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HANSARDFootball 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 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLeigh Lionesses are a newly founded football club aimed at providing a nurturing environment for girls to thrive in football, but according to leading member Gary Jacobs, whose…09 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Hamas are rightly an internationally proscribed organisation, yet the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which funds and supports Hamas, is not. Should it not be?30 Apr 2024HANSARD Ofsted’s Work with SchoolsAs a member of the Select Committee on Education, I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent statement, and for the fantastic report on which it is based. I also thank my hon.…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIn stark contrast to London, in Essex, our brilliant police, fire and crime commissioner Roger Hirst has cut knife crime by over 11% in just one year and his hotspot policing…25 Apr 2024HANSARDHospital RepairsI thank the Secretary of State very much for the Government’s commitment to delivering the £110 million in capital funding for south Essex hospitals and for her recent visit to…23 Apr 2024HANSARDHospital Repairs5. What steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding for hospital repairs.23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillI welcome the Bill, and thank the whole ministerial team, particularly the Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey…23 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingMy hon. Friend asks why this support is not funded. In Southend we have the absolutely brilliant Havens hospice, which includes the children’s hospice Little Havens. More than 80%…22 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillWith the leave of the House, I thank everyone here for their contributions to the debate, and I extend that thanks to Members who are unable to be here but who contributed to past…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillNo, I will not give way. My hon. Friend had a very long time to speak and I would like to get through my remarks. Cats are among the most beloved pets in the UK. There are around…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing that more accurate information to the Chamber and illustrating that we are talking about a figure in the thousands for cats, just as…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI have already said to my hon. Friend that I will not give way at this point—19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI am delighted to have another opportunity to speak about this important Bill, and to speak to amendments 19 and 20, which are minor technical amendments in my name. I thank my…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI was of course being nothing but wholly complimentary. It was about the strength, tenaciousness and effectiveness with which my right hon. Friend makes his points—and that killer…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that point. She is absolutely right. Whether someone’s cat is a mongrel, a rescue cat or a stray cat that they have rightly adopted and looked…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillMy hon. Friend is right to suggest that it is small. It is a matter of hundreds, not thousands. The point that I am making is that it is increasing. I do not believe that cats…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillOh—I will give way.19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. May I put on the record, on behalf of everybody in Southend West, our condolences to Mr Speaker and his family on the loss…19 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI support the Bill’s aim to create the first smoke-free generation. It is bold and visionary, and I support it. I want to use my time to make four short points. It will not…16 Apr 2024