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HANSARD Standards in Public LifeA Government in thrall to men and corporations drunk on power is the rot at the centre of the Mandelson scandal. When people operate in the shadows, they think they can act with…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Despite all that President Trump is doing to wreck global stability, our Government still spend billions a year on digital technology contracts, including with US tech giants.…04 Feb 2026HANSARDProtest-related Offences: Remand11. If he will take steps to reduce the length of time people are held on remand for protest-related offences.03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI thank the hon. Member for pointing out yet again that some of us in this House voted to move on this issue many, many months ago, and it is about time that the Government caught…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillThe Government have drawn this Bill too narrowly. It will, as Members have mentioned several times, leave at least 150,000 children in larger families with no extra help at all.…03 Feb 2026HANSARDProtest-related Offences: RemandI am disappointed that the Minister has not acknowledged the real harm and suffering that is going on, which is an obvious consequence of the escalation by Ministers of the number…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillThe Government narrowed the scope of the last benefits Bill, and it could widen this Bill to take in the wider benefit cap, too. The Chancellor who could find the money for that…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperWill the Home Secretary give us some clarity on the bespoke legal framework on police AI, please? Will its scope be commendably narrow, getting police use of facial recognition…26 Jan 2026HANSARD High Street Gambling ReformI give huge thanks to the hon. Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) for proposing the motion. I was pleased to support the application for the debate. We have just heard an…08 Jan 2026HANSARDJury TrialsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I am also grateful for the motion and for the opportunity to object, cross-party, to the restrictions on our important rights…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Railways BillThe Green party welcomes the Bill. It is right in principle to end the failed, long experiment in surrendering public services to the private market. We are pleased to see an…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillTo the credit of those on the Conservative Front Bench, one line in the reasoned amendment mentions the need for a duty to grow passenger numbers. A number of hon. Members across…09 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDPeople might have heard the Government claiming that other countries have had digital ID for many years and then heard about the security flaws in the Estonian system or the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI cannot. This is the expensive leopards-eating-faces party of policies. It must be stopped. It is too risky to go ahead with. The Government need to answer so many questions to…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDThank you for your excellent chairing, Sir Edward. I hope the Government have been given serious pause by the 2.9 million signatures on this petition, over 5,000 of which were…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, it is the 14th birthday of Khaled, the son of the British-Egyptian former political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah. Khaled will not see his father in person as Alaa was…04 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI appreciate the focus on victims, but has the Secretary of State considered the risks of removing juries when charges involve state or corporate victims if we are to preserve…02 Dec 2025HANSARDSolar Power: Churches10. To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to install solar power for churches.27 Nov 2025HANSARDSolar Power: ChurchesBrighton and Hove has excellent energy co-ops and many church roofs, so what is the Church doing to bring together clergy, congregations and co-ops to make more solar projects…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Right to Trial by JuryWith the Government’s attitude to migrants now expanding the political space for the racist far right, is the Minister not concerned that building a toolkit for authoritarians out…27 Nov 2025