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HANSARD Business of the HouseSeven-year-old Skye has been bringing joy to the lives of residents at the award-winning Brookfields nursing home in my constituency, whether playing bingo, watching a film or…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Since the Labour Government came to power, the list of patients waiting more than 65 weeks for treatment at my local hospital trust in Derby has gone down by a whopping 82%.…06 Mar 2025HANSARDNew Housing: Access to Health ServicesWhen new housing was built in Mickleover under the last Government, residents were promised time and again that they would get a new GP surgery, but it never happened. What can…03 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI really enjoyed having a kick-about with Derby County women and the Sport Minister at our fantastic new football facilities at the Derby racecourse hub. Next week, the hub will…27 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsWe are seeing some really exciting investment in Derby city centre, with a new performance venue, a new business school and the reopening of our market hall, but like so many city…26 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]I am proud to be a Derby MP and to represent a city with incredible engineering, manufacturing and technological expertise and skills. We make things in Derby. Yes, we have…25 Feb 2025HANSARD SEND Provision: DerbyshireI have been supporting parents in Derby North who currently face a wait of more than a year for their children’s SEND tribunals, causing agony as they are left in limbo. We know…12 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will come to that. First, I make the point that I have the report in my hands; it is an inch thick, printed double-sided and it is nearly 200 pages. That is the specific inquiry…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Can the right hon. Gentleman imagine if the wrecking amendment—11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Call me a lawyer—that increasingly seems to be a term of abuse in this place—but I want to be clear that voting for this new clause would be voting to enable the banning of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Does the right hon. Member agree that when we are looking at proposed new clauses in Committee, it is absolutely fundamental that what is written is capable of making meaningful…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)rose —11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful—11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Will the right hon. Member assist me in identifying where the new clause makes it clear that it is only in relation to children, as opposed to anyone in our schools?11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)rose—11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter 14 years of Conservative government, 77% of people in Derby cannot access an NHS dentist. Can the Minister tell us what caused the rot to set in and how we can fill the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will not. The hon. Gentleman will have every opportunity to speak. I am nearly finished. It is important to imagine the case had Conservative colleagues been successful—new…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will not, because I am nearly finished—the right hon. Gentleman will then be able to speak about whatever he wants. Grabbing at headlines to call for an inquiry to address the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East for his incredible experience and work in this area. I rise to speak about new clause 15, and I hope I can be of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eleventh sitting)We recently saw a case of a ghost school in Nottingham, funded under the previous Government, built but then never opened, because only two pupils applied to join. Does the…06 Feb 2025