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HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI think the British public have had enough of Labour blaming the Tories and the Tories blaming Labour. Meanwhile, this national emergency continues to get worse. Does the Minister…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationI thank the hon. Member for her intervention. I am not going to go into detail; it is all in this policy document. I will give her one to take away. Specialist detention…13 Jul 2026HANSARDIllegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and DeportationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. First, I want to thank the 720,772 British men and women who signed our petition demanding the mass deportation of…13 Jul 2026HANSARDChild Sexual Offender DataIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I thank the 260,974 British men and women who signed the petition to make this debate possible, and I welcome the…01 Jun 2026HANSARDChild Sexual Offender Datarose—01 Jun 2026HANSARDChild Sexual Offender DataThe hon. Member has made a very good point. We have been in touch with the Government and Baroness Longfield and have said that we will help them, but so far nobody has actually…01 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Women all over Britain, including in my constituency of Great Yarmouth, primarily on King Street, feel intimidated, harassed and abused in their town centres.…29 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. A staggering £10.1 billion of the £61.2 billion spent on universal credit in 2024 was gifted to foreign nationals. Does the Minister agree that the solution is really quite…27 Apr 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I should start by saying that I am a shooter and a fisherman, as the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingOf course some incidents have happened, but then incidents have happened with baseball bats and with other instruments that have not been banned and will not be banned. The hon.…23 Feb 2026HANSARDCourt Reporting DataThe Minister will be aware that we have privately crowdfunded a rape gang inquiry, which is ongoing. During the course of the inquiry, we have uncovered vast evil that is…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCourt Reporting DataWill the Minister give me a copper-bottomed guarantee that the transcripts of previous court cases will not be destroyed?10 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Secretary of State knows, our independent rape gang inquiry hearings are ongoing just a short walk from this Chamber. Last week I sat opposite one woman who was raped by…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeMany of us, including myself, spoke in this House against the ill-judged appointment of Peter Mandelson, which flew in the face of logic, given his poor relationship with the US…09 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI very much enjoyed the history lesson about a man who has a history of misfeasance in public office. I have spoken in this House about my surprise at his appointment as…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonFurther to that point of order, Madam Speaker. I have declared these payments in the register, and I apologise if I should have declared them to the House. They are public, they…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will not challenge you to a corridor race today, Mr Speaker, but good luck with your leg. I wrote to the Chancellor on 8 January, with the support of 7,000 small businesses from…27 Jan 2026HANSARDJury TrialsThere was no mention of reforming the jury trial system in the Labour manifesto. Given that this is a fundamental, very serious change to the operation of our legal system, which…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesWill the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?07 Jan 2026