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HANSARDEngagementsI acknowledge my hon. Friend’s campaigning on this really important issue. Russia’s policy of forced deportations and indoctrination of Ukrainian children is despicable, and…03 Sept 2025HANSARDYoung Futures HubsI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of Government change. I am today announcing that delivery responsibility for the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this matter. It is a deeply concerning time for the workers and their families in Falkirk. I agree with him, and we are working with…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThere has always been support across this House for the United Kingdom fulfilling our obligations to Afghans who served alongside British forces. We warned in opposition about…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI met my hon. Friend’s constituent Nicola in her kitchen, and she told me how hard she is working to support her three children, but that the past decade has let her down, with…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I will tell you what is bad for growth: 14 years of a Tory Government. That meant stagnant growth for 14 years, leaving a £22 billion black hole. In the first quarter…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe failed legacy Act was struck down by the courts in Northern Ireland, and that leaves veterans exposed. We are creating a secure, transparent system that protects veterans from…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI think of the working people across this country who put in every day and do not get back what they deserve. That is who we are working for, and that is who we are fixing the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe self-employed were the very people who suffered repeatedly under the Conservatives’ watch, particularly during covid, as I remember, when they did not get the support that…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe made absolutely clear manifesto commitments, which the right hon. Lady asked me about last week, and we are keeping to them. I am not going to write the Budget months out from…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Conservatives left the most incredible mess in the economy, and now they think that they can lecture others. Just last week their chairman said that they had done the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are delivering the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation, and we are proud to do so. Our £39 billion investment will deliver around 300,000 social and…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are happily going to go to our constituents. We will tell them that we promised 2 million extra NHS appointments and have delivered 4 million extra appointments. I have to…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsThis is a really important issue, and can I begin by saying that I have a profound respect and debt to our veterans who served? This is a complicated issue and we have to get it…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsYes, we will. We must fight antisemitism wherever we find it, as we must fight all hate offences, crimes and incidents wherever we find them.16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am appalled by the suggestions in relation to Gaza, just as I am appalled by the reports of yet more civilians being killed while trying to access aid. On both fronts, I am…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI send my deepest condolences to Eli’s friends and family. I join my hon. Friend in urging the new Reform council to think again and change its mind on damaging cuts that hit…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is an excellent champion for Rochdale and, I know, a strong supporter of his local police and trading standards teams. Since we came to power, we have ramped up…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this really important issue. I am obviously incredibly sorry to hear about the tragic case that he mentions. As he will know, the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy Ministers have delivered on the NHS, on the economy, on rail, etc. The hon. Gentleman needs a break.16 Jul 2025