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HANSARDTributes to Baroness BoothroydI speak as a current serving Member of Labour’s NEC who has some insight—more from history than personal experience—of the kinds of times that Betty went through when she was a…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTransphobic Bullying16. What steps she is taking to tackle transphobic bullying in schools.27 Feb 2023HANSARDTransphobic BullyingMay I take this opportunity to add my thoughts and condolences to the friends and family of Baroness Boothroyd? Voting for Betty to become the Speaker was the first vote in which…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthI thank my hon. Friend. I am not sure about him standing on my shoulders; I am not sure I could quite cope with that, but I understand absolutely the points he made and, unlike my…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthShame!02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthIt is almost like my hon. Friend can read my mind—which is a slightly worrying prospect—because I am going to come on to make precisely that observation. These gains have led to…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthThe sympathy of the whole House is with the Minister for his sad and difficult experience of gay bashing. What kind of timetable do the Government envisage for this Bill, because…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthI beg to move, That this House has considered LGBT history month. It gives me great pleasure to open this debate. The beginning of this year’s LGBT history month gives the House a…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthNo.02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthIt gives me great pleasure to wind up this extremely enjoyable and profound debate about LGBT History Month, which has demonstrated that there is much on which we can agree across…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthI agree with the hon. and learned Lady about the work that the Government should be doing abroad. To be fair to the Government, they do use and are using diplomatic channels,…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthNo, I certainly am not—I am making a general observation, as my hon. Friend knows. There is progress in the world, but there is also regression. It is up to us all to put our…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthThe Minister has just confirmed that there will be a removal of countries that are on the list. Are those the 18 that currently do legal declaration rather than a medicalised…02 Feb 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthThe Minister is being very generous in giving way. On the issue of transgender people, could he say something about the Government’s intentions with respect to the delisting of up…02 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseThe Minister speaks from the Dispatch Box for not only his Department, but the entire Government. I would have expected him to know what the approach of the Ministry of Justice to…01 Feb 2023HANSARDIMF Economic OutlookDespite the Minister’s bluster, the Government Benches are empty. Conservative Members have not come to the Chamber in large numbers to defend the Government’s economic results,…31 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI think the hon. Lady, and I know that she is a doctor, needs to recognise that these agreements have always been made when there have been strike days in the NHS—always. I think…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyThrough neglect, ideological hostility and incompetence, the Tory Government are presiding over the worst crisis the NHS has ever seen. Some 7.3 million people are on the waiting…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI am not giving way again. I am going to leave the last parts of my speech to another constituent of mine, an 83-year-old who fell alone in his home and was left. The ambulance…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyThe crisis this winter was predictable and building long before we arrived here. Normally, the NHS and the Department plan for winter crises in the summer months, but this year…11 Jan 2023