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HANSARDDefence Spending12. In which financial year he plans to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence.10 Feb 2025HANSARDDefence SpendingIt is clear that we face increasingly volatile and dangerous global security challenges, which is why the previous Government set a path to 2.5% of GDP being spent on defence by…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Road Safety: SchoolsI beg to move, That this House has considered road safety around schools. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine, and to have secured this debate on such an…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefThe hon. Lady is making a very passionate speech on an extremely important topic. She will know that my constituency of Chester South and Eddisbury borders Wales, and that there…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Crewe Railway Stationrose —20 Jan 2025HANSARD Crewe Railway StationI am grateful to the hon. Member for securing this Adjournment debate, and he is speaking well on this important topic. We are constituency neighbours, and while Crewe station is…20 Jan 2025HANSARDObesity: Food and DietI am grateful to the hon. Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing this debate on the important subject of the impact of food and diet on obesity. Over the past 30 years, as has…20 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat is an important point. These are the unintended consequences that must be considered, and this is why we really must consider the amendment. The impact of the Bill will be…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillLet me begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I support the amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and Bourne…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat is another important point, about yet another group who will be badly impacted by these ill thought-through changes. I urge the Government to think again, and to back these…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy inspirational constituent, Bells Lewers, has terminal bowel cancer. When she was first undergoing treatment, she was initially turned down for personal independence payment,…16 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have indicated that they would arrest the democratically elected Prime Minister of Israel. Doing so would contradict an Act of Parliament and breach state and…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesMy right hon. Friend always makes such pertinent points. I know the importance he places on issues surrounding food security: he works extremely hard to highlight the challenges…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI am grateful to the hon. Member for mentioning those excellent organisations; I will note others later in my speech. For all those reasons, this debate and the actions and…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesAbsolutely; we know that mental health issues have an impact on people across the community. It is not just the individual who is directly affected, but those around that person.…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI thank the hon. Member for sharing that. The impact of APR will be felt across the community. Unfortunately, in a community that is struggling with mental health, it is an extra…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI appreciate the Minister’s constructive comments, and some of the policies he mentioned that he put in place. As I noted, I want to raise the importance of the impact on young…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. The sector faces a wide range of challenges, and of course, the decisions that the Government are making will contribute in part to…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI appreciate the hon. Member’s comments, and I am sorry to hear about the tragic instances in his constituency. We very much need to be collaborative to improve things for the…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesThe hon. Member makes an important point: this issue impacts every part of our Union. I will refer to the impact on young people later in my speech. To go back to the RABI survey,…11 Nov 2024