Debate
Backbench Business: Commonhold and leasehold reform and the regulation of property managing agents
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Barry Gardiner
LabourMP for Brent West
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Debate
Climate Change
“Madam Deputy Speaker, you will be delighted to hear that I am just about to throw away 22 pages of my 23-page speech in order to allow other Members to get in. I want to quote the Climate Minister—or, rather, I want to misquote her: “Twelve…”
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Debate
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles)
“Could the Minister just remind us to which party the Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015 belonged?…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Thames Water
“Will the Secretary of State confirm that, in the event of a special administration regime, any compensation would be based on appropriate value as set out in the case of Lithgow v. the UK, not on regulated capital value, as suggested by the…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Antisemitic Attacks
“The hate-filled attack on the Kenton synagogue in my constituency is the latest in the series of disgusting attacks on Jewish buildings that the Minister outlined. But these are more than attacks on buildings; they are calculated attacks on…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Security Vetting
“The Prime Minister has the right to expect that his senior civil servants will always tell him the truth and the whole truth. He will recall that Mrs Thatcher used to say of Lord Young that she liked David because he always brought her solu…”
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Ministerial statement: Middle East
“Japan, Turkey, China and India have already been in negotiation with Iran to try to secure safe passage for their vessels through the strait of Hormuz. The Prime Minister was absolutely right to visit the Gulf states and their leaders. He k…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Spring Forecast
“More!…”
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Ministerial statement: Middle East
“We should all welcome the end of the Iranian regime—if it is the end of the regime. Those of us who were in this House for the decision on Iraq needed no convincing that Saddam’s was an evil regime. What we needed convincing on was that the…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“May I begin by thanking my right honourable Friend the Leader of the House for his remarks about Kingsbury school, which for 27 years was in my constituency before it passed over to that of the honourable Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackma…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report
“I am sure my right honourable Friend appreciates the enormous disappointment on this side of the House. Only two years before the general election, our now Prime Minister spoke in favour of a just settlement for WASPI women. I acknowledge t…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“When will the Government publish the full national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse? No. 10 is said to have pulled the full report last autumn because it was too alarming. Given that the truncated versi…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Commonhold and Leasehold Reform
“I congratulate my honourable Friend on resisting the calls from those who have exploited leaseholders for far too long and on capping ground rent. I welcome the assurance that we are moving from the outdated feudal system of leasehold to a …”
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Business of the House
“Happy new year to you, Mr Speaker. Delays in the court system mean that one of my constituents has been in prison on remand awaiting trial for over a year. She is in New Hall Prison, 200 miles away from her mother, who is disabled and canno…”
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Adjournment
Christmas Adjournment
“Following the reduction of their grant by 9% in real terms, National Parks and National Landscapes were explicitly encouraged to use biodiversity net gain markets to attract private finance. I was disappointed, therefore, to see that in set…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“May the blessings of Christmas be with you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and all who serve in this place. Few of us can imagine the extraordinary difficulty of studying for university exams in a war zone, so I was delighted about, and commend the …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Jury Trials
“The Solicitor General is absolutely right to say that justice delayed is justice denied. My constituent Qesser Zuhrah has been on remand in prison for over a year. Two other constituents, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello, have also been o…”
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Ministerial statement: Government Procurement
“On 1 October, it became mandatory for Government contracting authorities to include social issues like jobs and skills in their procurement processes. That in itself is a good thing, but the social value model they have prepared is flawed. …”
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Debate
Budget Resolutions
“I joined the Labour party because I believe in equality and justice, and those are two of the values that I use to judge any Budget. Does it create a more equal society, and is the society that it creates more just? Therefore, there are asp…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Office for Budget Responsibility Forecasts
“The Chief Secretary quoted the OBR review, which said: “The ultimate responsibility for the circumstances in which this vulnerability occurred” was “with the leadership of the OBR.” Has anyone in the OBR leadership offered their resignation…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: COP30
“I thank my right honourable Friend for the leadership he has shown internationally and nationally over the past 20 years—it has been quite remarkable. I thank him for his statement today. He will have seen over the time that has elapsed sin…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Migration: Settlement Pathway
“I welcome the assurance the Home Secretary has given to those who have achieved indefinite leave to remain and have settled status in this country. That certainty is really important. She will know that in my constituency I have many famili…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“The speedy passage of environmental legislation through this House is not often a feature, so I thank the Leader of the House for the speedy way in which the biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction treaty was dealt with by the Government.…”
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Legislation
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
“Does the right honourable Gentleman agree that one of the most important things the Government can do at COP1 when it meets next year is to establish a regime with the other members of the conference of the parties on how enforcement of the…”
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Legislation
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
“It has been almost 19 years since I first met Professor Alex Rogers at a two-day conference at Somerville College, Oxford, convened by the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment. The subject was international law on the …”
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Debate
Business of the House
“The long-awaited report by the Joint Intelligence Committee on the link between biodiversity, sustainability and national security is still not with us. Lord Dannatt and other senior military figures have increasingly expressed concerns abo…”
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Statement
Official Secrets Act Case: Witness Statements
“May I take the Minister back to the wording of the Act? It says that it is an offence to pass information that would be “directly or indirectly useful to an enemy”. It does not say that it is an offence to directly or indirectly pass to an …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Manchester Terrorism Attack
“After the vile attack in Manchester, many of us in this House will have spent time with Jewish friends last week celebrating the festival of Sukkot. It was particularly emotional for me to do that with friends and to realise that for the su…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
“I pay tribute to my honourable Friend for what has been a lifetime of work protecting women and girls. I welcome what she has said about updating the ethnicity data, which will enable the public debate to take place on the basis of data and…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Borders and Asylum
“It has come to my attention that in government, the job of Home Secretary does not always attract the greatest thanks, so I want to thank my right honourable Friend for the response that she and her Department have given to the letter from …”
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