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HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipOrder. First, I will call Members who bob, so please could those who wish to be called make sure to bob? Secondly, I remind Members that they should be here for the start of a…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipBefore I call the Minister, I ask that he finishes a couple of minutes before 4 pm to give Mr Cooper a chance to wind up the debate.04 Feb 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Minister for giving way and for her ongoing discussions about drainage and local authorities and other water-related matters. On the issue of water poverty,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Sentencing15. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that people convicted of charges related to grooming gangs receive adequate sentences.28 Jan 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: SentencingAs in Bradford last week, where more of the grooming gangsters, largely of Pakistani origin, who raped white girls there and elsewhere were sentenced, the paucity of the Home…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I will in a second. On the judicial point, I simply say to the hon. Lady that the establishment of a judicial competence to deal with this system will be resource-hungry. To offer…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)The hon. Lady says that the right time to discuss the capacity of the judiciary and health service to deliver the Bill is presumably once it has completed its Committee stage, but…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)The hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) is right that this is not unprecedented; in fact, it is the normal procedure for a money resolution relating to a private Member’s…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasThis is the second useful contribution the hon. Member has made to our affairs this afternoon. I have two points that he might want to take on board in the considerations he is…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasThe hon. Gentleman is being incredibly generous in giving way, and I thank him for giving me a second bite of the cherry—I know he is moving on to his exciting peroration. GPs…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsOrder. I remind Members that if they want to attract my attention, they need to bob. But I can see they know that already.21 Jan 2025HANSARDWelfare of DoctorsMay I ask the Minister to finish a little before 4.30 pm so that I can put the Question?21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningI would like to call the Minister at 5.53 pm, which will give her 10 minutes.21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningI call the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum. Minister, I hope that you might finish at 6.03 pm to allow the hon. Member for Windsor to say a few words at the end.21 Jan 2025HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsBefore I call Sarah Coombes to move the motion, I ought to explain that this is my first time chairing a debate in Westminster Hall, so I expect you to be very gentle with me. If…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningPlease finish just before 6.05 pm, to leave time for me to put the Question.21 Jan 2025HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsI can see that a lot of people want to contribute on this important subject. Before I call the next speaker, I therefore suggest that you restrict yourselves to speeches of about…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsOrder. Because of the character of the debate, I will prioritise Members from the west midlands. I hope hon. Members from other places will understand that. I think it is…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningI should have said before the previous speaker that if Members wish to speak, they need to bob.21 Jan 2025HANSARD Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: ReopeningOrder. I will call the hon. Gentleman, although he has not bobbed throughout the debate despite the fact that I said that was the appropriate thing to do. With the exception of…21 Jan 2025