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HANSARDDisability Action PlanI am sure that as an ambassador for the Special Olympics, my constituent the great Lawrie McMenemy will welcome the announcement that my hon. Friend has just made. Specifically,…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice SystemI am sure the Minister will want to leave a couple of minutes for the hon. Member for North Devon at the end.30 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice SystemI repeat my request for Members not to sail too close to the wind when it comes to the sub judice regulations.30 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice SystemMay I gently remind the shadow Minister that the title of the debate is “Victims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice System”?30 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice SystemVery quickly.30 Jan 2024HANSARD Future of UK Capital MarketsI will call Alun Cairns to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for Mr Cairns to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.30 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice SystemAs you can all see, many Members wish to contribute. I will not impose a formal time limit yet, but I ask Members to consider limiting their comments to five minutes or so.30 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice SystemBefore I call the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) to move the motion, can I ask for the co-operation of all Members taking part in this debate in ensuring that they…30 Jan 2024HANSARDGirlguiding UK: British Overseas TerritoriesMy hon. Friend makes an interesting point. Every youth organisation has to refresh; it has to move forward and be relevant to the 21st century. In so doing, however, it must not…23 Jan 2024HANSARDGirlguiding UK: British Overseas TerritoriesI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on a brilliant opening to the debate. I will start where he finished—with a call for a solution. I know that solutions…23 Jan 2024HANSARDGirlguiding UK: British Overseas TerritoriesI am exceptionally grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point, because it brings me on to one of my other visits during Parliament Week, which was to the regional…23 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Provision and FundingI am sure the clock will be very helpful, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery), and I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the…11 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Provision and FundingMy hon. Friend is right that it is everywhere. A mother contacted me about her two daughters, one of whom she says has made no progress in her school setting for years and is…11 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsMany people who were running sub-post office branches were not victims but were left demoralised by what they saw happening to colleagues and people across their network and…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseTwo weeks ago, I met a gentleman called Barry. Barry had been a constituent of a former Member of this place, Alistair Burt, in North East Bedfordshire. Barry spoke to me of how…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingMy hon. Friend will know that last week there was a debate in Westminster Hall on this subject. Afterwards, I spoke to Dawn Dines at Stamp Out Spiking and had an email from Colin…18 Dec 2023HANSARDAccess to WorkI welcome my hon. Friend to her new expanded role in the Department for Work and Pensions. The last time I raised Access to Work with her, it was about a particular blockage in my…18 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingOf course I agree with my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right. That brings me to the Home Office’s own campaign, Enough, which, people will be relieved to hear, is my closing…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingThank you, Mr Efford, not just for calling me to speak but for stepping in after I stepped in earlier. This debate is an object lesson in multitasking. I thank the Backbench…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingMy right hon. Friend anticipates where my speech was going. On the Enough campaign, I think it is right to focus on freshers’ week, which is a particular area of vulnerability,…14 Dec 2023