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HANSARDAcquired Brain Injury Action PlanFollowing representations from myself and others, the Minister, who has responsibility for public health and prevention, kindly responded to say that the Government will publish…04 Dec 2025HANSARDAcquired Brain Injury Action PlanI was hoping it might. Lateral policymaking is not easy in Government, because of the way Government works and ministerial responsibilities are exercised. It is a challenge,…04 Dec 2025HANSARDAcquired Brain Injury Action PlanI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential merits of a comprehensive acquired brain injury action plan. Dickens wrote, “Reflect upon your present blessings—of…04 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the Leader of the House will know, I have long championed a cause supported by other Members of this House, notably the hon. Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey): nuclear…04 Dec 2025HANSARDAcquired Brain Injury Action PlanI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s contribution. He makes a valuable point and an interesting suggestion that I will reflect on. He is certainly right that more can be done to…04 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThe demeanour of a good Chancellor should be somewhere between an undertaker and an oncologist—a reassuring presence and no words wasted—not a party entertainer trialling a few…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI endorse the point about automatic cars and Motability, and the very important point about banking hubs and the extension. Does my right hon. Friend recognise that when we add…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsFood production in this country is critical to my constituency, my hon. Friend’s and others’, yet public procurement still does not prioritise British goods. Might he invite the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI support the minimum wage. It is important that working people, particularly less well-off working people, are adequately rewarded. Does my hon. Friend agree that the real impact…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI notice that the Minister is wearing a William Morris—or William Morris-esque—tie, and what Morris understood was the importance of craft and skills. The Government addressed…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy right hon. Friend did a service to the House a week or two ago when he drew what he is describing now to the attention of this Chamber. He told the Government that these leaks…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am very interested in that part of the Budget and I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for setting it out in more detail. One part of the youth guarantee is the boost for…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsG. K. Chesterton said: “It is human to err; and the only final and deadly error, among all our errors, is denying that we have ever erred.” Yesterday’s Budget brought into stark…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend makes a valuable point. Both Governments and these big corporates welcome a regulatory system that disadvantages small and innovative companies. Big organisations…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseBudgets are often about what is not in them, as well as what is; no doubt we will debate that later. A glaring omission from this Budget was a settlement for the women of the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseThis is a welcome statement from the Security Minister, whom I hold in high regard, as does the House. He will be familiar with the report on China produced by the ISC—of which I…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillThe truth is, the Secretary of State has said there is no equivalence between those who fought us and those who defended us, but his Bill says the very opposite. Every…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Carbon Budget Delivery PlanWell done for keeping to time. I am calling the Front Benchers at 5.28 pm. I call Jim Shannon—you have a minute and a half.12 Nov 2025HANSARD Carbon Budget Delivery PlanOrder. Can you bring your remarks to a close, otherwise no one else will be able to get in?12 Nov 2025