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HANSARDNew TownsIn Macclesfield, one topic has dominated conversation for several months: the proposed new town at Adlington. It has been talked about on every street corner, in every coffee shop…15 Jan 2026HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses: Magnitsky SanctionsI thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this debate and for being a doughty champion for British citizens unfairly…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Post Offices: CheshireDisley in my constituency saw its post office close in July last year in slightly dubious circumstances. The hon. Member for Chester South and Eddisbury (Aphra Brandreth) made the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDProposed new town in Adlington, CheshireI begin by offering my deepest sympathy to the family of Ethan McLeod, who died tragically in a car accident yesterday. He was a brilliant footballer and an inspiration to young…17 Dec 2025HANSARDVictim Support: Funding10. What steps his Department is taking to provide adequate funding for victim support services.16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictim Support: FundingI welcome the increased funding. Victim support and the commissioning of those services is incredibly important, and the operational independence of police and crime commissioners…16 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineI add my commendation to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) for securing this important debate. Hearing the right hon. Member for Chingford and…04 Dec 2025HANSARDWar in UkraineI completely agree. As the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) raised earlier, it is the Baltic countries—Poland, Finland, those that have had direct…04 Dec 2025HANSARDAlaa Abd el-FattahRyan Cornelius, a British citizen, has been unfairly incarcerated in Dubai for the past 17 years. His son was six when he went to prison; he is now 23 years old. Some 150…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. In Macclesfield we are lucky to have a thriving life sciences sector. At AstraZeneca, we have 5,000 people employed in well-paid jobs across the pharmaceutical value chain.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt has been a long afternoon, but I should say from the start that I genuinely believe that the motivation of all of us is the national interest of the United Kingdom. Whatever…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI believe that the hon. Member has had quite a lot of turns today, and I have been waiting a long time without intervening, so I will proceed. If we allowed a vacuum to be…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI thank the hon. Member for raising that important aspect. We should all be honest that, as was put powerfully by my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Peter Lamb), our country’s…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI will not. I experienced the right hon. Gentleman defending the hereditary principle last week, and I do not think I have the strength in me this week to listen to another…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillNo, I am afraid that I will not. In closing, I believe that the three tests have been met: the treaty meets our national security requirements, it has the backing of our allies,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesWill the hon. Gentleman give way?03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThank God.03 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ10. I com-mend the Prime Minister on his work to tackle the arbitrary detention of British citizens abroad and warmly welcome the creation of a special envoy. He will know of the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyThe Minister has just set out the scrutiny that this matter has received in various places, but I was really taken by the number of questions that he said he had received from the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI pay tribute to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance) for sharing that traumatic experience with us, and to the bravery that it must have taken. I also pay tribute to teachers…24 Jun 2025