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HANSARD Social Enterprises and Community OwnershipExcellent. Thank you, everyone, for being so disciplined with your speeches.18 Mar 2026HANSARD Cheadle Train StationBefore I call the Minister, I remind Members that we must conclude by 4.42 pm, when the next debate will begin.18 Mar 2026HANSARD Social Enterprises and Community OwnershipI am discouraging interventions generally, but that was delightful. Carry on.18 Mar 2026HANSARD Social Enterprises and Community OwnershipMinister, will you leave a couple of moments for Jo Platt to sum up?18 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsThere has been too much immigration into this country for too long, and that is certainly the view of the vast majority of the people I speak to in my constituency. I suspect it…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsThe hon. Gentleman is of course right. The blame for all this should not be laid exclusively in the hands of the Labour party or Labour Governments. Successive Governments have…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsI should have congratulated the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire (Pete Wishart) on securing the debate and said how pleased I am that you are in the Chair, Mr Stringer. My…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsIllegal migration, of course, is of a different order. Illegal immigration is about breaching borders. A nation means very little unless it has territorial integrity. What is the…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsNot the Minister, of course—I except him from that general description. It is time that the political establishment faced up to the fact that what they have perpetuated for too…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Disability Equipment ProvisionI want to speak about three things in this debate, which was helpfully secured by the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan). The first has already been…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Disability Equipment ProvisionOn that specific point, the Government have said that that additional money for the grant will provide about 5,000 additional home adaptations. It would be really useful if the…11 Mar 2026HANSARD Disability Equipment ProvisionHave the Government made any assessment of the return and reuse of equipment? That is not always possible, as I said earlier, but it would be an incredibly powerful message to…11 Mar 2026HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, the Government brought a statement to the House entitled “Protecting What Matters”. One might think that that could be preserving…10 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals BillThe right hon. Gentleman is right that the rule of law is a living thing, and the connection between the public and the exercise of criminal justice is fundamental. Central to…10 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWould my right hon. Friend allow me?09 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on making the case for banning mobile phones in schools and for restricting access to social media. We do not need more discussion or…09 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the hon. Lady give way?09 Mar 2026HANSARD Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryWhatever Members across this House might say, the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) has done a service to us in raising this matter today, because this is a dodgy deal…25 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionWill the hon. Lady give way?24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionOf course, the Minister is right that there is all kinds of data about online activity, but what is plain and truthful is that academic evidence suggests not only that there are…24 Feb 2026