Peter Dowd MP: speeches

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• 21 Oct 2025 · Rape Gangs: National Statutory Inquiry · Hansard source

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  The Minister has reiterated time and again that victims must be at the centre of an inquiry. Will she tell us what she intends to do to ensure that that aim is fully implemented?

• 16 Oct 2025 · Business of the House · Hansard source

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  As a current member of the Panel of Chairs, may I say what a wonderful job you do in this Chamber, Mr Speaker? [Laughter.] Will the Government set aside some time to debate an issue of concern to me—why National Highways has declined to replace a bridge on virtually the busiest road in Merseyside, leading down to the Liverpool port? The A5036 Park Lane has 40,000 vehicles a day going down it, which is considerable at peak time. I am concerned that we need to tease out why National Highways felt it inappropriate to replace a bridge when there is a school, a church, a day centre, a hotel and a shopping centre all nearby. That is a concern, and we need to debate it.

• 15 Sept 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source

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  T5. Will the Minister give an update on the work of the defending democracy taskforce, please?