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HANSARD Net Migration FiguresThe Minister will know that some of us have been banging on about this ever since he took office, saying that we should increase the level of work visas to average UK earnings. We…28 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsIf we were to insist on work visas being given only to people who are on average UK earnings, would that not create a virtuous circle by which only skilled people came here, and…27 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Minister confirm that the Ministry would never put serving personnel at risk by putting an open camp for illegal migrants in a serving base, and therefore any undertaking…20 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpPardon me for having an unfashionable Thatcherite point of view, but much better than Government, taxpayer-funded levelling up is private sector levelling up. Although I thank the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationHow long will the Rwanda treaty take to get through? How long will it take to have the court case and the judgment, and have the whole thing crawled over again by human rights…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the FutureI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Steve Tuckwell) on a superb election victory and on a great speech from a real local champion. That result…13 Nov 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the FutureI have made a personal contribution by having six children. They are all now in their 20s and 30s, and they are finding it unbelievably difficult to get on the housing ladder. The…13 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelMany of my constituents work at Scunthorpe, and we are all obviously deeply concerned about them, but the whole House must be concerned about the Minister’s statements in terms of…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingMy right hon. Friend mentions history, but we believe we have had racing since 1800 in Market Rasen, in my constituency. It depends crucially on betting. Lincolnshire people are…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI have no financial interest in the Bill. I am not a landlord, have never been one, and have no desire to be one. It sounds like a very stressful job. However, I do declare a…23 Oct 2023HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) BillThis is no defence. We deal with the actual law here; we do not deal with what might or might not happen. Under the law, an 80-year-old pensioner living on a tiny state pension…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillIt is just amazing how we walked into this disaster: how no one questioned why HS2 was so ludicrously over-engineered, with the trains running far faster than they do on the…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillI will not go further into former grief. We are simply saying that, when it comes to housing illegal migrants, it should be done on the basis of, for instance, value for money. We…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillWe all know how a Chamber is so important. We saw that through the extraordinarily anaemic debates we had during the whole covid period, when there was, frankly, an appalling lack…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillAbove all, there has been no impact assessment for the poor people living north of Birmingham who live on the line, whose farms have been taken and who have perhaps been forced to…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillI welcome this Bill. In the light of recent experience, it seems to be an excellent idea. It gives Parliament more power to scrutinise what is going on. A Conservative Government…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillI am rather confused by my hon. Friend’s speech. Normally, he is a sunny chap who looks on the positive side of life, but from what he is saying, it does not matter whether or not…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillAs a former Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, what I hate so much in politics is that people are so casual with the expenditure of taxpayers’ money. I loathe that…20 Oct 2023HANSARDRegulatory Impact Assessments BillI am not going to go on and on about this, but I will give way to my hon. Friend if he wishes.20 Oct 2023HANSARD Net Zero by 2050Given that our total emissions are less than the increment in Chinese emissions every year, my right hon. Friend is right to be pragmatic about this. At present there are planning…16 Oct 2023