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HANSARDSexual Offences10. What steps she is taking with the Home Secretary to tackle the potential causes of recent trends in the level of reported sexual offences.23 Feb 2022HANSARDSexual OffencesLabour Members believe it is time for judges to be able to hand out enhanced sentences and increased punishments for all crimes that are committed on the basis of prejudice…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Kinship Care for BabiesThank you, Ms Fovargue. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I thank the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom) for having secured such…22 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The UK is now the only atomic nation with no official recognition of or compensation for nuclear test veterans and their families. Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the first…21 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKAbsolutely. This is a crucial point and it is why the Government really must come good on their promises. I also hope the Minister will update the House and give us a timetable…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKI wholeheartedly thank my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) for securing this vital debate, and for the work that she does as co-chair of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKMy hon. Friend makes a crucial point. There has been a perfect storm. As we have heard, there is a growing list of people waiting to be diagnosed properly with dementia as a…10 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces Champions in JobcentresIn theory this should be an excellent initiative, but the Minister will know that the previous veterans action plan, for 2019 to 2021, promised to “increase the number of…07 Feb 2022HANSARD Future of the NHSIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. This has been a spirited and emotional debate, and one that captures the unique place that the NHS holds in the heart…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWe have had excessive what-aboutery, bluster and bravado from the Prime Minister. I suggest to him politely that we need a lot more humility from him, given that while the Gray…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEducation Settings: Safe LearningI, too, want children to be taught in safe spaces. That brings me yet again to the plight of Russell Scott Primary School in Denton, where, as the Minister knows, a botched £2.7…31 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI commend my hon. Friend on bringing forward this legislation to the House of Commons. It is long overdue and builds on the work that she mentioned earlier. The fact is that there…28 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case in support of this excellent Bill. Our hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) gave her really personal experience of…28 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI have had the privilege of visiting Yad Vashem four or five times now, and I remember on one particular occasion going into the cave the hon. Gentleman describes, where the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDFly-tippingEverything that the Minister has just said is music to my ears, because illegal fly-tipping blights all of our communities and shames our country. It destroys our sense of place…27 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAssuming that levelling up is still the Government’s policy and that the Leader of the House thinks it is unacceptable for children to be taught in what the national media has…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on securing this debate and on the…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesBefore I was interrupted by the Division bell, I was about to say that I have seen at first hand the injustice of health inequality. Denton, the main town in my constituency,…26 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI remind the Minister that it started with a joke about a fictional party during a dummy press conference. Then there was the faux outrage from the Prime Minister, who was angry…25 Jan 2022HANSARDSupport for Town Centres and High StreetsThe towns fund is a limited beauty contest. All town centres, such as Crownpoint in Denton and Houldsworth Square in Reddish, matter. Twelve years ago, those town centres had…24 Jan 2022