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HANSARDPrivate Car ParksIt feels like groundhog day. This debate has been scheduled, I believe, perhaps as many as four times, but events repeatedly knocked it off course. Today, however, we are finally…02 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIt is a pleasure to be able to speak in this debate from a more nuanced perspective than I would have been permitted just 12 months ago. I welcome the hon. Member for Torfaen…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: International ResponseAcross the globe, data is key to tackling covid-19. Will my right hon. Friend tell us of the help being given to Tanzania, in particular, where there have been accusations of…06 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesWe heard on Monday from the Health Secretary, and my hon. Friend the Minister has reiterated it, about the importance of robust data. Is my hon. Friend confident that the right…06 May 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt is a pleasure to be able to speak in this debate—arguably for the second time, having contributed back in October. What has been really interesting today is the quality of…28 Apr 2020HANSARD British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return HomeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on what measures he plans to introduce to assist British citizens abroad to return…24 Mar 2020HANSARD Self-employed Persons: Financial SupportMany self-employed have already taken the right decision and socially distanced themselves—the hairdressers who have not gone into care homes, the taxi drivers, the driving…24 Mar 2020HANSARD British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return HomeThere is an MPs’ helpline that rings with no answer. Emails are acknowledged but not replied to. Embassies are closed, with staff flown home days ago and doors shut to our…24 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillThere have been some fantastic speeches this evening so far, including from my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert Largan), who made a stunning maiden speech, but I wish…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy hon. Friend is right, so I have managed to fit in the childminding sector and the self-employed in one hit. I want also to speak about volunteering and the clarity that is…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Educational SettingsThe private nursery sector plays a crucial role in enabling parents, but in particular mothers, to go back to work. They are absolutely crying out for clarity and support from the…18 Mar 2020HANSARD Economic UpdateThe events industry is not only highly seasonal but full of people working on a self-employed basis. Given that this season has pretty much been wiped out, what reassurance can my…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19My constituent Jamie Harris is stranded on MS Ocean Endeavour off the coast of Argentina. She is travelling independently, so has no recourse to a tour operator and flights from…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19With flight restrictions around the world, many of us have constituents who are stuck abroad. Will my right hon. Friend provide reassurance that consular assistance is available…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsLet me first put on record my interest as a trustee of World Horse Welfare. Does my hon. Friend agree that the very act of transportation causes enormous stress? Although, unlike…16 Mar 2020HANSARDAffordable ChildcareI welcome the Minister’s comments about the helpline for early years providers worried about the corona- virus, but she will know that Lou Simmons, the owner of Abbottswood Day…11 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusHome working is all but impossible in the early years sector, in which employers tend to be small and medium-sized enterprises and employees tend to be women. I have been…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Eating Disorders Awareness WeekI thank the Minister for giving way; there is nothing more aggravating than somebody coming very late to a debate, but I have been in the International Women’s Day debate all…05 Mar 2020HANSARD FlybeSouth-east airports such as Southampton’s have a role to play in levelling up because they provide connectivity to Belfast, Scotland and all parts of the United Kingdom. Does my…05 Mar 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. I also thank the Leader of the House for granting Government time for this debate. We are, of course, in quite…05 Mar 2020