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HANSARDUK EconomyFourteen years of Conservative mismanagement of the economy are having disastrous impacts on working people. For example, musicians are waiting months to be paid because HMRC is…19 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI do not believe that what the Secretary of State has described will deal with the complexity of dental problems out there. I have a constituent who was referred to the Manchester…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Household Support FundIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate with you in the Chair, Mr Hosie. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) for securing this debate on such…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdPoor leadership and governance of the Post Office led to the badly designed Horizon shortfall scheme, which other Members have referred to. I have to say to the Minister that…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydI first met Tony Lloyd in 1988. My husband Colin and I were looking for help putting on an Amnesty International showing of artwork to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UN…23 Jan 2024HANSARDIn-patient Units: People with Learning DisabilitiesIt is vital for the Government to do more to move autistic people and people with learning disabilities out of in-patient units and back to their communities. Recently, in the…23 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024I thank the Minister for his words of sympathy; I will pass them on to Mr and Mrs Chesterton. On patient-facing advertising, I think a couple of months ago, I raised with the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you in the Chair, Dame Caroline. I am pleased to be able to speak in our discussion of this very important area of legislation, as…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalFollowing the excellent ITV drama, whose makers I congratulate, there is a clear belief, expressed by my constituents, that sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses must have their…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsI am raising points from constituents who have been moved by the ITV drama on the Horizon scandal. I want to reiterate the points made by my hon. Friends and hon. Members on the…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseLike many hon. Members present, I have a number of constituents who were infected with HIV or hepatitis C through the scandal and several have lost family members. I want to echo…18 Dec 2023HANSARDFinance BillMay I make a further point about cultural tax reliefs? It seems to me that there is not quite enough understanding of the importance of this subject on the Government Benches.…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFinance BillThe Minister is talking about creative industries, and the hon. Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter) talked about soft power, but I wonder whether the Minister will get on to…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFinance Billrose—13 Dec 2023HANSARDFinance BillI am standing in part to illustrate that I am here, because the hon. Lady just said that there was nobody on this side of the House. Well, here I am, and I have been intervening…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFinance BillMy hon. Friend is making a great speech. He has been talking about the tax burden, and I raised the subject of cultural tax reliefs earlier. Another change in orchestra tax relief…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFinance BillThe Association of British Orchestras has warned that, for some orchestras, the proposed changes to orchestral tax relief risk making European touring financially unviable. Given…13 Dec 2023HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The daughter of my constituents Brendan and Marion Chesterton died of a pulmonary embolism after she was seen twice at her GP practice…13 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseI want to talk about the plight of women in Gaza, which a constituent raised with me. Every day, 180 women in Gaza give birth, most without water, painkillers, anaesthesia for…27 Nov 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI have raised in written and oral questions with the former Paymaster General, the right hon. Member for Horsham (Jeremy Quin), the case of a constituent of mine whose father died…23 Nov 2023