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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayThe hon. Lady makes her point eloquently, and of course I agree entirely. Some of us here have been on the receiving end of antisemitism—I know the right hon. Member for Barking…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI will, and I thought the images of those survivors and their families with the Prince of Wales—just yesterday, I believe—seeing the unveiling of their portraits at the Royal…27 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineThe UK is proving to be the pre-eminent European nation in the support and defence of Ukraine, so I thank my right hon. Friend for his leadership on that. Nobody could doubt our…25 Jan 2022HANSARD A1: Peterborough to BlythIt is my pleasure to support my hon. Friends the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) and the Member for Grantham and Stamford (Gareth Davies) in today’s debate. I first…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI welcome these further measures to provide critical support to leaseholders and to restore a greater degree of confidence to the housing market. In particular, may I welcome the…10 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI, too, thank my hon. Friend for her excellent work on the scheme thus far. As was implied by the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaI thank my right hon. Friend for a strong and clear statement. I agree with her that we should not accept the suggestion that NATO is, in any sense, anything other than a…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I welcome the Bill and I am pleased to make a few brief comments. Like my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland), I was involved in its…05 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Prime Minister, whose judgment was proven to be absolutely correct over the holidays. As a parent, I know that although the wearing of masks at school may seem a small…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his remarks. He has just said that the Government will legislate as possible; this is the opportunity to legislate. Of course, there might be a…05 Jan 2022HANSARDUkrainePresident Putin is clearly testing us. If there is a strong enough reaction, he may back off this time, but the softer our response, the more likely he is to go. That makes this…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Adult Social CareDoes the Minister acknowledge that one of the flaws with the increase in national insurance is that only 15% of the additional revenue will flow through to local authorities to…01 Dec 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]It would not be for me to revisit that even if we wanted to. The purpose of that legislation, which was supported by many Members, was to deliver more homes—particularly on…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I will make progress, if my right hon. Friend does not mind. The Bill was born out of two issues. One is a recent phenomenon, which the Front Benchers and other hon. Members have…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; I do not disagree in any way. The north-west was particularly targeted, for reasons that I do not understand, with tens of thousands…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I think it should be kept under review, like any permitted development. As we have seen with past examples, there are always cases at the edges that concern us, and there are…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]Yet it is done in every other country in the world—is that not the point? I share my hon. Friend’s reservations yet every other country in the world with equally complex cinemas…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend gets to the nub of the issue. The debate, exactly as he says, was whether it would be better for a retired person looking to move into such a community to pay…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]It will come as no surprise to right hon. and hon. Members to hear that I strongly support the Bill. It would be surprising if I did not, as I was one of the Ministers who…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I will, but I appreciate that many other hon. Members want to speak.29 Nov 2021