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HANSARDSouthport AttackThe barbaric murder of those three little girls in Southport is part of a growing problem of youngsters fixated on violence and gore, as the Home Secretary said. That worrying…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseChild sexual expectation and abuse are the most sickening, appalling crimes perpetrated against some of the most vulnerable youngsters in our communities. So I strongly welcome…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMay I thank the Foreign Secretary, the Minister for Development and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, my hon. Friend, the Member for…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and GirlsI thank the hon. Members for South West Devon (Rebecca Smith), and for Reigate (Rebecca Paul), the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley), my hon.…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseDeeplish community centre in Rochdale has just celebrated 35 years of providing pre-school clubs, holiday playgroups and elderly lunch clubs, as well as jobs and training for…09 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. One of the most appalling aspects of this conflict has been Israel’s reckless disregard not just for civilian life but for…07 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseIn the last few days, my hometown’s name, Rochdale, has been exploited by some people who treat child rape as a political game rather than as an appalling crime that should be…06 Jan 2025HANSARD Copyright and Artificial IntelligenceI welcome the statement. The Minister refers to Ed Newton-Rex, who recently gave evidence to our Select Committee on this very subject. It is clear that creatives are deeply…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Winter PreparednessOne of the main reasons I became a politician was the fact that my wife is a midwife. She would come home night after night complaining bitterly about staff shortages on the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDUnited Front Work DepartmentThe shadow Home Secretary referred to “sycophancy” towards the Chinese, but I think that charge is better directed at Members of his own party. It is less than five years since…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HousePippa, Britain’s first ever illegal vape sniffer dog, won a special hero award this week from the Chartered Trading Standards Institute. Springer spaniel Pippa was honoured along…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. My constituent Alison Duxbury is unable to finalise her divorce because of the delays to assessments in the teachers’ pension scheme, which her husband is part of. Alison is…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillDoes the shadow Minister not welcome the fact that the Bill increases the capacity from 100 to 200? His Government previously set the limit at 100—the figure that he is so…09 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaI join the Foreign Secretary, the shadow Foreign Secretary and everyone across this House in welcoming the demise of Assad’s brutal regime. Unlike my predecessor in Rochdale, Mr…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, Gordon Brown and the US ambassador to the UK jointly launched a new £6 million investment by Comic Relief and Amazon UK in the Multibank project, which is a fantastic…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Plan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentI welcome today’s statement, which is a real plan for change and hope. It is clear that the Conservatives do not like us talking about their record, but it had a real-world impact…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe right hon. Member refers to broken manifesto pledges. The Conservatives’ 2019 manifesto said they would not raise national insurance, yet three years later he and all his…04 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Gentleman refers to the history of the Tory party on national insurance. Can he tell us why he and his party voted for the health and social care levy, which put up…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillForgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker. Labour is the party taking tough decisions today and refusing to duck the issues that the Conservatives were so timid to grasp, from planning…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIn the process, you left us with a massive structural deficit.03 Dec 2024