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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, including my work with the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project. New clause 21 would…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI could not help myself, I’m afraid. Some 87% of Eritreans coming over are refugees. The right hon. Gentleman talks about young men. The refugees are young men, because Christian…12 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn behalf of all Members on the Liberal Democrat Benches, I add my tribute to those who fought and died to secure our freedom. I also pay tribute to those in rural communities,…08 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State ensure that GB Energy has a focused plan to deliver, and to help the 1,500 farmers in my constituency to tap the latent energy in their becks and…29 Apr 2025HANSARDSEND Teachers6. What steps she is taking to help increase the number of teachers trained in the provision of SEND education.28 Apr 2025HANSARDSEND TeachersI thank the Minister for her reply. Two excellent teachers in my constituency—both experts in special educational needs provision—set up an organisation called the Mighty Oak…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]Given the enormous amount of money that sits with the Premier League, does the Secretary of State share my feeling that it and the FA in general do not do justice by the families…28 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageUntil now, I always thought “The House at Pooh Corner” was a good thing; obviously that would not be so in this case. I have seen the same thing in my own patch. In the village of…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI completely agree—and the feeling is mutual. I appreciate that I am going on a bit and that a few Members wish to intervene. We will have to go by hands up. [ Interruption. ]23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI appreciate your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I will allow maybe only two more interventions. I am coming towards the end of my remarks. I am trying to be not selfish but…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI will give way first to the hon. Gentleman—and then to several others.23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI absolutely welcome the Act, as I said at the beginning of the debate. It is a step in the right direction; I just do not think that it is enough, and the hon. Lady makes the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageMy hon. Friend makes an important point on behalf of his coastal and island communities in the far south-west. They are also very lucky to have him speaking up for them. The…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageMy hon. Friend represents an utterly beautiful part of the country and she fights for it admirably; her constituents are lucky to have her. She makes an important point. I…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageThe hon. Member would, of course, be enormously welcome to visit the lakes and the dales. He makes a key point, which I will seek to address, about the injustice of people being…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI agree with my hon. Friend, who makes a really good point about his own communities. That is what we are trying to address today by bringing practical solutions to prevent this…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI agree. The Ministers are really lucky in so many ways. They are in the best the Department and—like few others in government—they have an army of volunteers to call upon who…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI will talk later about why privatisation of the water industry was such a colossal mistake, and that is one of the consequences—a predictable consequence. The hon. Gentleman…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI beg to move, That this House regrets the persistent scandal of raw sewage being dumped by water companies into rivers, lakes and coastal areas; notes with deep concern that just…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsIn rural communities like mine, our issues are very often about the distances that we have to travel in order to get any kind of healthcare, but particularly to reach hospitals.…23 Apr 2025