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HANSARDHS2 ResetIt may surprise the Secretary of State, but I actually have some sympathy for her for inheriting the HS2 nightmare. When she receives the updated budget and timeframe, will there…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI welcome the statement from the Home Secretary, and the fact that there will now be a national inquiry. Does the Home Secretary think that it will be finished within, let us say,…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNo, that would be unfair as so many wish to speak. In considering the Bill, I think, yes, let us improve palliative care, but let us remember that choice, when faced with certain…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to support new clauses 13 to 15, and to oppose amendment 42. I commend the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) on the way that she has navigated this incredibly…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will not, because so many hon. Members wish to speak. In this country we are lucky enough to have some of the finest palliative care in the world, and it is a noble aspiration…13 Jun 2025HANSARD GibraltarI want to probe the question of whether Spanish border officials have an effective veto on the entry of a British citizen from the United Kingdom landing on British sovereign…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025The Chancellor supposedly inherited a black hole, and she has dug a crater into which public confidence and business confidence are plunging. The truth is that 250,000 jobs have…11 Jun 2025HANSARDChinese Embassy DevelopmentNational security and security is a valid planning consideration, so does the Minister accept that, in the event that the Secretary of State allows this decision to go ahead,…09 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterI declare an interest as a Thames Water customer. The reality is that Thames Water is bankrupt. It cannot pay its debts and it cannot meet its legal obligations to Ofwat, the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI am absolutely certain that nothing will be cheaper as a result of the deal. Indeed, we have already seen that the carbon price has gone up, which gives us the first indication.…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitThe hon. Lady implies that we are unable to go to the EU; of course, people can travel to the EU. What I am saying is that people want to get a good job with good pay prospects in…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitAs I said earlier, the hon. Gentleman is most welcome to knock on a thousand doors with me in Boston and Skegness. I do not think any of those people would be rushing out to do…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI would be delighted to give way to my neighbouring MP.22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitThat is the point—my hon. Friend is bang on. There is a sizeable number of people under 30: it may be 60 million or 70 million—who knows? We have huge pressure on our housing, a…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWell, the Europeans may well be younger and fitter than me, but the truth is that proximity makes a big difference to the concerns of my constituents. Boston has received a…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitAnd dependants, because the scheme is still open-ended. We do not know the age or number of people involved in the youth experience scheme, and we have no idea about its duration.…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI did not say anything about downplaying; I said that if the Government are going to agree a deal, they should agree the terms of the deal. They should not just say, “We’d like a…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitNo, they have not mentioned that at all. Likewise, none of the major logistics firms in my constituency has even once mentioned the so-called delays at the border. This surrender…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. This week will go down in parliamentary history as the week of the greatest surrender. It was bookended by the…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitThat is absolutely right. In my constituency, young people want better and better-paid jobs. They do not want wages to be suppressed.22 May 2025