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HANSARDFuel DutyMy right hon. Friend is right. It is important to relitigate this point: we froze fuel duty not merely because we could but because there was a reason so to do. It is why—I say…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThere are a huge number of families up and down the country who manage their household budgets incredibly tightly. They will be thinking about whether they can afford a holiday…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyWe see you as responsible for everything, Mr Speaker! The Minister was clearly right to point out the inflationary cost pressures as a result of the Iranian situation. He might be…18 Mar 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentIt frankly beggars belief that the Secretary of State does not understand the impact that the Government’s policies on business, tax and regulation have had on the confidence of…17 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastIn June last year, Mr Trump told the world that the Iranian nuclear sites had been “completely destroyed”, but the last few weeks prove that he did not believe that to be true.…17 Mar 2026HANSARDHeating Oil SupportOn behalf of the low-income families of North Dorset, I very much welcome the Minister’s statement, but what help can he give to those who are not classified as low income but who…16 Mar 2026HANSARD Protest PolicingThe Home Secretary may know that I and other Opposition Members have signed at least two letters to the Prime Minister in recent months calling for recognition of the state of…11 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address MotionI acknowledge what the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister said with regards to my role as Chair of the Committee looking at documents pro tem on behalf of the House. As he…11 Mar 2026HANSARDRoyal Mail: Universal Service ObligationThe postal delivery landscape is a fast-moving one, as the Minister will recognise. That is evidenced by the fact that Denmark very recently ended its postal service…11 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyThe Minister and the Government are to be commended for trying to wrestle with this issue, and where there can be cross-party consensus, let us build on and foster it. Lots of…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Funeral Directors: RegulationThe Minister will know that this is the second Adjournment debate on this issue that he has had to respond to in these last several months. Given the fact that most practitioners…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateAs heating oil and petrol prices go up in rural North Dorset, my constituents are hearing the Chancellor echo one of her predecessors in effectively saying, “Crisis? What crisis?”…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Funeral Directors: RegulationIs the Minister, and other Ministers who are involved in this area, fully seized of the fact that this is a very unusual situation, in that the professional bodies and the lion’s…09 Mar 2026HANSARDFamily FarmsWill the Minister, in listening mode, listen to Welsh sheep farmers who are desperately concerned about being able to access Australian and New Zealand sheep shearers this year,…04 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastA militarily degraded Iran would be welcomed by both the region and the world, but an Iran that still possesses enriched uranium and has the potential to become a failed state is…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeCan I ask the Chief Secretary the following points? He said in answer to an earlier question that the documentation would be released in compliance with the Metropolitan police.…09 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Matt Bishop). I will return in a moment to a point that he was just making. I have the great privilege of being the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonThank you, Mr Speaker. My hospital pass has just gone through the shredder. Let me say to the hon. Gentleman, in all candour: yes. The likelihood of Mr Windsor ever putting a…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonI think, Mr Speaker, that we usually prefer for matters relating to those sorts of things not to be dealt with on the Floor of the House.04 Feb 2026