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HANSARDEngagementsI know that the hon. Gentleman shares our support for East West Rail, which is a vital project that will deliver better journeys and tens of thousands of jobs, and unlock up to…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member wants me to talk about this Government. Bills are down £117 under this Government. Inflation is down under this Government. Surplus is up, at a record.…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady says that she is ditching failed Tory policies. That is a very long list—14 years of it—and it starts with the word, “Sorry”. When she says that word, we will…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that really important case. Let me tell him that I share his deep concern, and the deep concern of the community, over the incident at…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI stand by my answer. Hundreds of thousands of files are submitted to the prosecution service every year. It is important that the investigation is going on. I cannot tell the…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that really important case on behalf of really important victims, and I am sure that the thoughts of the whole House are with those victims.…25 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI will take no lectures from the Tories on standards in public life. The Leader of the Opposition defended partygate for months and months, and even now she says that it was…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right: the task of rebuilding our country is a huge opportunity to give young people a brilliant career. We are backing apprentices with a record £3 billion…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe panel report on the Hillsborough case was when I started working on the Hillsborough case. That was in 2012, when the right hon. Gentleman’s party was in power. They could…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy legacy is changing my party and winning a general election. Let me tell the Leader of the Opposition this: I kicked my former leader out of my party, while her former leader,…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI know that communities have been badly affected by recent storms, and the damage to the A379 is very concerning. I am pleased that the hon. Lady is meeting the Roads Minister and…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. Just hearing her makes it absolutely clear that we need to find a solution, so I will make sure that she gets the meeting that she…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this case: it is one of the most powerful and important things that we do as MPs in this place, particularly when there are such awful…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right that we need the conditions for flourishing high streets. That underscores the importance of six interest rate cuts, the £5.8 billion that we have put into…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, may I start by saying that my thoughts, and I am sure the thoughts of the whole House, are with the two children stabbed at Kingsbury high school in Brent? My heart…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy message is that I have always believed that those with skin in the game make the best decisions about their communities. I know just how much her constituents want Woodgate…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMillions of people in this country have been let down for years and years, and one of the reasons for that was austerity, which the right hon. Gentleman’s party supported. He…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe have put a record amount of money into dealing with potholes. The hon. Member needs to ask his council, which is run by his party, why it is not using that money.11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI have made my position clear. The right hon. Gentleman knows how the system works. He says he reads the newspapers. He will have read that in nine days, his party’s former chief…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsLleyton’s success is a testament to what young people can achieve with the right support. We are creating technical excellence colleges and delivering training places for 60,000…11 Feb 2026