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HANSARDDefence Sector: Economic GrowthThe Minister rightly promotes our world-class maritime sector in the south-west, where considerable private investment is being made, including a new resilience factory opening in…03 Nov 2025HANSARDCare LeaversI congratulate the hon. Member for Doncaster Central (Sally Jameson) and everyone who has intervened. I will keep my remarks even briefer than I said I would. We have already…03 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum Seeker Accommodation5. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the adequacy of accommodation for asylum seekers in Wales.29 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seeker AccommodationUnder the Welsh Labour Government, waiting lists, educational standards and opportunities for young people have all ground to an abrupt halt. It is therefore shocking that the…29 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe hon. Member talks about broken dreams, but no Government Member has spoken about the hard-working families in the middle—not the ones struggling to buy their first home and…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI am just perplexed as to where the hon. Lady is going with this. Ultimately, the statistics that she has just quoted would have saved her constituents £5,000, but if the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxDoes my hon. Friend agree that when the policy was announced at our party conference in October, it was the first solid political idea to have come forward from any political…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxMy hon. Friend speaks of intergenerational fairness. Does he agree that the status quo hinders older householders who may be asset-rich and cash-poor, because the value of their…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe hon. Member is making a powerful speech, as he always does. However, there is a gaping hole in his argument when it comes to people who are looking not for their first home,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChild PovertyEvery Member in this Chamber shares a commitment to lifting people out of poverty, especially children; we just have different views on how to go about it. Children in workless…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Burton and Uttoxeter (Jacob Collier) for so competently introducing the debate, with…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayOn what the Leader of the Opposition said, I am not 100% sure of the quote, so I am not going to comment on that. I think it was taken quite significantly out of context. On the…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI will keep making progress, if I may. [Interruption.] It is not because I do not want to take the intervention, but because I am on a time limit. We introduced the biggest…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI will keep going, because I have quite a lot to say. Those measures rightly honour the contributions of parents who open their heart and home to children in need of a loving…27 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Last week, I invited the Prime Minister to match the Conservative pledge to scrap business rates for our high streets. However, he declined. Instead, he pointed me towards the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDNHS Reorganisation6. What recent progress he has made on reorganising the NHS.21 Oct 2025HANSARDNHS ReorganisationYesterday I met Lila, a sixth-form student at Coombe Dean school, who raised the issue of long waiting lists for mental health services for children and young people across Devon.…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Later this afternoon I will be launching a small business survey so that the 3,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in my constituency, which employ thousands of my…15 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackClearly, how antisemitism is tackled by the police in our communities is key, so I would be interested to hear from the Home Secretary what specialist training our police forces…13 Oct 2025HANSARDProposed expansion of Plymouth City Council into the South HamsFurther to a similar online petition of just under 1,800 signatures, I present this petition. The petition states: The petition of residents of the United Kingdom, Declares that…15 Sept 2025