My hon. Friend and neighbour is absolutely correct.

My hon. Friend has pre-empted what I was about to come on to.

It is a genuine pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill).

The £9,000 limit was introduced more than five years ago, but given inflation over that period, in real terms it is £8,500 today, and by

We are here today debating this Bill as a direct consequence of the free vote of the British people in the referendum last year, when the

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