister for giving way on that point, because she is at risk of not necessarily being accurate in her remarks. She is absolutely right that the Conservative…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesI thank the Minister for handling this debate in his usual courteous way. May I take him back to something that he said in his remarks about hospitality businesses and pubs…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesWill the hon. Gentleman give way?26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesThe hon. Gentleman is giving a very entertaining speech and I look forward to visiting the business he mentions, I hope, in the future. He has outlined that businesses are being…26 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. As I welcome him to his place, the Minister can be reassured that, although I like a challenge, we will not divide…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanI declare an interest, in that I have now been smoke-free for 34 days using the NHS Quit Smoking app, even though my waistline and the Government have tested my resolve in recent…04 Feb 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am perfectly willing to correct the record and apologise to the House. However, that was still a minority of the 50% that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsSo that’s okay then.30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsVery democratic of you.30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsWill the hon. Lady now give way?30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsThe hon. Gentleman is making a good case, though one that I fundamentally disagree with, as he will hear later. He has just outlined his own Government’s position on proportional…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI have a lot of respect for the hon. Gentleman. He says that the Elections Act restricted people’s ability to vote. Can I therefore ask him what measures he would put in place to…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI say to the hon. Lady, who intervenes from a sedentary position, that my colleagues in the Conservative parliamentary party are out in their constituencies, campaigning and…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI will now.30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsWhy?30 Jan 2025