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HANSARDHuman Rights: Supply ChainsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and I join other Members in thanking you for chairing this debate. Also, if your Wikipedia page is correct, may I be…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCommunity HospitalsThe hon. Lady is making a powerful point about trust and promises being made but not delivered. Twenty years ago, Littlehampton hospital in my constituency closed, with the…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCommunity HospitalsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on securing this vital debate. I also commend the…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARD Access to Dental Services: West SussexIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller), my constituency neighbour, on securing this very…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARD Access to Dental Services: West SussexAs this is a debate on dentistry in West Sussex, I invite the Minister to share the numbers that relate specifically to West Sussex rather than to the country.16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARD Access to Dental Services: West SussexIn Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, and in significant parts of Chichester, we have coastal areas. In our manifesto, the Conservative party pledged golden handshakes to attract…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for opening this incredibly…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDState Pensioners: Personal AllowanceI am delighted to hear about the increase in pensions. The Minister can tell us what they increased by, but can he perhaps tell us what they were reduced by with the taxation that…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDOil and Gas Sector: Employment4. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on levels of employment in the oil and gas sector in Scotland.10 Jun 2026HANSARDOil and Gas Sector: EmploymentMany businesses in my Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency depend on contracts linked to the North sea energy sector. With this Labour Government driving disinvestment and…10 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth InequalitiesWest Sussex county council’s health and adult social care scrutiny committee has concluded that the closure of Zachary Merton hospital in Rustington “constituted a significant…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Thousands of people in West Sussex are unable to access an NHS dentist and many constituents in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton tell me that they have been unable to secure an…09 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ8. At 19, I was in a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis. I lost 70% of my hearing and needed open-heart surgery. The menB vaccine has saved lives since its introduction…20 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityBusinesses in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton need stable and affordable energy to grow and invest, so does my right hon. Friend agree that our “get Britain drilling” Bill is vital…19 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthOn Friday, I opened the new Premier Inn in my constituency—a project that was passed under the last Conservative Government—but many businesses in my constituency are failing…18 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainOn that point, will the Secretary of State give way?14 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainI thank the Secretary of State for giving way and for his astounding shopping list of action that he is taking, but the Conservatives can make life easy for him: if he had not put…14 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainBusinesses in my constituency are not asking for special treatment; they are asking for a Government who stop making it harder to employ people, harder to grow and harder to…14 May 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI think all of us on the Opposition Benches would be keen to understand why, if the Minister is so confident that pension funds will invest, he does not make it a choice rather…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe House of Lords has identified clear gaps and proposed practical solutions, and has sent improvements back to us. The Lords has acted to put in place clear safeguards, and the…22 Apr 2026