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HANSARD Social Housing and Building SafetyAs others have reminded us, next week will mark five years since the Grenfell fire which claimed 72 lives. I want to add to the tributes to the residents and campaigners for the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesI welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s mention of the Tideway tunnel. It is an enormously expensive project and collects a lot of the sewage from London, but not from any sewage…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesI thank the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, the right hon. Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne), for his report and for his speech. It is a pleasure to follow the hon.…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesThe hon. Gentleman has made an important point. I shall say more about resident engagement shortly. To be fair to Thames Water, it has made efforts to deal with the smell and the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesThe hon. Member is right, and I should have included the Environment Agency in the list of regulators in my speech. As I was saying, the role of regulation is too often downplayed…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesI thank the Minister for referring to the Act, but for the purposes of Hansard and the debate, can she say exactly where the stormwater will go if it does not go into the sewage…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesThe Minister is right about the scourge of wet wipes: they are plastic and they cause damage to ecosystems in our rivers and seas. Thames Water tells me that one of the costs to…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Secretary of State rightly references the important role of local people in new developments, but the Osterley and Wyke Green Residents’ Association and Brentford Voice have…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFootball Index CollapseIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Ghani. I also want to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) for bringing this debate and to acknowledge the…07 Jun 2022HANSARDFootball Index CollapseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will come to that point. As I say, there were various stages. The Gambling Commission took over a year to withdraw the licence and…07 Jun 2022HANSARDHousehold Support Fund AllocationThe Government were able to switch on, and then switch off, the £20 universal credit uplift quite easily and efficiently. What conversations did the Minister have with Treasury…06 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. My constituent is a paramedic and was on the frontline throughout the pandemic. He told me how much he was struggling with the cost of living crisis and how he feels cheated…06 Jun 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions3. What steps she is taking to increase the number of prosecutions relating to violence against women and girls.26 May 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateBy doubling onshore wind capacity, £6 billion could be saved on household bills. It would also reduce our dependence on imported energy, contribute to our net zero targets and…26 May 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: ProsecutionsThe Attorney General rightly talked about a whole-system approach, but over the past year I have seen an increasing number of extremely concerning cases involving domestic…26 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI thank the Secretary of State for what he is saying, but will the Bill address the injustice that Muslim students face? At the moment, they cannot access student loans. Suitable…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Gary Sambrook), and it was interesting, too, because that Bournville retirement village would not have been…16 May 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate, and it is an honour to follow the contributions of so many right hon. and hon. Members. I want to start by quoting the…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Airport Passport Control Delaysindicated dissent .25 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Airport Passport Control DelaysPassport delays are affecting our constituents’ ability to take holidays and take up jobs abroad. There are ever-lengthening queues at passport control, and generous constituents…25 Apr 2022