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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State appears to think it is scaremongering to suggest that, with effect from this weekend, passenger and freight traffic using the channel tunnel and the port of…16 Jul 2026HANSARDRegional Accents and Social MobilityI am sure that the whole House will have appreciated the contribution by Strangford’s own answer to Professor Henry Higgins. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectBefore I call Esther McVey to move the motion, and then the Minister to respond, I remind Members that they may make a speech only with the prior permission of the Member in…15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectOrder. I assume that the Minister is not suggesting that the debate has been in any way out of order.15 Jul 2026HANSARD Peak Cluster Pipeline and ProjectOrder.15 Jul 2026HANSARDEuropean Entry and Exit SystemTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government have put in place to ensure that in the coming holiday season, travellers and business freight…08 Jul 2026HANSARDEuropean Entry and Exit SystemAs the Minister has indicated, over the spring bank holiday there was chaos at Dover, at St Pancras and at the channel tunnel because of the failure of the EES. The French…08 Jul 2026HANSARDMaritime and Coastguard AgencyThis House has the capacity to criticise, but it also has the capacity to be fair. The Minister probably finds himself between a rock and a cliff face in a situation that he did…08 Jul 2026HANSARDAgrivoltaicsThe hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) referred to the use of solar panels on all sorts of buildings to provide shade, and we could include car parks in that. But what we…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersIn view of what my hon. Friend has just said, the constituents of Members across the House just want a clear undertaking that dangerous criminals—rapists and others—will not be…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersThere are people in the Gallery and in the public out there who want to know that dangerous criminals will not be released at the start of September. That is what they want to…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersWill the Minister give way?07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersI am sorry to labour this point, but given the consensus that I think there is in the House this afternoon, and in the light of what the hon. Member for Liverpool Wavertree (Paula…07 Jul 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsDoes the Minister agree that it is iniquitous that at least one of the doctors responsible for the intrusive examination of young women prior to their rape and sexual abuse by…24 Jun 2026HANSARDUNESCO 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 2026HANSARD 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 2026HANSARDInfected 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 2026HANSARD 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 2026