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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill

"I applaud all the efforts by podcasters and tradespeople who are going online and sharing their experiences. Any hon. Member can look up the likes of Stolen Tools UK or the Gas Expert on Instagram and they will see cases, every single day, of people having their tools stolen and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill

"I agree with my hon. Friend’s vital contribution. I will come on to a couple of the larger impacts.

We often think about small businesses, but we have found from our roundtable that very large companies also suffer a lot of damage. For example, on average Openreach vans are hit …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill

"I rise to speak in favour of new clause 130 to strengthen the law on tool theft.

In early May this year, I joined police officers from Sidcup and Havering in a raid to uncover stolen tools at a boot sale in east London. Unlicensed boot sales are notorious for …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill

"I thank my right hon. Friend for her vital contribution. We must back the makers, not the law breakers, whether they are “white van men” or rural farmers who are having their tools stolen. The impact on their ability to go to work is significant, but it also has an …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government continue to claim that they wish to expand community diagnostic centres to speed up scanning and treatment of patients and therefore reduce demand on the likes of A&E. If that is the case, why are they cutting the revenue tariffs that were available to the community diagnostic centres …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)

"I beg to move amendment 130, in clause 57, page 47, line 35, leave out subsection (6) and insert—

“(6) Condition 4 is met in relation to a qualifying football season if—

(a) a distribution agreement is in force between the two specified competition organisers in relation to the season,

…..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)

"It is a pleasure to serve under you again, Sir Jeremy, and I welcome back everyone else in Committee.

The clause sets out further details on the circumstances in which the specified competition organisers can apply to trigger the resolution process. The Government have moved on the mechanism within the …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)

"I will be brief. I echo some of the Minister’s comments. His Majesty’s official Opposition welcome any efforts to ensure that the backstop process is triggered only as a last resort and we will carefully monitor how that works in future.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause 59, as amended, …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)

"Clause 62 is, in many ways, the most far-reaching and contentious provision in the Bill. It establishes the legal framework by which the Government’s regulator, having assessed final proposals under the new resolution process we have already discussed, may issue a legally binding “distribution order”, thereby compelling parties to adopt …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)

"I will not repeat the comments the Minister has made, but we also believe that this new mechanism is an improvement on the previous one, in line with feedback from the other place and from the leagues. The new clause would allow modified proposals to be submitted to the football …..."
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