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HANSARD Online Safety BillIt may be a drop in the ocean to the likes of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg—these multibillionaires who are taking over social media and using it as their personal plaything. They…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillIt is an absolute pleasure to be back in the Chamber to respond on behalf of the Opposition to this incredibly important piece of legislation on its long overdue second day on…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillWe are looking at putting people on the line. It needs to be something that people actually care about. Money does not matter to these people, as we have seen with the likes of…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI thank my hon. Friend for that important and powerful intervention. Let us be clear: everything that Kanye West said online is completely abhorrent and has no place in our…05 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are making an absolute mess of the Online Safety Bill. After years of inaction, we now know that they plan once again to delay the Bill from progressing. Their…01 Dec 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionDoes the right hon. Member agree that in cases such as fatal foetal abnormality syndrome or ectopic pregnancies, where the life of the woman would be put at risk, abortion is…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionIt is a privilege to speak in this timely debate, which we greatly need. I want to put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), who is my…28 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation Recovery: Support for PupilsWill the Minister join me in welcoming pupils and teachers from Pontypridd High School who are in the Public Gallery? The teachers do fantastic work in trying to catch up from…28 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale), for whom I have a great amount of respect. I wholeheartedly agree with every word he…25 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureIt is an honour to speak in this debate today, and I would like to focus my remarks on the link between Britain’s industrial future and its industrial past. This link is critical…15 Nov 2022HANSARD European Women’s Football Championship: Girls and Young WomenIt is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Mr Gray. I have the immense pleasure of responding to the debate on behalf of the Opposition. I congratulate the hon. Member for…09 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week I had the immense pleasure of visiting Japan with the British Council. I put on record my sincere thanks to the ambassador Julia Longbottom, Matthew Knowles and the…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Online HarmsIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I am grateful to be here representing the Opposition in this important debate. This is the first time I have…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsThe Minister is right to say that we need to get on with this. I appreciate that he is not responsible for the business of this House, but his party and his Government are, so…26 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsNext week, we come together to recognise National Fertility Week, and yesterday I had the great opportunity to meet Fertility First, a fantastic charity that provides information…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: Final ReportI, too, welcome the Home Secretary to his place, but I share the frustrations of colleagues across the House. The Online Safety Bill has been delayed yet again due to the chaos at…24 Oct 2022HANSARDHate Speech OnlineLast weekend there was yet another case of vile online racist abuse being hurled at a professional footballer, on this occasion the Brentford striker Ivan Toney. Ironically,…20 Oct 2022HANSARDEarly General ElectionThe Minister is, of course, a Minister for the Union. As the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson), quite rightly said, neither of the First…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEarly General ElectionIt is an honour to speak with you in the Chair, Mr Mundell. I believe that I was the first Member to call for a general election this side of the summer, in the Chamber during…17 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenI am saddened, but truly grateful and humbled, to have the opportunity on behalf of my constituents and my community in Pontypridd and Taff Ely to add to the tributes here today…09 Sept 2022