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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his promoted position. If he is asking the House to thank him for negotiating what we already have, I think our thanks will be a long time in…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the Minister give way?09 Sept 2025HANSARDDorset Coast: PollutionWe in North Dorset would love to be talking about ministerial visits from the DEFRA team, but, despite an invitation to the Farming Minister, none have crossed the border to…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) mentioned the very long period of time that his party has been anxious for and agitating about reform of the House of Lords. Is the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD PrivilegeI beg to move, That— (1) There be laid before this House the reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration proposed to be laid under section 10(3) of the…04 Sept 2025HANSARD PrivilegeI agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman. If this place is not a champion of justice and its pursuit as a high court of Parliament, what is it?14 Jul 2025HANSARD PrivilegeI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I endorse it entirely. My hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) and his…14 Jul 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillSurely the fact that a remedy is not available to all does not mean that it is not a remedy. If we wish to argue for the two-tier approach, we can think of instances in which…14 Jul 2025HANSARD PrivilegeI beg to move, That (1) the transcript of unreported oral evidence taken from Mr Baxter by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in private session on 11 November 2009 be…14 Jul 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillAs my right hon. Friend knows, I have a huge amount of respect and affection for him, and he is right to refer to the inalienable rights that a British citizen has in terms of…14 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureAs a sponsor of the Climate and Nature Bill, I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement this afternoon. He is right to highlight that this is a national crisis, and many of us…14 Jul 2025HANSARDDeprived Areas: FundingIt is often harder to see because it is more sparsely spread across larger rural areas, but I remind the Minister of what I know he knows: deprivation exists in our rural areas.…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Member makes an incredibly powerful and telling point about the disincentive of trying to get into work for people who have a varying and fluctuating condition, such as…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWith the greatest respect, the hon. Lady is putting the cart before the horse, as are the Government. You do your review first, you find out what it says, and you tailor your…09 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe House knows that not only is the Minister an honourable man, but he has spent the largest proportion of his parliamentary career looking at these issues. He must surely…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a most correct and powerful point, which is that this is not the best way of making law and it is hugely disrespectful to Members on all sides of the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillGiven the rather botched way in which the Government have dealt with this issue and the U-turn that is proving to be unsatisfactory, and given the scale of the changes that need…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionGiven that a female officer commands Blandford Camp, I totally echo the comments made by the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Louise Jones). There will be a lot of concern…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. What level of concern does it give her that, between Second Reading and today, a growing canon of professionals and their…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the right hon. Lady find it rather peculiar that the previous Parliament spent 746 hours discussing the death of a fox and about 98 hours discussing the death of fellow…20 Jun 2025