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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Business of the House

"I very much associate myself with your comments about Kevin Sinfield, Mr Speaker, who is a hero for the whole nation and a great role model.

On the question of the north, the Leader of the House is right. In the great northern town of Featherstone, there is increasing irritation …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Free School Meals

"As others have, I very much welcome the announcement. For the thousands of families in my constituency with children in poverty, this is a great announcement. However, I remember the Prime Minister’s statement that the Government need to go further and faster, so I encourage the Minister when he goes …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Bank Closures and Banking Hubs

"The banks have more or less abandoned my constituency, and it sounds like that is the case for many others. Some 6,500 branches have closed in recent years, as have more than 200 post offices. There are 23 separate settlements in my constituency with no access to banking. We do …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety Regulations

"I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and take his point entirely.

Some authorities have suggested that a two-mile radius is needed if a fire starts. People need to keep their windows and doors closed while the fumes are in the air, as there is a risk of children, …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety Regulations

"First of all, I support the fact that there is a debate on this issue, and I support some of the points that the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) has just made. It is clear that technology is moving fast, and when it does, it is essential that public …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety Regulations

"I will, but quickly...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jun 2025
Regional Growth

"It is more than 30 years since I was the leader of Leeds city council and made the first proposal for a rapid transit system in that area of West Yorkshire, so I welcome today’s announcement, although it will be a couple of years before the building starts. During the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 May 2025
Business of the House

"I associate myself with the comments from the Leader of the House repudiating antisemitism. In South Elmsall in my constituency, there is a clay pit that has been working for 14 years, four years after the licence expired. Last year, an enforcement notice was taken out by the Environment Agency, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 May 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

"The situation in Gaza is utterly intolerable, and the Foreign Secretary has convinced the House of his passion, anger and indignation, but he will know that angry rhetoric means nothing if it is not accompanied by forceful actions. I am not one of those people who say that no action …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 May 2025
Business of the House

"People in my area are totally brassed off with Yorkshire Water, which has failed, repeatedly, to deliver clean water to houses in Upton. It has delivered 5,000 hours of sewage into our local rivers and streams last year, and today we learnt that people are having to boil water in …..."
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