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The House of Commons met to consider amendments to the Bill on 10 September 2025.
Buses are the country’s most popular form of public transport. Local buses accounted for 58% of ticketed public transport journeys in Great Britain in the year ending March 2023, and are an essential part of the national transport system. However, passenger
On 9 September 2025 I attended and intervened in a debate secured by Helen Hayes MP's adjournment debate on the accessibility of railway stations.
I made the following intervention:
"she mentioned a list of stations in her constituency, I would like to mention Bescot Stadium station in my constituency. Does she agree that if a station is
As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I was delighted to attend the Publishers Association’s Annual Reception in Parliament on Tuesday 9 September 2025.
We heard speeches from the Publishers Association’s President and Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Mandy Hill; Baroness Gail Rebuck, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group
On 9 September 2025 the House of Commons debated the Bill at second reading.
The Bill implements the 22 May 2025 Treaty between Mauritius and the UK, transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, including the Diego Garcia military base, to Mauritius. It also ends UK sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory in domestic law, updates
On 8 September 2025 the House of Commons considered amendments made by the House of Lords to the Bill.
The Bill is one of the Government’s key manifesto commitments, initiating the most significant changes to the private rented sector for nearly 40 years, abolishing section 21 evictions and introducing a robust Decent Homes Standard in the
It was great to meet Lucy Bronze to celebrate 25 years of the Football Foundation in the community. the Football Foundation provide support to grassroots football clubs to help grow the game. To find out more information: https://footballfoundation.org.uk/
On 4 September 2025 the House of Commons considered amendments made by the House of Lords to the Bill.
The Government promised in 2024 to legislate to remove the last remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords and this Bill delivers on that promise. Earlier this year, Peers voted in favour of making four amendments,
As Chair of the APPG on Portugal, I wrote to the Ambassador of Portugal in the UK HE Nuno Brito expressing my condolences on the tragic events and hand delivered it to the Embassy.
I send my deepest condolences to the people of Portugal on this day of mourning following the tragic events at Bairro Alto