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HANSARDSteel IndustryThe Minister indicates that I may be wrong. This is urgent and we cannot wait six to 12 months. We cannot run the risk of civil servants saying, “I’m sorry, but we haven’t got it…16 Oct 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryI am grateful, Mrs Harris, for the opportunity to wind up the debate. I thank all the hon. Members who have made contributions to the debate, and I thank the Minister for her…16 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am a big fan of reform, and I detect, with the exception of one or two Members, appetite for reform of the House of Lords. But if the Government are going to do a job, they…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonWe all want the killings to stop, we abhor the deaths, and we all want a ceasefire as soon as possible, but clearly the fastest way to a ceasefire is for Hamas to return the…15 Oct 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to those points of order, Mr Speaker. I share on behalf of all those at Reform our deepest condolences to Moira and to Alex’s wider family. I met Alex Salmond just over…14 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I suggest that the Leader of the House celebrates her special birthday by granting a debate on the amendments to the international health regulations that were agreed at the…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillIt is a really good question, and I am happy to answer it. If the landlord pulls a property available to rent out of the market, it will go into the ownership sector and that…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI congratulate hon. Members on their excellent maiden speeches this afternoon and declare an interest as someone who has been involved in the commercial and residential property…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Sepsis AwarenessIt is an honour to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) on securing the debate. These are…09 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsNo, we are short of time. As a former governor of an independent school, I know that that approach would have been welcomed by the independent sector. Instead, the choice that the…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsEducation is a charitable endeavour.08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Caroline. What irony that the Government have sent a Minister to listen to these debates who went to a private school. I…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsThe tragedy of this debate is the vitriolic negativity, when all of us could surely unite in our desire to improve the education of all. The Government could have done something…08 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsIn the mid-1960s, when Mauritius was granted independence, it agreed, as part of that deal, to relinquish all claims to this British sovereign territory, which we have owned since…07 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageTen million pensioners will find it utterly extraordinary that this Government can find over £20 billion when they cannot find £1 billion to fund the winter fuel payment. That is…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI think the whole House agrees with what the Secretary of State said in his statement: the NHS needs reform. In reality, when I speak to people in the NHS, almost all of them say…12 Sept 2024HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectThe truth is—and the country needs to know this—that the thousands of jobs and the loss of the blast furnaces announced today is because of both main parties’ obsession with net…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityCan the Secretary of State explain why, when some 10,000 foreign criminals are blocking up space in our jails, they are not being removed and deported, which would simultaneously…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentLast Friday in Boston I was stopped by a pensioner, a lovely lady called Elizabeth, who shook my hand and burst into tears—uncontrollable tears of genuine fear. She represents…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionWhat is the Secretary of State going to do about the capacity crisis that is rapidly emerging as tens of thousands of children are being forced out of independent schools by this…09 Sept 2024