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HANSARD Proscribed Psychedelic DrugsI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate. Does he have any estimate of the number of people living with treatment-resistant depression in the UK and what the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDGlobal Fund: Supplementary FundingWill my hon. Friend give way?08 Mar 2023HANSARDGlobal Fund: Supplementary FundingI would like to share another example. I was recently in Kenya on a delegation with STOPAIDS. At the Ngong Sub-County Hospital just outside Nairobi, I met Abigail, a two-year-old…08 Mar 2023HANSARDGlobal Fund: Supplementary FundingWill the Minister give way?08 Mar 2023HANSARDGlobal Fund: Supplementary FundingThe Minister has outlined brilliantly all the great things the Global Fund does, but as we have cut our replenishment funding, has the Department made an assessment of what that…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityThe Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, of which I am a member, took evidence on supporting people into work only last week. A few issues stand out, which I want…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityThe Secretary of State says that work always pays, so why is the clawback rate for universal credit so high? The effective rate of tax for every pound someone earns when on…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTributes to Baroness BoothroydI rise to speak in tribute to a person who, more than anyone else, has had a profound impact on my life. I absolutely idolised Betty Boothroyd as a young child. Pre-1997, I…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Labour Market ActivityI am very interested in what the Secretary of State says about the links between poor mental health and economic inactivity, but one thing I find particularly surprising in this…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsDuring recess, my community in Warrington was rocked by the murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey. What support will the Prime Minister offer to our community, and to our…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing the news this week that Australia’s medical regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has moved to reschedule psilocybin for medicinal use from 1 July, when can…06 Feb 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is an honour to rise today to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, both personally as a proud Jewish parliamentarian, and on behalf of my constituents in Warrington North, many…26 Jan 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI am grateful for some of the actions being taken by His Majesty’s Government that the Minister has outlined, but I want to push her on one more. In 1988 the Conservative…26 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe most recent figures published by the UK Health Security Agency show that, last year, the rate of syphilis cases reached its highest since 1991 and the total number of cases…24 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI will not withdraw it—17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerYes it is—17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerThe document that the Government have published is a policy statement, not a legal document—and one so thin that it is absolutely translucent, especially for such an unprecedented…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI will not give way, actually. I think we have heard more than enough—17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. On checking Hansard , I see that the hon. Member actually said that Dr Who being a woman was turning boys towards a life of crime.…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI will not give way; we have heard more than enough from the hon. Member today. I would like to talk about the substance of the policy statement, because it is an absolute joke. I…17 Jan 2023