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HANSARDEngagementsQ15. The plans to upgrade St Helier hospital, including the delivery of a new specialist emergency care building, have been put back by 10 years. I am talking to the trust about a…14 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Nearly every single child is at risk of famine in Gaza as the Israeli Government use starvation as a weapon of war. We have heard from Ministers today about the action that…13 May 2025HANSARD Licences and LicensingI speak on behalf of my party when I say that we join everybody in supporting this order, which will provide communities the opportunity to celebrate in many different ways across…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Adoption BreakdownIt is great to hear the Minister’s support for the fund, but this year it was allowed to expire before it was renewed. Can we have assurances that we will get much better notice…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsIn answers to questions so far, the Secretary of State seems to have dismissed the threat of the US trade negotiations to the safety of our children. I am sure he has seen the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsI thank the hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sorcha Eastwood) for an excellent opening speech. It almost made me feel like putting down my own speech, because I thought there was…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Adoption BreakdownI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; the number of interventions he has taken shows how important this debate is to the House. I, too, have had adoptive parents come to…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Croydon Area Remodelling Funding: Brighton MainlineThe hon. Lady is making an excellent case for solving the Croydon bottleneck, as it is known. As she has outlined, it affects not only her area of Croydon, but my area of…31 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementThe OBR said that the information it received on the package of welfare cuts was late, contained insufficient detail and that the estimates are highly uncertain, and it will now…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsConcerns have been growing over China’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. Given the strategic importance of the Taiwan strait to global security, what has been the…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Down’s SyndromeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart) for securing the debate today and for…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI rise to speak in favour of new clause 35 and amendment 174, both in my name, as well as the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson). The…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreMy hon. Friend’s passion for her local theatre is clear to see. She mentioned the form of ownership, a charity in that case. In Carshalton, we have the CryerArts centre, a local…12 Mar 2025HANSARDPrison Leavers: ResettlementAt my surgery a couple of weeks ago, I had two fantastic volunteers show up from Sutton Night Watch, a local homeless charity. They had been working with prisoners, both before…11 Mar 2025HANSARDPrison Leavers: Resettlement7. If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all prison leavers receive resettlement support from mentors.11 Mar 2025HANSARD River Wandle PollutionI absolutely agree. As I hope to describe, the River Wandle is just one example of what is happening to rivers across the country. I am sure the outcome of that review will be…05 Mar 2025HANSARD River Wandle PollutionI thank the hon. Member for his intervention; he makes the same point that others have made, namely that the polluter must pay. That is a core principle that I hope this…05 Mar 2025HANSARD River Wandle PollutionI beg to move, That this House has considered pollution in the River Wandle. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank the Minister for the reply to…05 Mar 2025HANSARD River Wandle PollutionI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. The polluter pays principle is a key point I am going to come on to. As we are hearing, this is not just an issue that affects my…05 Mar 2025HANSARD River Wandle PollutionI thank the hon. Member for graciously allowing me to trip over our shared boundary into her constituency now and again to do media reports on this issue. She is absolutely right…05 Mar 2025