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HANSARDExtremism ReviewIn Keighley, we have seen how labelling legitimate concerns around grooming gangs as far-right has distorted conversations, silenced victims and inadvertently given space to bad…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Caerfyrddin (Ann Davies) for securing this incredibly important debate. Here we are yet…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefAnd supermarkets. The Minister and Government are, dare I say it, alone on this point. Secondly, as he did not allow my intervention earlier, will the Minister confirm why the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefWill the Minister confirm when he and the Government will start listening to the points being made by everybody outside this place—different stakeholders, banks, accountants—28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefYou are not listening to the question.28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefWill the Minister give way?28 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseDespite stating in 2021 that it was in “strong financial health”, Labour-controlled Bradford council now wants to put up council tax for my constituents by a whopping 15%. This is…23 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewAiredale hospital has some of the worst RAAC of all the hospitals on the new hospital programme. All the surveys have said that given the risk profile associated with RAAC, parts…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseThe House will be well aware that I have been consistently campaigning for a rape gangs inquiry into child sexual expectation across Keighley and the wider Bradford district for…16 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityI come back to the point that monitoring is incredibly important. This is why we brought out a requirement for all water companies to specifically carry out more monitoring:…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Monmouthshire (Catherine Fookes) on securing this really important debate. Improving…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityWe all have to acknowledge that water companies have not been meeting their environmental obligations for far too long. That is why we implemented the monitoring.…15 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership campaign group has long been advocating, as have I, for a new rail link between Skipton and Colne, because it will bring…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseA constituent of mine, Maria Culley, has long been campaigning for a comprehensive regulatory framework for nannies, such as mandatory background checks, standardised training,…09 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillNobody has, and that is exactly why I have been advocating for a local inquiry across the Bradford district—for far too long. A report of 50 pages that looked at five children who…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillHaving consistently advocated for victims of the rape gangs scandal in my part of West Yorkshire—I have raised the subject more than 40 times in this place since being elected—I…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the Minister give way?08 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. The Minister made reference to the fact that this delegated legislation follows on from the work of the previous…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseRape gangs and the grooming of children has haunted Keighley and the wider Bradford district for decades, yet local leaders have consistently refused to launch an inquiry. The…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPollution of WaterwaysThank you, Mr Speaker. I take this opportunity to wish you and all in the House a very merry Christmas. Many customers are rightly concerned about Thames Water and the situation…19 Dec 2024