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HANSARDCareer Breaks: Parents of Seriously Ill ChildrenThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Where somebody is off work for quite a long time, they will need the support of their employer. Very often, they could have been working…03 Feb 2025HANSARDInternational InvestmentI declare an interest: a family member has shares in a medical company. In the United States, President Trump created chaos by freezing funding for the National Institutes of…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Post OfficesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton and Wellington (Gideon Amos) on securing the debate. The contributions throughout have been unified in highlighting that post…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsI thank the Members who secured this debate. They have brought to the House a very important issue that I and many of my constituents care deeply about. The UK’s history of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for High Street BusinessesR Young Art Gallery is the last art gallery in Wokingham town centre and a proud feature of our high street. However, political inactivity on business rates reform means that it…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Secretary of State for Health made a promise to the House that the Government will recruit an extra 1,000 GPs. In a recent statement, he said they have already recruited…30 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ11. I declare an interest as a governor of the Royal Berkshire hospital, and a family member has shares in a medical company. In the Public Gallery today are patients who use the…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative Industriesrose—27 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWokingham borough council often struggles to find schools, including specialist schools, that can meet the needs of SEND pupils. As a result, many children are receiving education…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesShinfield studios, in the constituency of the hon. Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang), has created jobs for many people in my constituency of Wokingham and has been singled…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI declare my interests as a governor of the Royal Berkshire hospital and as having a family member with shares in a medical company. My constituents are heartbroken by the…23 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital ProgrammeI declare my interest as a governor of the Royal Berkshire hospital, and that a family member has shares in a medical company. My constituents are heartbroken by the Government’s…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Education, Health and Care PlansIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. Well done to my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Marie Goldman) for securing this debate. The cost of SEND provision…22 Jan 2025HANSARDCompetition and Markets Authority ChairmanThe Government are right to say that bold and ambitious steps are needed to get our economy growing again, especially after the damage caused by the previous Conservative…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programmerose—22 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI declare my interest as a governor of the Royal Berkshire hospital, and I have a family member who has shares in a medical company. The Secretary of State has a really tough job…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Monmouthshire (Catherine Fookes) for securing this important and timely debate. Not a single…15 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Social Media AccountsEllen Roome has gone through the unimaginable; I am absolutely amazed at her ability to continue fighting for answers for her son Jools. Does the hon. Member agree that social…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYoung cancer patients are subject to a three-month qualifying period before they can even apply for disability living allowance or personal independence payments, on top of a…09 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad MaintenanceThe roads in Wokingham, like everywhere else in the country, have deteriorated in the last few years. We need to stop potholes, not just fix them, and that means regularly…09 Jan 2025