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HANSARDNHS AccountabilityThe Secretary of State knows of my concern about the lack of accountability to bereaved parents, because trust lawyers advise trusts to ignore their duty of candour when there is…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI will speak to two amendments, but first, I pay tribute to the Hillsborough families, and to two people in particular, with whom I have dealt personally. The first is Margaret…14 Jul 2026HANSARD Patient Safety ReviewMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. Does he agree that one of the common themes in all the maternity scandals that we have been discussing in recent weeks, sadly, has been…06 Jul 2026HANSARD National Maternity and Neonatal InvestigationI strongly agree with the comments of the former Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), about the need for getting the culture right with…30 Jun 2026HANSARDNottingham Maternity and Neonatal ServicesIt is a matter of profound shame for all of us in the House that in a society that we call compassionate, a baby’s body could be disposed of as clinical waste. I add my thanks to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Media DisinformationIn 2017 there was appalling ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, and Facebook was used to recruit civilian death squads. Atrocities continue to this day. The UK holds the pen on Myanmar…16 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI recognise that the Minister has a difficult job to do in answering today, but has he not noticed that even though Labour has three times more MPs, there are nearly twice as many…15 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for human rights in Myanmar. I have not spoken under your chairmanship before, Mr Twigg—it is an honour to do so.…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsThe hon. Gentleman has pre-empted what I was going to say, but I absolutely agree that we have to go further. In terms of the current situation, in nine days’ time, Aung San Suu…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsThe hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and I have campaigned for many years on freedom of religion and belief, and I agree that what is happening to Christians in Myanmar is…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Myanmar: Human RightsI will respond to that as soon as I have taken the final intervention that I am going to take.10 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesIs not the root problem a profound failure of regulation over the last 25 years, for which Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems all bear responsibility? We have regulated…08 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity Infrastructure Levy: HomeownersI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of the Community Infrastructure Levy on private homeowners. Thank you, Mr Turner, for presiding over this debate on an…29 Apr 2026HANSARDCommunity Infrastructure Levy: HomeownersI thank the hon. Member; he always makes very thoughtful contributions. He makes two very important points. The first is that we do need developers to contribute towards…29 Apr 2026HANSARDCommunity Infrastructure Levy: HomeownersThe hon. Member is absolutely right, and he is foreshadowing what I will propose as one of the solutions to this issue: that homeowners should be excluded from the potential ambit…29 Apr 2026HANSARDCommunity Infrastructure Levy: HomeownersI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend, who has much more experience of the housing sector than I do. He will know that countries like France—not very far away—that have…29 Apr 2026HANSARDCommunity Infrastructure Levy: HomeownersThat is quite an unusual thing to be told by the Chair, Mr Turner. I thank you for chairing this important debate and I thank all hon. Members present for some excellent…29 Apr 2026HANSARDCommunity Infrastructure Levy: HomeownersI absolutely accept that. Again, in that spirit of being non-tribal, the hon. Gentleman will know the number of times that his party and other parties have talked about the 14…29 Apr 2026HANSARDConflict in the Middle East: Cost of LivingGiven that national debt is around 95% of GDP and debt interest costs are nearly 4% of GDP, does the Chancellor agree that it would be irresponsible to fund any cost of living…28 Apr 2026HANSARDMaternity CareThe Secretary of State and I are equally frustrated that more progress has not been made despite numerous inquiries dating right the way back to the Morecambe Bay inquiry in 2014,…14 Apr 2026