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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOn that point, will the right hon. Lady give way?01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsMr Speaker, you were rightly furious last week when this OBR report was prematurely leaked to the public and the markets. It is clear from the independent report that this was an…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFrom one Lancastrian to another, happy Lancashire day to you, Mr Speaker. Last week, Owen Charnley from Rochdale completed a solo charity walk of more than 4,200 miles from…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWhat would happen if the hon. Gentleman had three or four children, and he were to fall ill or had to care for a sick child? Would he want those children to suffer from that…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI have a lot of respect for the hon. Lady’s record in government and as the Chair of the Treasury Committee. She talks about tax rises. Does she accept that the bulk of the tax…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThis is a Budget that cuts the cost of living for families in Rochdale, boosts apprenticeships, and helps the NHS and our public services—public services that were brought to…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThat is exactly what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions set out at the Dispatch Box earlier, talking about the positive case for this move on child…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Lady refers to the threshold freeze. Why did she vote for seven years of frozen thresholds?27 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWill the right hon. Member give way?26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWill my right hon. Friend give way?26 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineLast week in Rochdale, I joined our proud Ukrainian community to mark the Holodomor, which was Stalin’s forced famine of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s. There is a modern-day…25 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsI agree with my hon. Friend. There must be accountability for Israel’s actions—for its sins of omission as much as those of commission. Is the UK pushing for education to be a key…24 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell), and others, for setting out the context of…24 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsI thank the hon. Gentleman. Yes, this is a grassroots, people-led campaign, as the petition shows. There has been progress in November: expanded food rations; a catch-up…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPractical Driving TestsI warmly welcome the tough action taken by this Government to cut the backlog in driving tests, but one thing that will help drivers more than anything, and help pedestrians too,…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsApologies for jumping the gun earlier, Mr Speaker. We need to crack down on drug drivers. Leon Clarke from Rochdale crashed his car and killed his eight-year-old son while driving…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week saw a big day for Rochdale and for Greater Manchester, as building works began on a world-leading research centre—the Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Centre in…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Gaza and SudanI welcome the leading role that the UK has played at the United Nations, both in trying to corral international action on the slaughter and sexual violence in Sudan, and on the…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMinky Homecare’s ironing board factory in Shawclough, in Rochdale, is the only one of its kind in the whole country. It provides high-quality British-made products and lots of…13 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyMy hon. Friend references Scotland. I was at COP26 in Glasgow the last time we had a Conservative Prime Minister who showed real climate leadership on the global stage, yet we…12 Nov 2025