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HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI applaud what the hon. Gentleman has said about the AEAT pensioners’ difficulties. It is quite shocking that, despite the fact that a previous Conservative pensions Minister,…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Angiolini InquiryThe House is rightly united in horror at what happened to Sarah Everard and in sympathy for her family. Returning to an earlier exchange about vetting, which I understand will be…02 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThe Government will not apologise for this sorry and tangled affair, but will they at least learn a couple of lessons, such as the fact that there have always been very good…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite the Secretary of State’s robust answer on Chinese influence on academia, dare I set her a little homework? If she would like to take a look at the relevant section of the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI have come along to genuinely learn more about this and to ask a question about the single identifier raised by my constituent Catherine. She points out that the General Medical…01 Dec 2025HANSARD 1994 RAF Chinook CrashI apologise for intervening after having stepped out for part of the debate—this may already have been covered. Has any consideration been given to possible embarrassment over the…26 Nov 2025HANSARD 1994 RAF Chinook CrashI have a history with this story. Back in 1999, the late Lord Chalfont and I tried to draw attention to the fact that even at the time, the rules said that only if there was no…26 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineMay I ask the Prime Minister to focus on the question of effective security guarantees? Security guarantees deter aggression only if there is no doubt that the guarantor will act…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy hon. Friend will be aware that the District Councils’ Network has been briefing Members on both sides of the House that if the Government go ahead and force these changes…24 Nov 2025HANSARD HMP Downview: Female PrisonersI know the Minister is a reasonable person, and I am trying to find some common ground here. I could understand it, if the transgender males held in this particular unit had at…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanIt sounds as though the Minister is getting to grips with this, and I am very grateful for that. Will she accept that the counterpart or corollary of operational independence for…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Critical Minerals StrategyWill the Minister tell the House what is so special about the year 2035? It is the year by which the Government say they will achieve expenditure of 3.5% of GDP on…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Injury in Service AwardI have listened carefully to the whole debate, and I thoroughly support the proposal. From the Minister’s summing up, it sounds as if the decision is more in the hands of civil…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Injury in Service Awardrose—20 Nov 2025HANSARD Reoffending: Rehabilitation in PrisonsIn the light of the urgent question earlier today, does the Chairman of the Committee believe that it is essential for the purpose of rehabilitation that prisoners should be…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayAs the descendant of immigrant grandparents, I have a high degree of empathy with the Home Secretary’s opening remarks about her own family. Does she agree that the reason that…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLast Thursday, there was a heavily subscribed Westminster Hall debate about the terrible problem of rogue and conmen builders who fleece people of thousands upon thousands of…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Separation Centres: Terrorist OffendersNormally, I like the Minister’s can-do attitude. Is she really telling the House that this Government would rather make payouts to terrorists than disapply the ECHR?20 Nov 2025HANSARD Ukraine: Forcible Removal of ChildrenBy putting forward proposals that could have been drafted by the killer in the Kremlin himself, it seems that President Trump has finally given up on the Nobel peace prize, and is…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Russian Ship YantarResponding to that directly, if the Government are trying to map the capabilities of the vessel, can they tell us whether they knew in advance that it had this laser capability,…20 Nov 2025