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HANSARD Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West MidlandsMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. We are talking about the UK’s second largest city. I really worry about its reputation and about the distinct lack of political…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West MidlandsNo, I am not. The reason why the commissioners were put in place was that Labour-run Birmingham city council was failing. That is why the commissioners came in. I am saying that…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West MidlandsNo—with all due respect, I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. Ultimately, there may be only two parties who can find a resolution, and I would be the first to admit that I am…21 Jan 2026HANSARD Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West MidlandsDoes my hon. Friend agree that there is something fundamentally wrong when a council like Birmingham city council has been almost rewarded in its funding settlement for failure?21 Jan 2026HANSARD Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West MidlandsTo be absolutely clear, if the Minister thinks that waste is not piling up, does she think that the situation in Birmingham is acceptable?21 Jan 2026HANSARD Waste Collection: Birmingham and the West MidlandsI thank all Members, across Westminster Hall, for their contributions. As my hon. Friend the Member for Hamble Valley (Paul Holmes) says, it feels like a topsy-turvy world of…21 Jan 2026HANSARDGaza and the West Bank: Humanitarian SituationThe House needs the full facts regarding aid entering Gaza and why the Government are not more engaged with the Civil-Military Co-ordination Centre. What steps is the Foreign…20 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for UkraineThe Foreign Secretary will have heard President Zelensky’s warnings last week about the supply of air defence missiles—we must heed them. Will the Government make more weapons…20 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen the Minister for Local Government and Homelessness said that residents of Birmingham do matter when it comes to the bin strikes, I agree with her—but so do neighbouring…12 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseWhen we lost our police station in Aldridge, we were told that the choice was between bobbies and bricks. Now, under Labour’s police and crime commissioner, there is a £41 million…08 Jan 2026HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses: Magnitsky SanctionsI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on securing the debate. He has long been a determined and principled…08 Jan 2026HANSARDLocal Bus ServicesYoung people in my constituency have already seen the promised Aldridge train station scrapped by Labour, so will the Minister join me in calling on Mayor Parker to back young…08 Jan 2026HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses: Magnitsky SanctionsI am happy to respond. I refer the hon. Gentleman and his colleague who also raised that question, the hon. Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell), to a letter that Lord Wolfson,…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesMy right hon. Friend makes a really important point. Whether in rural North Yorkshire or on the edge of the west midlands where we have some fantastic rural landscapes, surely the…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural Communitiesrose —07 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ8. The Prime Minister promised not to bulldoze the countryside, but under Labour, green fields in Aldridge-Brownhills on Stonnall Road, Birch Lane and Bosty Lane are now under…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesI am grateful, because this is a really important point. Before the Minister elaborates on policing cuts, will she give us her take on the Labour police and crime commissioners’…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesOn policing, will the Minister give way?07 Jan 2026HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property ReliefDespite many opportunities to do so, the Minister simply refuses to apologise. Despite warnings from so many organisations that this tax would do real harm, farmers, including…05 Jan 2026HANSARDSeasonal WorkIs not the truth that we have a Government with no business experience who think that they can simply push the costs down to businesses, squeeze and squeeze them, and they will…10 Dec 2025