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HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)On the suggestion made by the hon. Member for Bristol Central, the civil penalty income is imposed by a public body as a punishment for breaking the law. There is a point of…31 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for delivering this Budget, which shows the difference that a Labour Government make. It shows a Government who are willing to invest…30 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsI am very grateful to several Conservative Members for admitting to quite a lot of the mistakes that they made in government. People in my constituency are still paying the price,…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. There are over 50 pubs and breweries in my constituency, supporting more than 1,500 jobs and contributing millions of pounds to our economy. Whether it is the Mulberry Tree…29 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (First sitting)Q I have a couple of things to ask. First, I would like to hear your views on the arguments that the first panel of witnesses made that assured shorthold tenancy abolitions would…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q It was about the point that quite a lot of students drop out of university, so there is an issue, on the flipside of some of the points you made before, about those students…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Picking up on the point you made about illegal evictions, is there anything we can do with the landlord database to help with that and some of the other issues you raise? Anny…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I wanted to pick up on a couple of points from your written evidence on joint tenancies. Under the new Bill, if one student leaves, you have the problem where the whole tenancy…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillAffordability is a huge issue for private renters. As a nation, we spend more on rent as a proportion of our income than most of Europe. World Health Organisation guidelines state…09 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I am about to mention a charity in my own constituency that is doing amazing work in this space and encountering some difficulties. We need…08 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure, Sir Mark, to have you in the Chair today. Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities make up well over one in 10 of all pupils, and that number is…08 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandIs the shadow Minister suggesting that it is fair that parents who have children with special educational needs or a disability should have to send their children to a private…08 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionDoes my hon. Friend agree that one of the very serious consequences of the issues he is outlining is the problem of non-elective home education, where parents feel forced to take…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHealthcare Provision: East of EnglandI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) for securing this important debate. Following the election, some of the earliest emails I received were from NHS…03 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank the Chancellor for her honesty on the incredibly serious situation that she has just outlined. Does she agree that the above-inflation pay deals agreed by this Government…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to make my first speech in this place today and in a debate on education, a subject that is very important to me. As this…24 Jul 2024