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HANSARDUNESCO World Heritage SitesThe Roman forts of Reculver and Richborough, linked by the Wantsum channel and the River Stour in east Kent, are ambitious to secure UNESCO world heritage site status. Those…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, you will recall that on 16 April I raised with the Leader of the House the failure of Capita to administer properly the civil service pension scheme. Ever courteous,…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe hon. Gentleman referred to “reinventing the wheel”. There is no possible way that anybody can be really compensated for the loss of a child, a husband or a wife. However,…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARD Water Supply in KentI apologise for the untimely interruption earlier, Mr Twigg— if I had been in the Chair, I would have been shouting at me. I wanted to open my mobile phone because at half-past 4…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentI shall call Johanna Baxter to move the motion. I shall then call the Minister to respond. I remind all other Members that if they wish to speak in a 30-minute debate—only one has…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentI remind hon. Members that a vote is expected at 4.30 pm.09 Jun 2026HANSARDIllicit Finance Summit 2026Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are on the horns of a dilemma, because we expect a vote fairly imminently, but there is another wind-up speech to follow, so we will get…09 Jun 2026HANSARDIllicit Finance Summit 2026Order. There is a Division on the Floor of the House. The sitting is suspended until 15 minutes after the start of what is likely to be the third Division in that group. Please do…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentGood afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are on the horns of a dilemma, because we expect a vote fairly imminently, but there is another wind-up speech to follow, so we will get…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentOrder. There is a Division on the Floor of the House. The sitting is suspended until 15 minutes after the start of what is likely to be the third Division in that group. Please do…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentOrder. I am looking around the room and at the time. I will not set a fixed time limit, but if hon. Members keep their speeches to under five minutes, everybody on the list who…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeMr Robinson, I know that due to duties in the Chamber you had, entirely properly, to arrive after the start of the debate; if you wish to speak, we can accommodate you.09 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentIs “dinosaurs” the word you are looking for?09 Jun 2026HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeBefore we conclude, may I thank all hon. Members here for the tone of this debate and the courtesy with which it has been conducted? I only wish that more people saw the House…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National MonumentAt the risk of editorialising from the Chair, may I say that, on the mere 43rd anniversary of my election to this House, it is a real pleasure to be able to put this motion to the…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Summit on Illicit FinanceOrder. I am looking around the room and at the time. I will not set a fixed time limit, but if hon. Members keep their speeches to under five minutes, everybody on the list who…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Summit on Illicit FinanceOrder. There is a Division on the Floor of the House. The sitting is suspended until 15 minutes after the start of what is likely to be the third Division in that group. Please do…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Summit on Illicit FinanceGood afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are on the horns of a dilemma, because we expect a vote fairly imminently, but there is another wind-up speech to follow, so we will get…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to the answer given to the hon. Member for Lichfield (Dave Robertson) earlier, Mohamed Fayed is beyond the reach of terrestrial justice, but many of the ladies he abused…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesSince Mr Speaker allowed me to ask an urgent question on Wednesday last week, to which the Minister helpfully responded, it will not surprise her to know that I have received…08 Jun 2026