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HANSARD NHSI thank the Secretary of State for visiting Southend Hospital last month. She knows that, when I was elected, ambulance handover times in Southend were the worst in the region.…23 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you for your service, Madam Deputy Speaker, and for all the support you have given me, as well as—I am sure—all new by- election winners in this Parliament and previous…23 May 2024HANSARD Licences and LicensingFor a while.22 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)On behalf of a National League club, Southend United, I welcome the light-touch approach set out in clause 8(c). I welcome the Minister’s comments that where the National League…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)It relates to clause 37, so I will wait.21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)I am very pleased that we have got to this important part of the Bill, which deals with owners and directors tests. I am conscious that we may be about to come on to the…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Second time lucky, Ms Nokes! I am delighted to talk about this part of the Bill and the important owner and director test, and I want to support clause 37(3) and (4). The current…21 May 2024HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillHear, hear.17 May 2024HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I thank her for bringing forward this Bill. She is a true champion of the farming community in Suffolk and across the…17 May 2024HANSARDSchool Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend and fellow Essex MP the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford) on her excellent Bill and on the skilful way she has guided it through this place. I…17 May 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a huge privilege, having already had the pleasure of guiding my Pet Abduction Bill through the Commons this Session,…17 May 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) BillI thank my hon. Friend for making that point, which is absolutely right. This is about placing responsibility on the owner, not criminalising the dog itself. That is exactly why I…17 May 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) BillI agree. That is exactly what this Bill—Emilie’s law—seeks to do. It will close the loophole and deal with this issue as a matter of animal welfare, placing responsibility on the…17 May 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. As I said at the beginning of my speech, the Bill is about placing responsibility on a dog owner to take all reasonable…17 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech about the impact on individuals, as well as the numbers. Does he agree that this is about fairness, taking into account the…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q On Tuesday, we heard a lot of evidence about unintended consequences, but from the club and National League perspectives. In particular, talk was about possible additional…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)I have one further short follow-up.16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q There is no equivalent of the Professional Footballers’ Association for the National League. Will the existence of the regulator and it having to consult other relevant…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q I would like to ask about the distribution of broadcast revenue, particularly to the National League. Currently, for every £1,000 that a Premier League club gets from broadcast…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q The obvious follow-up is: do you think the backstop goes far enough to address this? Alistair Jones: Personally, no. I do not think it goes far enough. I think it needs some…16 May 2024