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HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsOn that point, will the shadow Minister give way?30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI will make another intervention.30 Jan 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewSo this report that has just been leaked was commissioned by the Home Secretary after the Southport horrors last July. The truth is that it has come out and all the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Last September, the Secretary of State confirmed that foreign national offenders blocking up our jails were being removed and deported. Will she update the House on how many…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingThe Minister just mentioned balancing the public finances—those are the key words—through these measures. We have just had the debt figures for December, which are 20% higher than…23 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackI think the vast majority of the British people agree with the Government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, who has said repeatedly that when these horrific crimes…21 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipIt is to be hoped that, as has been said, President Trump can indeed bring significant additional pressure to bear on the dictator Putin to end this horrific war. Will the Foreign…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Covid-19 InquiryI agree with other Members who have said that this inquiry is taking too long, costing too much and, in many cases, not asking the right questions. The results of the previous…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseThere is much to welcome in the Home Secretary’s statement, but she has resisted six invitations from hon. Members to confirm that the Government-supported local inquiries will…16 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillWill the Minister give way?15 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI think we all share the Secretary of State’s aspiration to move healthcare out of hospitals and into the community. However, the two GP surgeries that I visited in Skegness just…15 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueThe data in September and October shows that the economy is falling. It is going down and the currency markets and bond markets are selling off and expressing their clear concern…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat actions will the Home Secretary be taking following the news that eight UK companies and organisations have been deemed terror groups by the United Arab Emirates?13 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsIs the Chief Secretary aware that the last two months’ GDP figures, for September and October, are both down? Is he aware that sterling is falling—in fact, almost collapsing?…09 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI shall come to the hon. Lady’s point, but the reality is that Professor Jay’s inquiry was an overarching one, and its references to grooming gangs were minuscule. It mentioned…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI was chair of governors of the 15th academy, and in 2008 I welcomed Sir Tony Blair to that academy in Northampton to show him the benefits of the freedoms for governors to act…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI will vote for the reasoned amendment and against the Bill, not only because of the catastrophic damage that the Bill will do to the academy movement, as so amply explained by…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe hon. Lady is quite right that the victims and survivors, where we know them, want answers, action and prosecution, but I regret to say that there are many towns where people…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I congratulate my excellent hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) for securing this debate. He has been…08 Jan 2025HANSARDSocial Housing Tenants: Antisocial BehaviourCompetition is a good thing. It may be that the Minister wants “no strikes and you’re out”.08 Jan 2025