I agree strongly with my hon. Friend, and I am grateful for all the work he has done in this area. We need change now and have taken action by restructuring the Department to put SEND at its heart, investing billions in special needs places and mainstream settings, and improving programmes to support teachers through a £200 million investment. Early support and intervention are critical, which is why we will ensure there is a SEND professional in every Best Start family hub as they roll out.

Our team would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. That question, and so many others, shows the huge opportunities arising from home-grown, clean power, including in fantastic Southampton.

My hon. Friend is exactly right. The issue he raises resonates with people across the country, from Southampton to south Tyneside; too many areas face blight from off-road bikes and street racing. At present, police must give multiple warnings before taking action. We want it to be one strike and out for seizing bikes more easily.

The British Council has no greater champions than Labour Ministers on the Front Bench. It does a fantastic job to promote the UK abroad. Across this House, we love the British Council.

Our youth guarantee will provide tailored support to young people, helping them to access high-quality education, training and employment. We want young people to be earning and learning, and we are wasting no time about that.

I recognise the challenges experienced by leaseholders. We will empower leaseholders to challenge unreasonable service charge increases, and my hon. Friend will not have to wait long for us to take action to that end.

I absolutely agree. I am more than happy to meet my hon. Friend and his constituent. Allegations of any crime involving serving police officers should be investigated robustly and independently by the police. Outside of criminal investigations, disciplinary investigations, including those involving serious assault and sexual violence, are referred to the IOPC under mandatory referral criteria, but there is more to do.

I am sorry to hear about that tragic case in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Encouraging or assisting suicide is an offence under the Suicide Act 1961, and sending communications that encourage or assist serious self-harm is an offence under the Online Safety Act 2023, but we are going to tighten up the law to address the situation that my hon. Friend has described. Of course, this is about not just the law, but the enforcement of the law as well.

I pay tribute to the Friends of the Itchen Estuary for their advocacy on this important issue. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ran a consultation on reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, which closed on 23 December 2024. We are currently analysing the responses and considering how any proposed changes may impact the application and designation process, and we will of course respond fully in due course.

The Water (Special Measures) Bill creates new powers for the regulator, including banning unjustified bonuses for water bosses who fail to meet environmental standards and ensuring imprisonment is a sentencing option where regulators are obstructed. Compensation for poor service is being doubled to hold companies accountable for failures. Bills are rising due to previous government inaction on crumbling infrastructure and mismanagement.

This is hard, partly because of the fiscal backdrop, but we are working on a comprehensive plan so that we can help not just the poorest—we want to help those in fuel poverty—but people across the income spectrum through a more universal offer. If we can get funding for up-front investments, there will be massive paybacks; that is the chance. We all know that. It is a hard nut to crack, but we are doing our best to do so.

We fully acknowledge the challenges faced by the sector and the challenging needs of young people. The strategy will help us move forward from a one-size-fits-all approach from central Government, bringing power back to young people and their communities and rebuilding a thriving and sustainable youth sector.

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I certainly join him in congratulating those local businesses on their work and, indeed, all Members of Parliament on the work that they do on their constituency days to champion and support local businesses. The Government's agenda includes long-term reform of business rates to create permanently low business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure. The launch of high-street rental auctions, getting rid of derelict property in town centres, is also hugely exciting. The business growth service is predominantly about recognising that although the Government do a lot, businesses can often find it hard to access exactly what they need.

Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets and communities, and are essential to our economic success. That is why, on Small Business Saturday, I announced the business growth service, which will ensure that businesses across the UK get quicker and easier support and advice from Government. Further announcements include the disability finance code for entrepreneurship to improve access to capital and tackle inequality for disabled entrepreneurs. A new fair payment code was launched by the Office of the Small Business Commissioner to help address late payments. Next year, as my hon. Friend has said, the small business strategy will be published to create thriving high streets, easier access to finance, open overseas and domestic markets and enhanced business capability.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, such levies are already common in more than 40 countries and destinations worldwide, including Manchester where it has been highly successful.

My hon. Friend identifies a number of the challenges that we have inherited as a new Government. We are working as quickly as we can to address them. We want to ensure that teachers right across the sector, whether in our schools, the FE sector or colleges, get the support, the pay and the recognition that they deserve.

In June, I visited Southampton to see the port's wealth creation and jobs. In October's autumn Budget, we focused on accelerating grid connections to unlock investment opportunities through the national wealth fund. We are completing strategic planning for 2030 energy system infrastructure.

We are clear that the pace of remediation has been too slow. We will meet developers to agree a plan for accelerating work in coming weeks, and I am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss these issues further.