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HANSARD Health and Care BillI rise to speak against the Bill overall but in favour of new clauses 56 and 57, tabled in my name, and those amendments and new clauses tabled by any Member who has sought to…22 Nov 2021HANSARDEndometriosis and Polycystic Ovary SyndromeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I also want to pay tribute to Sir David Amess because, on coming into Parliament, I found it very impressive that…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. In my—not as short as I thought—time, I want to focus on the majority of people who have been affected by the Budget. In the words of my…01 Nov 2021HANSARDEndometriosis and Polycystic Ovary SyndromeIn that case, thank you.01 Nov 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthI want to start by thanking all Members who have participated for their well-delivered contributions. I would like to say that the support of the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthI beg to move, That this House has considered Black History Month 2021. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Sir Graham. I thank the Backbench Business Committee…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If we had gone down that road, perhaps we would not be having the discussions that we are having today. We need to think about what that report…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is what we want to bring to an end. We have to stop this cycle whereby something bad happens, we have a report or inquiry, and the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe bulk of the affordable homes programme funding goes on homes that are out of reach of even families on average incomes, and analysis from Shelter shows that the richest 28% of…25 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthMy hon. Friend has highlighted well the statistics and she will be aware that the Government still have no target to end this. Does she agree that the fact that the Government…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Future of the National Health ServiceSo often—not only from Conservative Ministers, but from hon. Members generally—we hear about things that Labour did in the past. I remind the Minister that the Conservatives have…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Future of the National Health ServiceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Ms Bardell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this important debate. The…22 Sept 2021HANSARDLGBTQ+ Afghan RefugeesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) on securing this important debate. In this tragic chapter of warfare displacement and human suffering, it is our…21 Sept 2021HANSARDLGBTQ+ Afghan RefugeesI thank my constituency neighbour for her intervention, and I am sure she joins me in fully supporting the calls of the local council in our neighbouring constituencies to secure…21 Sept 2021HANSARDLGBTQ+ Afghan RefugeesAbsolutely. I am hoping for that explanation at the end of the debate, because it is a disgrace that the Government, having said that, would give themselves credit for the…21 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapThe Minister said the issue is not about racism. He also conceded that the data that has been received is not very clear, because a number of different groups are not actually…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapMy hon. Friend will be aware that, without mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting, we do not truly know the full scale of the problem. At the moment people say the gap is about…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI rise to speak in favour of the motion and to speak for those vulnerable people who have endured and are suffering the situation that we, as a major occupying force, have left…15 Sept 2021HANSARDBlack Maternal Health WeekI thank the hon. Lady for that timely intervention. She is absolutely right; that shows that this is clearly about racism. It is important that we look to what other countries…14 Sept 2021HANSARDBlack Maternal Health WeekI thank the Minister, but my main point was that while the work is ongoing, given what has been said in the past about institutional racism, will it be with a recognition of how…14 Sept 2021