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Fireworks

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16 July 2026

Law Changed to Deport Shabir Ahmed

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14 July 2026

Expansion of Israeli Settlements

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09 July 2026

Business of the House

Commons debates

Fireworks play a spectacular and important role in many of our public and private celebrations, but all too often the antisocial and year-round use of loud fireworks causes deep distress to pets,...

Immigration and Asylum Bill

Commons debates

First, I thank the Home Secretary for listening to me and my hon. Friends the Members for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (Jim McMahon), and for Heywood and Middleton North (Mrs Blundell), as...

Business of the House

Commons debates

More than a thousand British Jews and British Israelis have written to the Minister for the Middle East, my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr Falconer), to urge a ban on settlement goods...

NHS Corridor Care

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for her fantastic work in the NHS as a doctor; it is much appreciated. Like many NHS workers, she struggles against the odds and sees on a daily basis the impact of...

Human Rights in Kashmir

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend talks eloquently about the need to lower the temperature and de-escalate the situation. One of my constituents was visiting relatives in Kashmir recently and saw with his own eyes...

Climate Change: Weather Events

Energy Security and Net Zero

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

Last week in Rochdale, I attended a community screening of Chris Packham’s “National Emergency Briefing”, and one of the most chilling lines in that entire documentary was that...

Climate Change: Weather Events

Energy Security and Net Zero

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he plans to take following recent weather events to help tackle climate change.

Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation

Commons debates

Shabir Ahmed is a dangerous, manipulative paedophile whose sickening crimes are a damning indictment of the public authorities’ failure to adequately protect the victims of Rochdale...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Shabir Ahmed was the ringleader of a disgusting Rochdale grooming gang. He was convicted of serial rapes against young white girls and repeated rapes of a young Asian girl. Today, Shabir Ahmed is...

Animal Abusers - [Dr Andrew Murrison in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend makes a valid link between the abuse of animals and of human beings. I thank the petitioner, Bea, for bringing this issue to this place, because it shines a spotlight on both forms...

Steel Tariffs

Commons debates

This week I hosted a meeting between officials from the Department for Business and Trade and representatives of Hanson Springs, a brilliant family manufacturing business in my constituency that...

High Street Shops: Illicit Activity - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is right that dodgy shops and mini-marts are often a front for organised crime, particularly drug dealing, but also for the sexual and criminal exploitation of children, which we...

Clause 52 - Compensation scheme regulations

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

Simply to follow up, Ms Nokes, on the point the Minister was making about exemptions for individual companies, Hanson Springs in Rochdale relies heavily on imports of steel of a particular...

Clause 52 - Compensation scheme regulations

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

On that point, will the Minister give way?

Middle East

Commons debates

I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement, and in particular the fresh wave of sanctions she announced, as well as the new measures against British businesses and charities that fund and...

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Commons debates

The US news service Axios reported that this week President Trump held a direct phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he said that Netanyahu was “effing crazy” for escalating...

Armed Forces Day

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

To celebrate Armed Forces Day this year in Rochdale, there will be not only the usual flag-raising ceremony at Rochdale town hall, but on Saturday 27 June we will have a free community picnic in...

Armed Forces Day

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

What plans his Department has to mark Armed Forces Day.

Child Sexual Offender Data - [Dame Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Member refers to real people. There are no people more real than the three girls mentioned in the 2017 BBC docudrama and the whistleblowers involved. Does he accept that within days of...

Business of the House

Commons debates

On Sunday, there were scenes of wild celebration among the Dale fans at Wembley, as our beloved club staged a fabulous comeback and won the play-off final to return to the English football...