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HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseI agree wholeheartedly. The MHRA workforce has been cut by 40%, and that has slowed down the arrival of new therapies for people who desperately need them. We should be halving…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseI am happy to agree. My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and it also applies to the loved ones of people receiving a Parkinson’s diagnosis. We need better social care for all…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseOf course I am happy to join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to Peter Cook and to Paul Mayhew-Archer for their campaigning. The Liberal Democrats believe that people deserve…17 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformMy constituents are fed up. They are fed up of paying rising bills and adhering to hosepipe bans, and of being told to be mindful of how they use their water while leaks go…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseHon. Members who watched “Newsnight” last night will doubtless have been moved by Sir Michael Palin’s interview about his wife Helen’s final days and passing in a hospice. The…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Rural Railway Stations: Step Free AccessWivelsfield station in my constituency was also promised money in January 2024 under the Access for All scheme, and to date no more information has been forthcoming. Does my hon.…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorLike the hon. Lady, as a south-east MP, I have some amazing vineyards in my constituency, such as Bolney Wine Estate and Albourne Estate. They have told me about the challenges of…11 Nov 2025HANSARDSTEM Industries: Female WorkforceDoes the Minister seriously believe that cutting funding for the international baccalaureate, a qualification that is proven to keep more girls studying STEM subjects, will help…05 Nov 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) on securing this debate on what we have…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I wholeheartedly agree with her. The Government say they want to widen participation in higher education and to boost skills, but cutting…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsA-levels are undoubtedly brilliant, but does the Minister agree that they are more narrow than the international baccalaureate?29 Oct 2025HANSARDHong Kong: Human Rights Violations8. What assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of human rights violations in Hong Kong.28 Oct 2025HANSARDHong Kong: Human Rights ViolationsA constituent of mine, who now lives in Haywards Heath, came to the UK from Hong Kong under the British national overseas visa route after the deterioration of human rights there…28 Oct 2025HANSARDNHS Menopause TreatmentIt is being reported in the press this week that women are being exploited by a menopause “gold rush”, enabled by tech giants such as Instagram. What steps can be taken to ensure…21 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate1. What steps she is taking to ensure the provision of adequate funding for pupils to study the International Baccalaureate.20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyThe Secretary of State praises the fantastic FE staff and describes FE colleges as “no longer a Cinderella service, but rather a system of high esteem”. How does she propose to do…20 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational BaccalaureateVarndean sixth-form college in Brighton is the only state-funded IB provider in Sussex. It has warned that, without the large programme uplift, the IB will become financially…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Hospices: South-east EnglandI wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s announcement this morning, in anticipation of this afternoon’s debate, of £80 million of support for children’s hospices over three…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Hospices: South-east EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for celebrating the work of Queen’s nurses and fabulous Fia for what she has done in writing a book—I am not sure that I could do that. It is truly…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Children’s Hospices: South-east EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for the campaigning she is doing with her colleagues on Arthur Rank hospice in Cambridgeshire, and she is right. When I went to visit Chestnut Tree House in…16 Oct 2025