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HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am interested in this proposal, but I wonder whether it will be applicable to council areas that do not yet have a mayor and may not have a mayor for some time. Will they still…25 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsWe all agree on the need to get aid urgently into Gaza now. Research from famine in world war two shows the lasting impact of famine, even on unborn foetuses; it cannot later be…24 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Given the Government’s desire to improve our children’s educational outcomes and wellbeing, they are ignoring the elephant in the room. This morning I hosted a powerful…19 Nov 2025HANSARD SEND Provision: KentAs far as I am aware, we have done.12 Nov 2025HANSARD SEND Provision: KentI think my office might already have done that. I will check.12 Nov 2025HANSARD SEND Provision: KentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I thank the hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for securing this debate. He outlined some…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorDoes my hon. Friend agree that this policy directly hits the small independent wine importers, such as The Wine Loft in Brixham? It sells many different kinds of wine, but it does…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSexual exploitation is being perpetrated on an industrial scale by pimping websites, which currently enjoy near-total legal impunity, moving sexual exploitation off the street and…11 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanGiven the horrendous, apocalyptic scenes we are seeing in Sudan, and the fact that 25 million people are now estimated to be in acute hunger, does the Minister still think it was…05 Nov 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewWe welcome the Government’s ambition to see arts and outdoor enrichment education included at the heart of the school curriculum, and we have some phenomenal outdoor ed going on…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBanking Services: Rural Areas2. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to banking services in rural areas.04 Nov 2025HANSARDBanking Services: Rural AreasWhen Labour was in opposition, its shadow Economic Secretary, the hon. Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Tulip Siddiq), welcomed measures to protect access to cash, but was…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsThis debate has reminded me of the maiden speeches we heard last year. We have had a really good tour of the country, taking in Animal shops, fun palaces and all sorts of stuff.…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsNearly 100,000 jobs have been lost in hospitality since the last Budget. Does the hon. Member agree that if that number of jobs had been lost in the steel industry or a car plant,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI recently met about 20 independent local traders in Totnes who are furious that the last bank in town will close in January and that Link has refused to consider a banking hub.…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) for bringing forward this debate. The…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsWill the hon. Lady give way?29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsThe Government obviously have good intentions about improving the standard of post 16-education; I have seen that for myself on the Education Committee, so I do not doubt their…29 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsThe hon. Member talks about redeploying funding so that it can be spread across the landscape to improve 16-to-19 education, but we are talking about 0.004% of the education…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Independent Lifeboats: Government SupportHope Cove lifeboat station in my constituency is considering purchasing a new rescue boat, which could cost in excess of £220,000—a vast amount of money for such a small…29 Oct 2025