Statement
Ministerial statement: Police Leadership
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Graham Stringer
LabourMP for Blackley and Middleton South
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Questions
Urgent question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on whether the Government is planning to change the law to deport Rochdale grooming gang leader, Shabir Ahmed.
“I wouldn't normally comment on the specific details of conversations across government, but I have to simply say that isn't true. His characterization of diplomats in the Foreign Office. That's not my experience to any degree. On the point.…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Science, Innovation and Technology
“Particle physics and astronomy have had a rough deal since the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council—PPARC—was abolished about 19 years ago. I understand that the justification being put out by the Science Minister and other Minis…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Murder of Henry Nowak
“In the ’80s and ’90s in this country, many police officers carried out their duties in a prejudicial and racist way. I am proud of having worked alongside many others to eliminate that racism as much as we could. However, we are now left wi…”
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Debate
Student Loans
“It is a long time since I went to university, but there was a belief then that the least important things we got out of it were degrees and job prospects. There was a value in education itself. The right honourable Lady seems to think that …”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q12. The National Audit Office report on Northern Powerhouse Rail, which came out on Monday, surprised none of us in its conclusion that the Department for Transport’s lack of engagement with mayoral authorities, local authorities and other…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory
“Risking the accusation of creeping, Mr Speaker, may I say that it is a great pity that you are not in charge of these negotiations? The deal we have come to, or are coming to, is inexplicable both in principle and in relation to the costs t…”
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Legislation
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Proposed Chinese Embassy
“I think I heard my honourable Friend say clearly that the Government would not stand for coercion by the Chinese diplomatic service. Has the Foreign Office not been looking at what has been going on over the last 10 years? At the consulate …”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Local Elections: Cancellation
“As a former leader of a major council and a Labour MP, I find this completely embarrassing. A Labour Government should not be taking the vote away from 3.7 million people. It is completely unprecedented for a Labour Government to do that. T…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: West Midlands Police
“It is absolutely clear that, by lies and conspiracy, the chief constable of the West Midlands created a no-go area for Jews in one of our major cities. He cannot, by whatever mechanism, continue in office, but will the Home Secretary consid…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Northern Powerhouse Rail
“I appreciate the Secretary of State’s recognition of the lack of investment that there has been in the north of England, but it is not as though there has not been jam to go around. While there has been almost zero new investment in the nor…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q5. This country can be proud of its history of religious tolerance and religious freedom. The quid pro quo for that is the right to criticise religion. Can the Prime Minister assure the House that there will be no introduction or reintrodu…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Last Thursday, Baroness Hallett issued the second part of her important report on covid, which deals with the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of the Government’s response to covid and the £400 billion spent on it. After the first Hallett…”
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Legislation
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
“Can the honourable Gentleman give an example of when a Conservative Government gave a veto to a local authority?…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Critical Minerals Strategy
“I respect my honourable Friend’s optimism and his detailed technical knowledge of this issue. I suspect it is going to be very tough getting the supply lines as secure as he wants them to be, but does he also recognise that there is an abso…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans Ban
“Our police forces in this country have dealt with violent fans from other countries for a long time. I do not expect my honourable Friend to be familiar with the Bad Blue Boys of Dinamo Zagreb—probably the worst fans in Europe, responsible …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Asylum Policy
“I fully support the Home Secretary and her statement. It is a fundamental duty of Government to protect our borders and to know who is coming into this country—something that we have not known for some time. She has set herself a difficult …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: BBC Leadership
“I do not think any reasonable person can think that the programme put out by “Panorama” was a mistake. It was clearly manipulation with a purpose, and unfortunately it follows a long line—I will not list all the examples, as other honourabl…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q12. The honourable Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy), when he was an official, produced a devastating report on the Home Office. Reading it, it shows a Department characterised by disarray and defeatism. There have been 12 Home Secret…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans Ban
“As my right honourable Friend will know from her discussions with the Jewish community—which will have been similar to those that I have had following the dreadful murders at the Heaton Park synagogue just over a fortnight ago—what they wan…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Manchester Terrorism Attack
“I thank the Home Secretary for her statement, and I am sure that the people of Crumpsall, where this atrocity took place, will welcome it. The only point I would add is that while these acts of antisemitism and violence are un-British, they…”
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Legislation
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
“I sincerely congratulate my honourable Friend on his new position. I have to say to him that I have never found it a satisfactory basis for arguments or positions in this Chamber to say that those on the other side are doing it. However, I …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Borders and Asylum
“I do not envy the Home Secretary trying to clear up the mess that the last Government left on migration. I doubt, however, that the measures she is currently putting before the House will be as successful as she and I wish them to be. They …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: HS2 Reset
“This is the latest national scandal to arise in our attempts to bring in infrastructure schemes on budget and on time, but the taxpayer is not the only victim of the failure of this project so far; there are also the people of the north of …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Nuclear Power: Investment
“I welcome the statement today, which is moving towards an energy mix that is less weather dependent. I also welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement of investment in nuclear fusion. There is one constant about nuclear fusion, which is …”
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Legislation
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
“When I was building the second runway at Manchester airport, I had similar rants to my honourable Friend’s. I came to hate great crested newts, which were getting in the way of building that second runway. Surely there has to be a solution …”
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Questions
Oral questions: Transport
“My honourable Friend will be as aware as I am that the air passenger duty, which was introduced by a Conservative Chancellor more than 30 years ago, has been studied intensively. Every study shows that the revenue generated by that tax is m…”
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Legislation
Football Governance Bill [Lords]
“I suspect that many in this Chamber will be surprised to hear that when I first supported Manchester United, “United will survive” was on the front of the match programme: the club were bankrupt, because the young men who were killed in the…”
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Legislation
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
“I would like to make two points. First, this House can do what it wants. It does not need this Bill to regulate anything. To say that is does simply is not true. Secondly, on the question of whether the Bill will lead to dynamic realignment…”
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