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HANSARDBus Travel Affordability: Children and Young People10. What steps she has taken to help increase the affordability of bus travel for children and young people.16 Jul 2026HANSARDBus Travel Affordability: Children and Young PeopleLast week, the all-party parliamentary group for tradespeople hosted a roundtable to discuss the barriers to young people taking up a career in the trades. Travel was raised as a…16 Jul 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseI regularly hear from people in Portsmouth who are passionate about public service and keen to make a positive difference in their community. Politics should be accessible to…16 Jul 2026HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI am proud to represent Portsmouth, whose local people want their pride reflected in the name of the reorganised local council. Both Portsmouth MPs and, I believe, councils…16 Jul 2026HANSARD Gibraltar: UK-EU TreatyI draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Gibraltar, I warmly congratulate the…16 Jul 2026HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentSir David Amess understood what every Member of this House should remember: our greatest privilege is representing the people and places who send us here. He never missed an…16 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft UK-EU Agreement on GibraltarIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John, in this important debate. For more than six years, the people of Gibraltar have lived with uncertainty. As chair of…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting Readinessrose —08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessWill the hon. Member give way?08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessWe live in an increasingly unstable world. From Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine to the conflict in the middle east, the threats to our national security have grown, and…08 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Corridor CareDoes my hon. Friend agree that often this is compounded when somebody has been arrested and police officers are sitting for hours? I was recently in A&E, and there were two police…08 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Corridor CareI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) for her service and for securing this debate. There is no clearer sign of the failure of the NHS under the…08 Jul 2026HANSARD Employment and TrainingToo many of those skilled industrial jobs have disappeared and too many young people today do not see the same opportunities that previous generations had. When we talk about…06 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Two weeks ago, alongside colleagues, I met a network of families and parents from all three armed forces. I heard from serving personnel about the real strain of starting a…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Employment and TrainingThe levy proposals may sound technical, but at their heart they are about investing in people and in Britain’s future, because, let us be honest, everything we touch and see is…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Employment and TrainingAs someone who studied STEM—science, technology, engineering and maths—subjects at college, I agree with the hon. Member. We need to ensure that our young people have the maximum…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC Guidancerose—01 Jul 2026HANSARD Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC Guidancerose—01 Jul 2026HANSARD Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC GuidancePortsmouth coastguard rescue officers responded to 171 incidents last year, and I rise to express my admiration of them and of the coastguard rescue officers in the right hon.…01 Jul 2026HANSARDHigh Street Regeneration and Unlawful StorefrontsI thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate. The issues that he highlights exist across the country. A common struggle for hon. Members across the House is that we…30 Jun 2026