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HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessGiven the pressures from flu and strikes, can the Secretary of State confirm that the evidence he gave to the pay review body remains correct—that any pay rises must be funded…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Office for Budget Responsibility shows that welfare spending will be £32 billion a year more at the end of this Parliament, just as a result of decisions in the last Budget.…09 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsThe logic of the Minister’s argument seems to be that the Justice Secretary was repeatedly wrong in the past to defend jury trials, that many of her colleagues are wrong to have…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanAfter hearing the Policing Minister, I am slightly incredulous. In her last reply to a perfectly reasonable question from her own side of the House about the roles of UEFA and the…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleWhile the problems with the Ajax programme are familiar, what we have heard today is quite extraordinary, because both the Minister and the shadow Defence Secretary have said from…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEly: Railway UpgradeWhat about the BCR?03 Dec 2025HANSARDEly: Railway UpgradeI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate. I very much support the case she is making. Given that the previous Government, in October 2023, did secure funding for this,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEly: Railway UpgradeThe Minister seems to be citing a lack of funding as the reason for the scheme not being funded, but when I spoke to the Rail Minister in his previous role as chair of Network…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am happy to; perhaps the hon. Member wants to come in on the Government’s pay offer.01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsClearly the hon. Member has just had a text message from the Whips Office. The reality is that the Government inherited inflation at 2%, and it is currently at 3.6%, and the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Secretary of State opened this debate by saying that we should look at the backdrop of the general election, which was a surprising way for him to open discussion on the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsMr Speaker, you described the chaos and leaks in the run-up to the Budget as a “hokey-cokey”. Just today, the House had to be suspended because the statement arrived so late, on a…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsAs the Minister will know, leaks of market sensitive data obviously carry a much higher premium than other leaks that may occur in Government. Again, could he address the shadow…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum Policies: Danish ModelThe Home Secretary likes to talk tough, while the numbers continue to rise. As part of the statement that she will bring to the House later, will she confirm that detailed…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Bronze-age Heritage: CambridgeshireI pay tribute to my Cambridgeshire colleague, the hon. Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes), for securing this debate. I am grateful that the Minister draws out that…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Bronze-age Heritage: Cambridgeshirerose—05 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackMay I join in with the tributes of my fellow Cambridgeshire MPs? In her statement, the Home Secretary indicated that she was receptive to the deployment of facial recognition at…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillThe Bill illustrates a wider theme that we see across a number of debates in the House, which is the gap between the Government’s words and how they vote. Indeed, that is…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillIndeed, change for the worse. It is bizarre that when serious offences take place, quite often it is the judiciary who get the blame. Perhaps I have an unfashionable view in that…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillIndeed. The new clauses under debate highlight a wider principle that is driving much of the public frustration with the democratic process: the sense of people voting and then…29 Oct 2025