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HANSARD Business of the HouseBolton mountain rescue team, based in my constituency, provides lifesaving emergency support across Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Currently, voluntary search and rescue…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI recently met one of my constituents, Toni Hibbert, who expressed concerns about the process through which parents of disabled children can become Court of Protection deputies…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Lady give way?20 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point about the number of asylum seeker hotels being reduced from 400 to roughly 200 in the last two years, and an important point about…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIs the simple truth not that this deal is cheaper than what was proposed by the Conservative party in government, and actually has more protections baked into it?20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillPerhaps the right hon. Gentleman can enlighten me on which of the amendments he is speaking to. New clause 4, which his party tabled, mentions coral, fish stocks, molluscs and…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?20 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyMy hon. Friend mentioned the unlawful constitutional vandalism wrought by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Having read recent reporting by The Guardian on his many commercial…16 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Members of the all-party group on anti-corruption and responsible tax, which I chair, had the opportunity to meet National Economic Crime Centre officers last week and discuss…15 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Labour has finished what the previous Government started—what was left to us after former Prime Minister Liz Truss let the genie out of the bottle…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is a pleasure to speak in support of the Bill, which safeguards our national security and protects our constituents. Diego Garcia is one of the most important military bases in…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am sure that the Minister will come to that in his closing remarks. I have to concur with other Members that the way the Chagossians were treated in the ’60s and ’70s was…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will make some progress, if I may. I wanted to intervene on Opposition Members earlier, but was not allowed to. It was the Conservatives who rightly described the situation in…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillTo go back to the point that the Minister was making earlier about control, can he confirm to the House that, contrary to the reasoned amendment in the name of the hon. Member for…09 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for opening the debate. I will focus on the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituents in Horwich are gravely concerned about unsuitable family homes being repurposed into houses in multiple occupation with little transparency about who is being…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe Father of the House mentions Conservative party policy in the 1920s and 1960s. Maybe he can recall better than me, but I do not believe there was any mention of House of Lords…04 Sept 2025