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HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewDoes the Secretary of State agree that there must be strong support from school leaderships and local authorities for individual teachers as they, rightly, teach social media…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Drug-related DeathsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate. She will be aware that many of those who have died from complications and overdoses related to opioids died on their own.…05 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanThe Integrated Food Security Phase Classification recently discovered conditions of famine in El Fasher and Kadugli. It has also stated that conditions in Dilling in south…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Sudan: Government SupportI am very grateful to the hon. Member for securing this important debate, and to everyone who has participated. He mentioned impediments to aid, and he will be aware that the most…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Royal Mail: Universal Service ObligationI have found that local post workers are really keen to innovate where they can to try to deal with the issues. One thing they pioneered was putting the NHS barcode on…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansMr Speaker, I am very grateful to you for granting this urgent question. The scale of suffering in Sudan’s war on civilians is almost impossible to comprehend. A population the…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of Civilians(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the UK’s activity to promote the protection of…30 Oct 2025HANSARDSudanAs penholder at the UN Security Council for both Sudan and the protection of civilians, the UK has a special responsibility following the fall of El Fasher and the appalling…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Humanitarian Situation in SudanIt is a pleasure to speak in this really important debate. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal), who was absolutely right to state…22 Jul 2025HANSARDSEND Provision: South-east EnglandI sure that, like me, the hon. Member has taken up many cases with her local education authority on behalf of parents and children. I have not heard a single parent or child say…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformIncreasing access to employment opportunities for disabled people and improving the retention of disabled workers were urgent before, and they are even more urgent now. My right…30 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyI welcome my right hon. Friend’s determination to reduce energy costs. He has heard about the need for that from me, from many other colleagues and from industry, and he has…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Water Safety EducationI welcome you to your place, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) for securing this debate. Water safety…19 Jun 2025HANSARDHumanist MarriageMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. When it comes to equity, I am sure she is aware that the High Court ruled five years ago that there was an issue of discrimination. The…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitIt is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Ms McVey, particularly in a week when the Government acted in our national interest by ensuring a deal that is good for business,…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI could not agree more with my hon. Friend; she is absolutely right that sadly we face the same threats from autocrats and those who seek to support them and disrupt free and fair…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman, and I want to ask him specifically about goods exports—this relates to the comments made by the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire…22 May 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military BaseMy right hon. Friend has set out that this deal, which is essential for our national security, will cost less than a quarter of 1% of our national defence budget. Will he also…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWill the hon. Gentleman give way?22 May 2025HANSARDGovernment Travel Advice: LaosI am grateful to the Minister and to my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Jim Dickson) for enabling me to make a brief contribution to this debate, and to highlight an issue…20 May 2025