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HANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026I am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words. Can we first admit that the Government’s policy of building all these houses is not going terribly well, and that it is not a…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026I think I am within the scope of the regulations, Ms Jardine, because the amendments relate to the use of the term “strategy” in the primary legislation. I do not think I am out…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026I am making a speech, which I am entitled to do. In the case I mentioned, where there is supposedly a strategy, we seem to be planning to build a garden community without the…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026Will the Minister give way?17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026rose—17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026It is about the draft regulations, because they include the word “strategy”. The Minister cannot escape the consequences of that. The report to which I referred was a Liaison…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026It is a whole of Government report.17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDefence Investment PlanDoes the Minister realise how utterly discredited the Government now look? We all understand that a majority of Members of this House want the Government to take the necessary…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I add my voice to the tributes to Sir Alex Younger, who died so young and is such a great loss to the nation. What consideration are the Government giving to…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Russian Attacks on Civilian InfrastructureIs it not clear that this escalation is a portent of what Russia intends to do as it begins to lose this war? Only a few months ago there was a general view that Russia was…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI very much welcome the idealistic vision that the hon. Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) sets out for us, but I am afraid that it is far from what is in this Bill. Like my hon.…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the HSSIB question. The Dash review accused HSSIB of exceeding its remit. That is completely wrong in law, and it was always…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am most grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, and I congratulate him on his appointment. He has inherited this policy—it is not his own. I assure him that the…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillClause 59 states: “The Health Services Safety Investigations Body is abolished.” It is going to be abolished.01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillWell, no, and the abolition of HSSIB is an example of that. It was the one organisation that could independently hold any part of the system to account. If its functions are…01 Jun 2026HANSARDUK-EU RelationsIs the House right to understand that the Government believe that the economy has grown significantly less—measurably less—as a result of leaving the EU, and that this is one of…23 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentWill the hon. Member give way?21 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentI am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman, whom I know as a friend across the House, as we have worked together positively on many things. I served on the Privileges Committee that…21 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingMay I just point out that the developed vetting process has always been highly protected because otherwise it would not work? People would not give information to the developed…20 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastWill the Prime Minister remind some of his colleagues that the United States is a democracy and an ally, and Iran is an odious regime that could have ended the war this weekend…13 Apr 2026