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HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentThat is absolutely true and we are delighted about that; I welcomed it in my speech. The problem that we now have is that if a hospital offers an anaesthetic, it does not get…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI am, frankly, very disappointed to have to be raising this issue again in this House. This is the ninth time I have spoken about this, and it is more than eight years since my…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentCan I ask specifically that we involve the campaign, because that would be one way of assuring me that the voices of patients are being heard?31 Jan 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and that will indeed be an ask I have of the Minister at the conclusion of my contribution. My hon. Friend is right: women are not listened…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNHS Hysteroscopy TreatmentI agree with the hon. Gentleman and I am grateful for his intervention. I know he has been in these debates with me, and he makes the same point: no woman should have to go…31 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. She reminds me to name-check Lister Community School. The pupils of the deaf community from that school spoke to me earlier this year and…28 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI absolutely agree. The story about a child of a parent—we are all children of our parents—having to tell the parent about a terminal diagnosis when they are obviously coming to…28 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI am here to support the Bill, but I am also here to support my friend. My hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) and I came into Parliament together in 2005.…28 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) for his powerful and moving opening speech. May I say how sorry we were to hear of his family’s recent experiences? He…27 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSome 9.4 million people are going hungry in northern Ethiopia, airstrikes are killing civilians and the blockade is being used as a political weapon. I am glad that the…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI have a British constituent who is still trapped in Afghanistan. She is an eight-year-old child—just eight—and is being kept from her mum and little sister because of successive…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourWill the Minister give way?12 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourI just want to get a commitment to a meeting.12 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourWill the Minister give way?12 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) for giving me the opportunity to talk again…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourThey have never had it so good.12 Jan 2022HANSARDEye Health and Macular DiseaseDarren now believes that there is nothing that can be done significantly to repair the damage to his sight. He has uncomfortable, dry eyes every day of his life, which become far…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEye Health and Macular DiseaseIt is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I wish you, and everybody here, a happy new year. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Child Criminal ExploitationI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for drug supply, drug production, drug…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeI am very grateful to our SNP colleagues, and to you, Sir Charles. It is an absolute pleasure to see you and to serve under your chairmanship. The view from the front line is…16 Nov 2021