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HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI completely agree. To add insult to injury, Alfie told me that FirstPort charges an £80 administration fee if payment is not made within 30 days of demand. In 2023 he received…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI beg to move, That this House has considered property service charges. It is a privilege to bring this important debate to the House today. I thank the Backbench Business…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI thank the hon. Member for raising that point. I completely agree that is very much an issue, as I have heard that too. Alfie and Louise, sadly, are not alone. So many other…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI thank my right hon. Friend for providing that very useful context. I will come on to that in my speech. One of the challenges we have is that property service companies are…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI thank the hon. Member for his encouragement and I will keep coming up with radical ideas. Before I finish, I want to raise the issue of education and information provision to…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI thank the hon. Member for that point. An important debate for us to have today is about what we do going forward, both for those who have not yet bought a leasehold and to help…30 Oct 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesI thank all right hon. and hon. Members for participating today. I also thank all Members for leaving politics at the door, on the whole. Everyone recognises that there is a…30 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI thank my colleagues for their enthusiasm. It is a great pleasure to contribute to this really important debate. So many people—particularly young people—are desperate to get…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe hon. Member raises an important point. We have this situation where a lot of young people are forced to go elsewhere; indeed, the area where I live is very expensive and I am…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI will make that exact same point later in my speech, and I completely agree that that is a relevant change that will come from this policy. I clearly see in my constituency the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxMy hon. Friend’s excellent point is pertinent to my constituency as well, which is full of amazing and beautiful green-belt land. We are suffering from what this Government have…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxYes, I should declare that interest. This amounts to an economic failure, but also to a social failure. Home ownership gives people stability, autonomy and long-term security. It…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI thank my hon. Friend for that pertinent point. This is proper Conservative policy. This is the kind of thing everyone in this country is clamouring for—[Hon. Members: “More!”]…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI thank my hon. Friend for yet another relevant and important point. I urge the Government to think logically about what they are trying to achieve. We all support the ambition to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI gently say to the hon. Member that I have not really got into the flow of my speech yet, either. I will finish the first sentence before I take any interventions. People feel…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxMy hon. Friend makes the point very well. Going back to the hon. Member for Hexham (Joe Morris), we need to take this seriously. We can either look back the whole time, or we can…28 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMost young people referred to gender identity services are same-sex attracted, neurodiverse and/or traumatised. Looked-after children are also over-represented in this cohort. Is…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Rape Gangs: National Statutory InquiryThe Minister obviously feels very deeply about this issue. I think we all agree that anyone who was involved in these awful and horrific crimes must be held to account, and we…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Impact on British SocietyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a serving Surrey county…10 Sept 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Impact on British SocietyI think the hon. Member and I will just have to disagree, because I do not believe that legislation is the solution to these things. What is much more powerful is societal…10 Sept 2025