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HANSARDKashmir: Self-determinationFinal remarks, Mr Hussain.10 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall-scale Fracking BanI now call Alison Hume to move the motion and I shall then call the Minister to respond. I have been given no notice of any other speeches with prior permission, so no other…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall-scale Fracking BanOrder. I will place this on the record: Mr Speaker deprecates prepared interventions. Interventions are supposed to be a comment on what is being said at the time. I understand…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSupport for EntrepreneursIn east Kent, an entrepreneurial chain of 25 coffee bars employs young people who otherwise would probably be unemployable. The profit margin on those 25 coffee bars for the last…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillThere is clearly a great deal of good in the Pension Schemes Bill; that is why it went through Committee relatively easily. I do not wish to be a dog in the manger about that, but…03 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. I think I must have missed something in the answers the Secretary of State gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) and the shadow Minister, my…01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is estimated that there are some 200 highly qualified Ukrainian dentists resident as refugees in the United Kingdom. They could be working for the health service, but, because…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI understand that the order of the day when dealing with Mr Trump is flattery. I am afraid that 42 years of experience in this House have not yet qualified me for that level of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDSocial Media Posts: Penalties for OffencesAs the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) said, this is the first time that an e-petition debate has been instigated by a Member of this House, so…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSocial Media Posts: Penalties for OffencesThere appear to be other attractions in the main Chamber today, and a number of Members who indicated that they wished to participate are not present. For that reason, I have no…17 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsWill the Solicitor General discuss with the Crown Prosecution Service and the Home Secretary how best the Metropolitan police may be encouraged to expedite their inquiry into the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Pollution: KentWill the Minister reassure the House that the shocking release of microplastic pellets into the seas off the channel coast is a one-off and that it has not affected and will not…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Police ReformMay I first pay tribute to Matthew Scott, Kent’s police and crime commissioner, who, over many years and through working closely with chief constables, has seen a successive…13 Nov 2025HANSARDBBC LeadershipIt is a very long time since I was taught to edit tape with a chinagraph pencil and a razor blade, but the fundamental principle remains the same: you do not change the sense of…11 Nov 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsOrder. This is an intervention, not a speech. The Chair deprecates scripted interventions; they are supposed to be spontaneous.29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsOrder. Let us get the ground rules right: this is an intervention, not a speech.29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsBefore we start, it has been drawn to my attention that a photograph is to be taken in the Chamber at 11 o’clock. We have no power to suspend this sitting to accommodate that, but…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsI call the Opposition Front-Bench spokesperson, Saqib Bhatti.29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsOrder. Before we proceed, I should say that eight hon. Members have indicated that they wish to speak. I propose to call the Front Benchers at 10.30 am. We have tried to get a…29 Oct 2025