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HANSARD Business of the HouseMany will have been engrossed by the programme “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. Personally, I am team Conrad. He has shown a new audience that therapy is accessible to young men in a…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Ada Lovelace DayI think we will need a longer debate next year. I am hugely positive about our technological future, but I also recognise that we are grappling with serious questions that will…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Pride in PlaceTo their great credit, the Bournville, Coronation and Oldmixon communities have survived in spite of previous Westminster disinterest. Does the Minister agree that this huge £20…15 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Despite decades of hard work, not least by the Birnbeck Regeneration Trust, the restoration of Weston-super-Mare’s nationally important Birnbeck pier is now at risk after the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI found it galling that those Members have appointed themselves as defenders of abused people for political gain. Does the Home Secretary agree that neither history nor the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI pay tribute to victims, survivors and campaigners. I am 40 years old and it has taken being that age for me to be able to talk about some of the abuse that happened when I was a…16 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this important debate. For five years, I worked as a support worker for children with autism…05 Jun 2025HANSARDSt George’s Day and English AffairsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) on securing this important debate. It is poignant that this debate is happening today, on the 80th…08 May 2025HANSARDParking RegulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) and my hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Baggy…06 May 2025HANSARDParking RegulationAbsolutely, and this goes to the heart of a lot of what we have talked about in this place in respect of the shift to a digital-first world. In many ways, that is great, but it…06 May 2025HANSARDSewageVoting for the recent Water (Special Measures) Act and serving in Committee with the hon. Gentleman was one of the highlights of my first six months in this place. [Hon. Members:…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Sport: PE in SchoolsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham) for securing this important debate, which was inspired by one of her constituents. By leading the debate, my…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsThere is rightly a lot of conversation about children in this space, but we often forget that people generally are having huge problems. Just last weekend I was knocking on doors,…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsAbsolutely, we need to create spaces in our schools and our communities for that debate. I am really encouraged by the work of my colleagues in government, including my hon.…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsAs my hon. Friend knows, I am a very moderate human being. I agree with her. One of the things that I want to do in this place and in my constituency is always look for the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I will get on to that. Disinformation has become a stealth weapon wielded by hostile states and domestic actors alike to destabilise…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsYes, absolutely. My hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham) mentioned the difficulty of identifying or holding to account the bots and the non-people actors who are…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsIt is an honour to contribute to this debate on such a critical issue. As the former head of policy for the British Computer Society, this was one of my passion projects. I pay…03 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI am so excited to hear about the nursery at St Anne’s church academy in Weston-super-Mare, especially from the Dispatch Box today. People such as Julie McCallum at Play and Learn…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Tia Brown has been refused vital treatment for premature ovarian insufficiency, a serious condition that affects one in 100 women under 40 in the UK, despite her…27 Mar 2025