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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jun 2025
G7 and NATO Summits

"I praise the Prime Minister for his work on the new 5% target and on ensuring that we reach it for our national security and core defence. Does he agree that just as the Labour Government in the 1940s helped to found NATO, this Labour Government could help found a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Department for Transport

"Up north, we are chuffed about the record investment in the trans-Pennine route, and chuffed about Northern Powerhouse Rail. Will my hon. Friend back my calls for better train wi-fi, so that our constituents can check their emails speedily, and my little boy Robin can stream “Paw Patrol”?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Pride Month

"May I celebrate my wonderful hon. Friend for his role in founding Basildon Pride? Will he join me in commending York Pride and its 17,000 visitors for celebrating the wonderful LGBTQ+ community that we have in York? Will he also join me in condemning any abuse, harassment or intimidation—at any …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle fraud in the welfare system by organised criminal groups. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Having spent my career before entering this place tackling fraud, I recognise the scale of the challenge, so I commend the Secretary of State for her leadership, with the biggest ever crackdown on benefit fraud. Given the success of whistleblower reward schemes in tax and financial crime, does my hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
UK Modern Industrial Strategy

"My hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Alex Baker) and I have published a report highlighting the persistent scale-up gap for defence SMEs. I welcome the increase in funds for nationally significant infrastructure projects, but red tape is holding back investment in British single-use military technology, so will my right …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jun 2025
UK Infrastructure: 10-year Strategy

"Through my work on the Public Accounts Committee, I have seen just how severe the public estate maintenance backlog has become. In fact, the Conservatives had their heads so deep in the sand on building maintenance that I am surprised they did not apply for planning permission. Can my right …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
HS2 Reset

"On the Public Accounts Committee, I asked HS2 bosses what I thought was a relatively simple question: how much are they spending on newt mitigation? However, they could not give an answer. Similarly, I can confirm to the House that I have information suggesting that the cost of the so-called …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Theft of Tools of Trade

"My hon. Friend is a champion for the grafters of this country, who are fed up with having the tools of their trade nicked. Does she agree that the action and sentencing changes that she is asking for must apply to the tools of any trade, be they the GPS …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 May 2025
Regulation of Bailiffs (Assessment and Report)

"I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish an assessment of the effectiveness of current regulation of the debt collection and civil enforcement sectors and to report to Parliament on the potential merits of statutory regulation of …..."

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