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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Will the Minister join me in congratulating Reading’s University Medical Group, a GP practice in my constituency that was recently awarded the gold Pride in Practice award by…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastI strongly welcome the Foreign Secretary’s historic move to recognise the state of Palestine and thank him for all the work he has done to progress this issue. While we follow the…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionI very much welcome the Secretary of State’s focus on protecting water customers, because my constituents and I have seen our Thames Water bills go up dramatically. We want to…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend talks eloquently about the need for better regulation. We have just heard that he is a fan of Banbury United and that my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Jim…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]The approach of the Conservative party here and in the Lords has been to delay this Bill and any progress made on regulation for far too many months, during which my club has…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I am very surprised to see Conservative Front Benchers whipping their colleagues to oppose a Bill that they had previously introduced in…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Let me begin by drawing the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I rise to speak today with a sense of relief, because Reading football…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesAs my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Dr Sandher) mentioned, there were seven different sets of fiscal rules under the previous Government. The shadow Chancellor, the…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI hear the most thought-provoking questions from my youngest constituents. On a recent visit to an infant school, a six-year-old asked me what I thought the Government’s most…07 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI always appreciate the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks in the Treasury Committee and in the Chamber as an extremely fair-minded colleague. I appreciated his remarks in yesterday’s…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the Secretary of State and her colleagues in the Department for their tireless work over the past week, and I very much welcome her commitment to co-production with…30 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025I strongly congratulate the Chancellor on the impact she has already had by reforming the way the Treasury works, in particular to unlock the capital investment that we need for…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI stand with my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed). She and I were denied entry to Israel only two months ago, and one of the reasons given was our…10 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterIt is possible for an American private equity company to walk away from Thames Water, but my constituents cannot. When water company bosses fail, it is our residents who pay: in…03 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Policing14. What steps her Department is taking to improve neighbourhood policing.02 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingAcross neighbourhoods in my Earley and Woodley constituency I have seen too many incidents of electric bikes and electric scooters being ridden dangerously, including on…02 Jun 2025HANSARDBusiness and the EconomyI hope that this Government will continue to make progress on living standards, and on growth that benefits all parts of our economy.21 May 2025HANSARDBusiness and the EconomyYes.21 May 2025HANSARDBusiness and the Economyrose —21 May 2025HANSARDBusiness and the EconomyNo, thanks; I am about to draw to a close. Young people are the future, and they need a rise in their wages because of the living standards crisis that we face across this…21 May 2025