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HANSARD New Dementia TreatmentsThe right hon. Gentleman is completely right. There are new management techniques. I did not want to extend the debate too widely, but I am struck by the way that technology—not…11 Jan 2024HANSARD New Dementia TreatmentsI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of new dementia treatments. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank the Backbench…11 Jan 2024HANSARD New Dementia TreatmentsI will spare hon. Members the thought that I could go on for another half an hour, I think, under the rules— [ Interruption. ] I can hear shouts of “More!” from the Minister. I…11 Jan 2024HANSARD New Dementia TreatmentsI am delighted to have my hon. Friend’s support. Since the old Department of Health was renamed the Department of Health and Social Care, it has been particularly important that,…11 Jan 2024HANSARDGrassroots Music Support11. If she will take steps to require arenas, stadiums and major festivals to charge a ticket levy to help fund grassroots live music.11 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Billrose—12 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI am very pleased to welcome about four and a half of the five announcements that my right hon. Friend has made, particularly the crackdown on abuse of the dependants route, which…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Media BillThe hon. Gentleman is of course quite right, with the slight caveat that of course “The Crown” is made by Netflix—one of the global disruptors that produce great work that we…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillI do, because in an era when the biggest media have become completely global, what we used to call hyper-localism is important in all media. Radio Ashford in my constituency does…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for making that point. As that matter is not in the Bill, I have not considered it very carefully. If I may say so, I thought that it was…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, who makes a powerful point. To conclude, the Bill is welcome. Many of the individual measures are welcome and necessary. Some could and…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillPartly as a fellow Welsh man, I completely agree with my right hon. Friend that it is about the subtlety of British culture. There is one recognisable British culture, but within…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillI echo the sentiment of others. It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bristol West (Thangam Debbonaire). In continuing with the spirit of non-partisanship that she…21 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI shall speak mainly about the various Bills that are designed to make our streets safer, almost all of which I fully support—with one detailed exception. I also want briefly to…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationDoes my right hon. Friend agree that one of the glories of our parliamentary democracy is that Governments have to obey the law in the same way that individual citizens and…15 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Rail Services: KentI am grateful for the chance to bring to the House an issue that is of huge importance not just to my constituents in Ashford, but to many people across the whole county of Kent,…25 Oct 2023HANSARDInternational Rail Services: KentMy hon. Friend is completely right. As she will have heard, I made the point that this is of great interest to people not just across Kent but beyond. Certainly, she is a great…25 Oct 2023HANSARDInternational Rail Services: KentYes, indeed. The rail network in our part of the world has been good at using the power that comes from the interconnector. My right hon. Friend is right to say that that adds to…25 Oct 2023HANSARDInternational Rail Services: KentAbsolutely. I am glad that my hon. Friend has made that point, because of course travelling into central London for St Pancras is often a real pain for people from the outskirts…25 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationAny day when an Immigration Minister can come to this House and give us good news is a day for celebration. My right hon. Friend and his team are to be commended for the hard work…24 Oct 2023