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HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxFor the last two hours, the proposal has been presented by Opposition Members as a meaningful housing market intervention because of their supposed commitment to aspiration. The…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI thank the hon. Member for that intervention, which speaks for itself. There is a stark contrast with what the Labour Government are doing, and their meaningful interventions in…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI am interested in how much the hon. Member knows about my constituency. He may know that nearly half of my constituents are private renters, and only about 15% can afford to own…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI would be grateful if the hon. Member would expand on how that driving value of aspiration came into the Conservative Government when they were completely failing to address the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxWill the hon. Member give way?28 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (Jim McMahon), who has been a shining light of…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnding HomelessnessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Wavertree (Paula Barker) for her tireless work on the APPG, and the hon.…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Co-operative Sector: Government SupportIt is not in my gift.21 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyI beg to move, That this House has considered the International Day of Democracy. It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir John. It is an honour to speak on this topic,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyI thank my hon. Friend for making those points. I agree that that is an area for considerably more thought. Abroad, we have seen democracy in decline for a sixth consecutive year.…16 Sept 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyI would agree. I will come on to some of the ways in which we can strengthen our democracy later. I welcome the point made by the hon. Member. This movement cannot be supported in…16 Sept 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyI welcome the hon. Member’s suggestion about reviewing and considering the alternative ways in which we can conduct our democracy. I will come on to some of that later. People…16 Sept 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyI wholeheartedly congratulate the hon. Member on the work that she is doing to encourage and support young women into politics. That is something really important in our role as…16 Sept 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and for that support for local councillors and the hard work that they do every single day working with communities. It is important…16 Sept 2025HANSARDInternational Day of DemocracyThank you, Sir John, for bringing us together for this important debate. I put on record my thanks to everybody who has joined us in the Public Gallery to listen to this debate.…16 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Member has spoken passionately about local government schemes, and I have quite a lot of experience of them. Does she agree that they have many regulations that would…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (Seventh sitting)I have read the new clause with interest, and listened carefully, and I am sure that this Committee is united in wanting there to be good advice on pensions. It would help me to…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian AccessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for her leadership…10 Sept 2025HANSARDCritical Infrastructure Funding: Maintenance and RepairConstituents in Marylebone want to see improvements to the railway engines that go into Marylebone station. Does the Treasury agree that more work can be done to ensure that the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the Petitions Committee for scheduling this important debate, and I welcome the spirit in which it has been…08 Sept 2025