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HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I am an East Cambridgeshire district councillor. There will clearly be a great deal of…16 Jul 2026HANSARD Waste Management SitesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood (Lorraine Beavers) on securing this debate. I have…15 Jul 2026HANSARDIsraeli Settlements: Trade BanI congratulate the Government on recognising the state of Palestine. That recognition was long overdue, but a state needs territory, and its citizens need safety and security. The…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Future of British HorseracingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp) on securing this debate. I refer Members to my entry in…07 Jul 2026HANSARD Rural Pubs: Fiscal SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) on securing this debate. Ely and East…17 Jun 2026HANSARDNHS DentistryAlmost half of children in Cambridgeshire have not seen a dentist in the last 12 months. That will have many impacts that we can only imagine, but one of them is that one in every…15 Jun 2026HANSARDNHS DentistryI welcome investment in NHS dentistry, but it is all just playing around at the edges unless and until we change that contract, because it is the contract that is at fault. I…15 Jun 2026HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeI agree that it is vital that everyone supports the PSNI and encourages people from across Northern Ireland to engage with it positively. One would hope that a good, modern…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Police Service of Northern Ireland Training CollegeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) on securing this important debate. Before I turn to the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeWill the Minister consider changing the law so that the Equality Act lives up to its name?01 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeI too have been contacted by a great many trans people, and their families and friends, who have expressed genuine fear about the implications of this guidance. We have heard…01 Jun 2026HANSARDSEND Provision and ReformOne of the things that shocked me most when I was elected was how much we are failing children with special educational needs. We all get those emails in our inbox, and they are…13 Apr 2026HANSARDSEND Provision and ReformI agree; we must not set things up in competition. I would like to ask the Minister three questions. First, what is she going to do to make sure that every school in every area…13 Apr 2026HANSARD Healthcare in Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on securing this important debate. The delivery of…04 Mar 2026HANSARD Rural Mobile ConnectivityI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing this important debate. I agree with much of what she said in her speech, and much of what…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Rural Mobile ConnectivityI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Our constituents do not want compensation or apologies: they want a mobile signal that they can rely on. How can they have confidence that…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Point of Order: Rectification ProcedureOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to apologise to the House for failing to declare an interest when tabling three written parliamentary questions to the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillLike so many Members from across the House, I welcome the Government’s decision finally to scrap the two-child limit on benefits—I just wish they had done so much earlier. The…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI commend Cotswold district council for that work. Unfortunately, when I tried to get East Cambridgeshire district council to condemn the two-child cap, the Conservatives refused.…03 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI congratulate the petitioners on bringing forward this important debate. The Government’s immigration White Paper has caused no end of confusion, anxiety and distress since its…02 Feb 2026