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HANSARDWelfare ReformI grew up caring for two disabled parents. As a kid, I saw at first hand the harms that happen when the British state routinely lets down disabled people. It is why disabled civil…30 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeThat is so wide of the mark. It is unsurprising that the Conservatives are floundering in polls and so unwelcome in our communities. We can and must regain public trust in our…25 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeI will happily do so if the hon. Gentleman will apologise for 14 years of chaos.25 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeI thank my hon. Friend for that really important point. I welcome the work of the charity and the charities in his area, as I welcome the work of charities in all our areas. He…25 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeWe who knock on doors week in, week out, know all too well the trend that has grown in recent years; every display of incompetence, every proof of national decline, and every sign…25 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Armaments DirectorI start by thanking everyone in our armed forces who serves, who has served, and who has fallen. Our country is safer and better because of their service. In assessing the…25 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Armaments DirectorNo, I will not. Please sit down. It is important that we bring the right scrutiny to our decisions and our defence strategy. It is important, too, that across the House we conduct…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department of Health and Social CareWill my hon. Friend give way?24 Jun 2025HANSARD Pride MonthToday we raise a toast to Pride, and in so doing, we raise a toast to nothing less than life. We also recommit to liberation—the liberation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyThe CBI says that our net zero economy grew by 9% in 2023, and that it was 40% more productive and wages in the sector were 15% higher than the UK average, so I am pleased to say…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Member give way?20 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is Care Home Open Week, and in the last few days I have had the pleasure of visiting Muscliff nursing home and Highview care home in Southbourne. Will the Leader of the House…19 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Infrastructure: 10-year StrategyI spent a week in Leeds at the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, banging the drum for Bournemouth and the south-west to say that we are open for business with…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountThe Minister is right that because the Conservatives left our country exposed to fossil fuel prices, people’s wages are being swallowed up by energy costs. It is right that we are…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillIf the Conservatives had won a 15th year in government, would they have started to tackle this epidemic?18 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I do agree, and it takes me to the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley. She talked about how, over many years,…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy hon. Friend is giving a powerful speech. In my constituency of Bournemouth East, I regularly talk to shop workers who are experiencing the scourge of shoplifting—no, wholesale…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI do not think the right hon. Member was pointing at her shadow Minister when she was accusing somebody of being a litter tosser—I think it was just a dramatic gesture, because…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I agree with those bodies and I agree with him. Finally, the hon. Member for Hornchurch and Upminster (Julia Lopez) made an…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank my hon. Friend for that really powerful intervention. I completely agree. If in this place we can do one important thing today, which is to send a signal that we wish to…17 Jun 2025