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HANSARD Independent Public AdvocateI warmly welcome this announcement by the Government of the establishment of an independent public advocate, and I pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Garston and Halewood…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. JCL Glass, a really successful family business in my constituency, wants to offer apprenticeships, but its directors tell me that there is no scheme in the glass manufacturing…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillI rise in support of the Bill brought forward by my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), which sets out to empower landowners with a clear, fair, affordable…24 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick) on his Bill’s successful Committee stage and on its reaching Third Reading today. Mutuals and co-operatives are not…24 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillWill my hon. Friend say a little more about the significance and importance of the opt-in, as opposed to compulsion?24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) on bringing her Bill to this stage of the parliamentary process. Having introduced a private Member’s Bill…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillYou are absolutely right, Mr Deputy Speaker. As I am highlighting, electricity is one element of infrastructure; I am very pleased that that infrastructure will be introduced as a…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillOn the point not of sending anyone to sleep, but of the armed forces parliamentary scheme, there was also a trip two weeks ago to the Falkland Islands, in which my hon. Friend the…24 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI was at university in Sheffield at the time of the Hillsborough disaster. A friend of mine died in that tragedy; another was seriously injured. I pay tribute to the residents of…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEquipment Theft (Prevention) BillI rise to speak in support of this Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham, who represents the constituency directly next door to mine. Our constituencies have…01 Feb 2023HANSARDPakistan: FloodingMany people in my constituency have family and friends in Pakistan, and I know that, like me, they welcome the continued support my hon. Friend’s Department has provided to help…31 Jan 2023HANSARDPakistan: Flooding5. What support his Department has provided to Pakistan in response to floods in that country.31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusIf it is such a long-standing loophole, as the hon. Gentleman describes it, why have successive Labour Governments not abolished it?31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusI have no alternative but to agree with my hon. Friend—otherwise, what on earth is the point of having this discussion? We believe in aspiring, striving and achieving and we then…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusI rise to speak against the motion on the Order Paper. It is important that we recollect what that is. It says that Treasury analysis of a potential tax policy should be laid…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Last week, I visited His Majesty’s naval base Clyde with the armed forces parliamentary scheme. I pay tribute to the remarkable men and women we met there who make up our…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesThese are extremely alarming cases. Like every other Member of this House, I extend my sympathies to the families and friends of the victims who died unnecessarily. I am quite…24 Jan 2023HANSARDAlternative Provision Settings6. What steps her Department is taking to help improve outcomes in alternative provision settings. [R]16 Jan 2023HANSARDAlternative Provision SettingsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer. Many of the children I have met in the youth justice system have been excluded from mainstream schools and instead sent to…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. This morning, Buckinghamshire youth offending service received a rating of good following an inspection by HM inspectorate of probation. The inspectors say leadership is…10 Jan 2023