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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe power to alter the intentions, as mentioned by my hon. Friend, was not in the Bill we voted for in November. That is why I have tabled my amendment: to prevent anyone from…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIts potential is to alter everything in a very undemocratic manner. In this very Chamber, Nye Bevan told us that the NHS would “lift the shadow from millions of homes...keep very…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to speak to amendment 12, which stands in my name. I want to be clear that a decision on amendment 12 would not be a vote for or against assisted dying. The amendment is…13 Jun 2025HANSARDHumanist MarriageJust to warn the Front Benchers, I am going to reduce your time to nine minutes in order to keep the time limit for Back Benchers at four minutes.12 Jun 2025HANSARDHumanist MarriageI do not think that I need to remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. As everyone can see, a large number of people would like to speak, so…12 Jun 2025HANSARDHumanist MarriageI am afraid that I will now impose a four-minute limit on speeches. I apologise to people for coughing, and will endeavour not to. Please do not be too distracted by me.12 Jun 2025HANSARD Brain Tumours: Research and TreatmentThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your kind words about Margaret. I thank everybody who has taken part in the debate. I appreciate that they have been taken from their…08 May 2025HANSARD Brain Tumours: Research and TreatmentI beg to move, That this House notes that Brain Tumour Awareness Month took place in March; further notes that there has been no progress in NHS treatment of brain tumours in 20…08 May 2025HANSARDHospitalsI have a unique case to make in this debate on behalf of my constituents and Merton council. We do not want the new emergency hospital at Belmont, which is in phase 2 of the…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMadam Deputy Speaker, may I, through you, wish all Members of the House a very happy St Patrick’s day? I rise to speak on new clause 14. What it proposes is not brain surgery, and…17 Mar 2025HANSARDRare Cancers BillThrough you, Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to apologise to the young black man on the Northern line tube from Colliers Wood this morning for having to spend his journey looking at…14 Mar 2025HANSARDRare Cancers BillI have been to see the MHRA numerous times and have asked about repurposed drugs. Many pharmaceutical companies are worried about repurposing drugs; the fear is that if…14 Mar 2025HANSARDRare Cancers BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a whole range of new modern immunotherapy drugs that could be used on these cancers? They already exist, they are used to treat other…14 Mar 2025HANSARDRare Cancers BillThe NHS has a drug repurposing office. To date, it has repurposed one drug, and that was for breast cancer. Does my hon. Friend think that is good enough?14 Mar 2025HANSARD River Wandle PollutionLike the hon. Member, I was born and brought up along the banks of the River Wandle. Today, it is a much more prestigious river than it was all those years ago. In fact, there is…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesOrder. I do not have the power to tell you to stop, but if you would not mind coming to an end, that would be good.12 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesOrder. Again, I do not have the power to ask you to sit down, but I would be very grateful if you did.12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for the Scotch Whisky IndustryI will call Graham Leadbitter to move the motion. Unusually, two further Members will make a contribution in this half-hour debate. There will not be an opportunity for the Member…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersI remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak in the debate.12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersOrder. The right hon. Member is a man of great of experience and he knows that this is an intervention, rather than a speech.12 Feb 2025