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HANSARD Digital ExclusionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) on securing the debate. In terms of…28 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Charles. I congratulate the Chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), on…27 Feb 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapIt is not a straightforward comparison, because I think Sizewell C is still in line with its 2015 prices. It is fairly standard to try to stick with an estimate, but I agree with…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapI do support the introduction of small modular reactors, but I hope the House would not want Rolls-Royce to be given preferential treatment by the Office for Nuclear Regulation in…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI wish to associate myself with the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) and my hon. Friends the Members for Hendon (Dr Offord) and…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalMy hon. Friend has done a great job, but I am conscious that there are still many people waiting to settle. Much of that is due to the fact that the Post Office is not releasing…22 Feb 2024HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Reform)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about licences authorising the driving of motor vehicles of certain classes; and for connected purposes.…21 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for an excellent statement and an excellent plan. It is exactly what patients in Suffolk have been waiting to hear—the rural…07 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceThe Department has a number of ways to try to get paying parents to cough up, and we must remember that this is cash for the children. In July 2022, the Government consulted on…05 Feb 2024HANSARD Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillWith the leave of the House, I thank all hon. and right hon. Members who have spoken today. We have seen from their constituency examples why this update to the legislation is…02 Feb 2024HANSARD Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I apologise to the House, but my vocal cords will support only a short speech and I will need to decline interventions.…02 Feb 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI beg to move amendment 2, in clause 6, page 5, line 6, leave out from “England” to end of line 7 and insert “at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillWe have said all that we need to say. Question put and agreed to. Amendment 2 accordingly agreed to. Clause 6, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 7 ordered to…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. As I mentioned on Second Reading, I am keen for the Bill to include a date for commencement so that it is not…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Leaving the EU: Driving LicencesI believe this is a real opportunity to adopt some sensible approaches and that that would be welcome across the House. I am conscious that the Government signed up to the Vienna…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Household Support FundIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) on securing it. He will recall the situation that we were faced…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Leaving the EU: Driving LicencesMy hon. Friend was recently a Minister in the Department for Transport and was involved in the response, so he will know the Department’s thinking—31 Jan 2024HANSARD Leaving the EU: Driving LicencesIt is a pleasure to resume our debate, having just undertaken democracy in the voting Lobby. I was just starting to talk about community transport.31 Jan 2024HANSARD Leaving the EU: Driving LicencesI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential impact of leaving the EU on driving licences. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I am…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Leaving the EU: Driving LicencesMy hon. Friend is right to point that out. While there are wider community transport links—I was starting to talk about the Halesworth area, and there are community buses in other…31 Jan 2024