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HANSARDBorders and AsylumReform announced in the summer that it would house all asylum seekers on former RAF bases. In my constituency, RAF Linton-on-Ouse was ruled out, on the grounds that its location…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTaxesMy hon. Friend sums things up perfectly. What terrifies me is that the Government do not seem to be taking any notice of that. When they talk about bringing in more taxes, such as…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am sure it has just slipped the hon. Gentleman’s mind that people have the ability to do that. Famously, when Stanley Baldwin was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, he…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy hon. Friend makes a very powerful point. I am just wrapping up, but I will tell you this, Mr Deputy Speaker: I am a comprehensive schoolboy, and I am not going to take any…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesThe motion is simply asking the Government to commit to what they put in their manifesto. It seems that we are hearing every sort of speech other than speeches that address that…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesDoes my right hon. Friend find it extraordinary that when the Government came into office they made a big play of putting the OBR on a pedestal, but because they did not like the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesSince April, eight companies have personally approached me to tell me that they have either laid people off or have had to close their businesses after decades of trading because…07 Jul 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI welcome a lot of what the Home Secretary has said today; she keeps referring to institutional failures. In Bradford in 2020, a little girl, Star Hobson, was murdered by her…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Iran-Israel ConflictThe reality is that there is a long history of diplomacy being used as a cover to reach the ultimate aims of what countries want to do—for example Russia signing the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDChinese Embassy DevelopmentDoes the Minister believe that China will always try to exploit and infiltrate data communication in this country?09 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. To expand on his comment about supermarkets, in Wetherby in my constituency, Morrisons has the only cashpoints…05 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI am most grateful to the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for bringing this debate on banking before the House. I think bank closures affect every single…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsI congratulate the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) not just on securing this debate, but on giving it such a wide-ranging and thoroughly comprehensive introduction. I am sure…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsDoes my hon. Friend agree that one of the issues is that there is no statutory requirement on prevention methods that may stop us from getting to that disastrous situation in the…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsThere is a phenomenon called dendrite, which is a form of crystallisation—especially from lithium—with a tree-like structure. We do not fully understand where it comes from. Does…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsWhen the Government do the research on mitigation that the Minister talks about, I gently suggest that they lay down in statute the minimum mitigation facilities that will be…05 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareIt is a genuine pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr Brash), who has hit the nail on the head when it comes to how terrible this disease is. Forty years ago this…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI am most grateful to my hon. Friend, who does indeed make an important comment. My constituency of Wetherby and Easingwold has an older demographic, and that will become more…03 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewI welcome the defence review—it sets a direction and there is much in it—but I do not agree with paragraph 20 on page 68: “Defence should only run training and education itself…02 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentThe review has identified a gap in our capability to have tactical nuclear weapons in place, and that gap will have been noted elsewhere, among our adversaries. Will the Minister…02 Jun 2025