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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the Secretary of State is not going to visit Farnham, can I tempt him to visit Fountain Beauty Therapy in Hurtmore, a much-loved business in my constituency? The owner, Clare…01 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister can see that the whole House has filled up out of concern at the atrocious mobile phone signal in Godalming and Cranleigh high streets and in Bramley, Shamley Green…26 Mar 2025HANSARDSewage Discharge Reduction: Water Company Investment2. What recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on encouraging water companies to increase investment in sewage discharge reduction measures.20 Mar 2025HANSARDSewage Discharge Reduction: Water Company InvestmentI wish you a happy World Sparrow Day, Madam Deputy Speaker. In Bramley in my constituency in 2023, sewage was spilled into the local river for 59 hours. In Godalming, the figure…20 Mar 2025HANSARD NHS England UpdateMay I commend the boldness of today’s announcement? If the NHS is to be turned around, it will need radical reforms. If the result of today is to replace bureaucratic…13 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI also strongly support the Prime Minister’s considered approach to dealing with a powerful US President with whom he might not always agree, but with whom we can and must work…03 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsDoes the Prime Minister agree that our biggest single foreign policy priority is the preservation of NATO with America at its heart? If so, following his welcome announcement…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMaternity ServicesI congratulate the hon. Lady on bringing forward this debate and the excellent and persuasive way that she is making her case. On burnout, does she agree that one of the biggest…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraineI thank the Foreign Secretary for the robust and bipartisan approach he is taking to this crisis. In that spirit, may I say to him that if the Government came forward with plans…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesIs the Minister aware of the brilliant work done by Mersey Care NHS foundation trust in reducing in-patient mental health suicides to zero, which is an extraordinary achievement.…11 Feb 2025HANSARDDefence SpendingWhen the UK persuaded NATO to spend 2% of GDP on defence in 2014, just two other countries did so; now, 23 countries do. Does the Secretary of State agree that it is time once…10 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that the Office for Budget Responsibility refused to endorse the £22 billion black hole figure—in fact, it refused to say that there was any black hole at all—will the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDDigital Connectivity: Rural AreasCan I add to the Minister’s list of beautiful villages to visit the wonderful villages of Cranleigh, Shamley Green, Peaslake, Gomshall and Bramley? They are all having big…20 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Health and Social Care ReformI welcome the Secretary of State’s plans to reform the NHS, but may I caution against the idea that the answer is to fire more incompetent managers? The problem is not bad…19 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)It is a pleasure to open this day of the Budget debate with you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, for what will be my last contribution as shadow Chancellor. I am aware that may…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)The hon. Member shakes his head, but yesterday the Chancellor said that she was going to roll that out to the whole of the public sector. I think that it is possible to do so; my…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I thank my hon. Friend—I say “my hon. Friend” because he is a great friend to us—for what he has said and I could not agree with him more. When we talk about stability, anybody…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, but there was an even more basic difference between our Budget earlier this year and this one: as a result of measures in our Budget,…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I always listen to the IFS, and indeed to the Resolution Foundation, very carefully. I think that the IFS was right— [ Interruption. ] Let me answer the point, if I may. The IFS…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)Let me tell the hon. Gentleman exactly what happened to business investment under the last Government. Since 2010, we attracted more foreign greenfield direct investment than not…31 Oct 2024