LabourMP for Crawley
“Madam Deputy Speaker, I very much welcome, as I'm sure do, most of my colleagues on these benches, the government's actions so far on commonhold and leasehold, and I look forward to further steps emerging. Today, I'd like to speak to the is…”
“6. Whether she plans to update the Treasury Green Book supplementary guidance on wellbeing. [R]…”
“9. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing greater use of evidence from automated enforcement technology in trials.…”
“Does my honourable Friend accept that part of the reason for the difference in defence spending is that those nations’ security is at much more immediate risk than that of the UK? If we are going to maintain a leading role and ensure the se…”
“I have great respect for the Secretary of State; I believe that he is one of the finest Ministers on this Government’s Front Bench, and I have great sympathy for him. The reality is that at times, we have all been presented with advice that…”
“This package of measures will transform the lives of thousands of my constituents. On fleecehold, residents in Forge Wood are paying thousands of pounds for services that other constituents receive for free. Can the Minister confirm that he…”
“5. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK’s membership of the European convention on human rights on the Belfast agreement.…”
“8. What steps his Department is taking to help increase the capacity of major national grid supply points.…”
“Does my honourable Friend agree that while it is good news that the Government have now proposed national minimum standards, her new clause represents the other part of the Casey review’s recommendations, without which the House would have …”
“8. What steps she has taken to tackle delays in the payment of refunds by her Department.…”
“I thank the right honourable Lady for the points she is making. Does she share my concern that much as in the US, where rhetoric has shifted through a sudden strategy away from explicit conversation about race to coded references about race…”
“17. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the length of time for cases to go to trial.…”
“I congratulate the Minister on his appointment, and thank Ministers for the time they have given me to raise with them matters in relation to this Bill and for the responses they have provided to my questions. I can see no logical reason wh…”
“I am sure my honourable Friend will be aware of the role that the Starlink system has played in Ukraine in enabling the frontline operations of the Ukrainian army. For a very long time, GPS was the main determinator of whether Trident could…”
“I congratulate my honourable Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Tracy Gilbert) on bringing forward the Bill. Devolution has been an interest of mine for a very long time. It was the topic of my master’s dissertation and my fir…”
“My honourable Friend consistently refers to himself as a complete townie—a description that I would apply to myself, too. Of course, the fact that we reside in urban areas does not in any way mean that we are unconcerned by the fortunes of …”
“I congratulate the honourable Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers) on bringing forward this Bill. A year on from the general election, it is nice to have one of those days when there is a sequence of Bills that we can all get behind and supp…”
“I came here today with the intention of voting against the Government on this Bill. I have to say that with clause 5 having been removed —which, as I am sure everyone at home will be delighted to know, completely withdraws PIP from the scop…”
“In the ’60s and ’70s, Labour and Conservative Governments removed the Chagossian people from their islands in the interests of national security. In response to written questions, the Foreign Office has confirmed that many certainties that …”
“6. Whether she plans to increase rail capacity on the Brighton main line.…”
“We have talked a lot about demographic challenges in Scotland over the course of the debate, and I do not doubt the concerns about the demography—I have a lot of concerns myself about it. But the biggest factors that affect having children—…”
“5. What steps he is taking to reform the civil service.…”
“I am very grateful to the Minister for outlining the investment made in the line historically. Indeed, in Gatwick’s case, a very large portion of the investment was made directly by the airport, rather than by the Department for Transport. …”
“Despite the many fine contributions made by Members so far and no doubt many yet to come, planning is quite a dreary subject for many. Indeed, I heard some senior Members of this House privately describe it as such. I can well remember as a…”
“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am very grateful for my good fortune in having the chance to introduce a Bill in my first year as a Member of this House and to seek to address, in part, one of my greatest policy co…”
“As Members have said, a number of us were in Ukraine at the end of last week, and four days ago we were sat in a bomb shelter in Kyiv as the Ukrainian military worked to clear the sky of drones. Kyiv is a beautiful European city—one of the …”
“I commend the Minister for his work in bringing forward the settlement to secure a fair deal for the sector, but, as many honourable Members have alluded to, the elephant in the room is temporary housing. That is in large part due to decisi…”
“Under the Mauritian criminal code, anyone who questions the integrity of Mauritian territories, including the Chagos archipelago, is potentially subject to 10 years’ imprisonment. Most British Chagossians have, at one time or another, effec…”
“Q8. Following years of real-terms cuts to its funding, St Catherine’s hospice, which serves my constituency, has recently made a number of redundancies. Palliative care is hugely important to our communities, and I pay tribute to those who …”
“The honourable and learned Gentleman has already outlined that there are 300 tightly bound areas where the EU influences Northern Irish legislation, but it sounds very much as if he is now suggesting that the United Kingdom should operate u…”
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