Contributions
391 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Situation16. What diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure that humanitarian aid can reach people in Gaza.28 Oct 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationThe Norwegian Refugee Council says that, between 10 and 21 October, 99 requests by international NGOs to deliver aid to Gaza were rejected by Israel on the grounds that the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDHolidays During School Term TimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for introducing this debate and setting out the issues,…27 Oct 2025HANSARDEducational Assessment System ReformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) on securing this important debate. He spoke…15 Oct 2025HANSARDEducation CommitteeI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for her statement. As part of the evidence we gathered, we went to Ontario to see its inclusive education system, and I am sure I was not…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingA farmer in my constituency has engaged in some of the methods suggested by Dick Sibley at Gatcombe and has made practical changes to prevent TB from spreading in her herd. After…13 Oct 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesWe know that the trauma of sexual violence and sexual abuse can last a lifetime and, for many people, it can be too much to bear, as we have seen with Virginia Giuffre. Victims of…16 Sept 2025HANSARDSupport for WitnessesI recently met a constituent who had served as a juror in a very distressing child sexual abuse case. She highlighted the profound impact that such trials can have not just on the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDSupport for Witnesses16. What steps he is taking to support witnesses through the criminal justice system.16 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]Over the summer recess, I held surgeries in 52 towns and villages across my constituency and an issue that came up again and again and again was buses, or rather the lack of them.…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsMany members of my community were arrested in London on Saturday, including a senior priest, an elderly Jewish man, and a teacher who has spent years with Gazan children and has…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI welcome the Government’s move to empower tenants. For too long in this country, owning property has been seen as a way to create additional wealth, rather than the intention…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Early Education and ChildcareI welcome the Government’s commitment to and recognition of the importance of early years provision, and the support for school-based nurseries, like the new Little Thinkers at…04 Sept 2025HANSARDAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Alison Bennett) on securing this important debate. We know that children who experience early trauma face profound…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Hospitality SectorI congratulate the thousands of hospitality workers across South Devon for coming to the end of another summer season, catering to visitors from far and wide—from Brixham to…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls: Pornography ProstitutionI congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important debate. One of the issues with OnlyFans is the way that it does its marketing. Content creators can only market their…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe national conversation on immigration and asylum is being dominated loudly by colleagues in this place who have a sorry track record of stirring up division and dehumanising…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastWe have a UN-declared man-made famine, children and babies being starved to death, and journalists murdered. Now the world’s leading genocide scholars state that Israel’s actions…01 Sept 2025HANSARDLeatside PharmacyI rise on behalf of residents of Totnes to present a petition concerning the closure of Leatside pharmacy, formerly based at Leatside GP surgery, and I declare that I am a…22 Jul 2025HANSARDClassroom Disruption: SmartphonesLast Thursday, I felt the fear in a hall full of parents of primary school children in Totnes as they listened to campaigners going through the evidence of the impact of…21 Jul 2025