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HANSARD International Human Rights Day 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. I start by thanking the hon. Member for Penrith and Solway (Markus Campbell-Savours) for securing this debate, and…10 Dec 2025HANSARD International Human Rights Day 2025We have made our position very clear when it comes to the defence budget. Obviously, as we get nearer to another election, we will set out more detail. Today—International Human…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillGreat British Railways is not an entirely new concept, but what the Government present as a “modernisation of our railways” is, when we strip away the glossy language, a…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. What is worse is that time after time I cannot get a straight answer out of Ministers as to whether they will support open access. The Bill…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box. On the specific point of answering our questions, can he give us clarity on accountability? Where does accountability lie? Where will…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillTo be clear on accountability, how and where can a Member of Parliament hold a directly elected mayor to account for his or her decisions when it comes to railways?09 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft International Development Association (Twenty-First Replenishment) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I thank the Minister for his explanation of the draft order. As he will expect, I have a number of questions on…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI will keep my intervention very short, Sir Edward. An unheard-of 4,400 of my constituents signed this petition. They are very clear that they do not want the imposition—which is…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDWill the hon. Member give way?08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDDoes the hon. Gentleman think that mandatory ID would realistically stop these problem shops on the high street?08 Dec 2025HANSARDVenezuela: US MilitaryI am grateful to the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller) for securing this urgent question. Venezuela may be thousands of miles away, but instability there has a…03 Dec 2025HANSARDUkraineI am sorry, but it is simply not good enough for the Foreign Secretary to dismiss questions by saying that sanctions are not discussed on the Floor of the House. This is a man who…02 Dec 2025HANSARDUkraineWe all want to see Ukraine, a country that has made huge sacrifices to defend its freedom, secure a peace on its own terms, but to put pressure on Putin and weaken his ability to…02 Dec 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationWe have heard Ministers in this House and elsewhere make claims about Israel and aid. Does the Foreign Secretary recognise the Co-ordination of Government Activities in the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIs it not the truth that we have in front of us not the Budget of the Chancellor, the Prime Minister or the Cabinet, but the Budget of the Back Benchers?01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am sorry—I do not have time. Connectivity drives growth too, yet we see reheated announcements. The midlands rail hub is crucial for our region, but we do not know whether this…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIf the policy is so good, how will the Secretary of State explain to working people that they will be £18,000 worse off than those on benefits? How can that be fair?01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Secretary of State give way?01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsIt is deeply damaging and, dare I say, unprecedented that we find ourselves here today, listening to this statement about OBR forecasts, midway through the debate on the Budget.…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Budget is built on fantasy. The Chancellor claimed that there was a fiscal black hole so deep that she had no choice but to hammer working families with the highest tax burden…01 Dec 2025