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HANSARDDraft Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but I am speaking about the specifics of architects and the numbers of architects. I will come on to the international picture for…07 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech and she has spoken with incredible experience and heart on this subject throughout the last few years. Does she agree it is particularly…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend is making excellent points. That is the human impact of the lack of regulation and enforcement on rogue providers that are making millions out of very vulnerable…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. The pilot work that the hon. Member for Harrow East just spoke about is fantastic. We will take whatever we can from that and learn, but…29 Nov 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderDo you want to tell me to sit down out there?28 Nov 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I totally respect and fully take on board the advice from Mr Speaker’s office for conduct in this Chamber, but outside this…28 Nov 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderI would be grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your advice on how Members like me should respond when the hon. Member for Sedgefield (Paul Howell) tells me to “shut up” in this…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLuton Train Station RedevelopmentI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend, who is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that the point about a modern station and the need to thrive applies also to Leagrave…28 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThe hon. Member is making an incredibly powerful speech, and a powerful case on the big five. As we have heard, the Bill is so important, but does he agree that it is perhaps time…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: PPE ProcurementWe have all seen the shameful Guardian front page this morning, but the front page that sticks in my mind is the one showing nurses in bin bags—not PPE on the frontline, but bin…24 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryBefore the Chancellor’s statement, the Conservative leaders of Kent County Council and Hampshire County Council wrote to the Prime Minister warning of their likely bankruptcy.…21 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI will not, because that would be a conversation, not an intervention. To bring this back to the motion, for too many people, the dream of home ownership is now a never-ending…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsIt is good to hear that the hon. Member is so concerned about people who crash the economy. I wonder whether he thinks his constituents would accept that the people who crashed…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am proud to respond to the debate on behalf of Labour. Despite what Government Members may say, this is an important debate. Why? Because it…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThat perfectly highlights the problem here. We may have had a change at the top, but we have not had a change of the people making the decisions. Ultimately, there was a problem…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWe can argue statistics all we like, but on home ownership, people know what is happening to them right now and the reality that they face outside this Chamber. On average under a…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. What is also shocking is that they could not turn up today to say sorry, apologise, and face up and take responsibility for the damage they…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe Minister has laid out the legalities behind severance pay for Ministers, but—we on the Labour Benches have already asked this question several times—does he feel that it is…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsAbsolutely. My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Yes, everybody makes mistakes, but this mistake is a £30 billion mistake that the British people are going to have to pay for…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. What is shocking is that, time and again, we have heard warm words from Ministers at the Dispatch Box, but there has been absolutely no…15 Nov 2022