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HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Rural Activities Garden Centre in my constituency is a vital resource for adults with learning difficulties, providing jobs, training, support and the ability to make lifelong…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Prostate Cancer TreatmentI thank my hon. Friend for bringing forward this very important debate for her constituents, my constituents and people in the UK. Does she agree that since this issue was last…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashMy constituency has a significant Indian community, and there has been collective grief and dismay at this tragic event. I am sure that members of the community will welcome the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsI wholeheartedly agree. We need action: those individuals must be punished quickly, and the court backlogs must be dealt with. The whole process must incentivise action and…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for securing this important debate. We…05 Jun 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionI thank the Minister for his condolences and for his strong condemnation of this horrific terror attack. In recent days, I have been contacted by hundreds of families in my…29 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am glad that we are taking the time today to discuss the immensely important issue of the state of our NHS hospitals. Nowhere is it more obvious that our NHS has been broken…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsWe need to think not just about buildings, but about digital infrastructure and investment in a whole range of capital investment needs for the NHS for it to be a modern,…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin) for securing this important and timely debate on the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. Hundreds of residents in my constituency at Union Park are facing massive £1 million charges to repair their heating system and for fire safety works that have not been put…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Local Government Finances: LondonI do—we have to consider the costs that outer London boroughs face, as well as London more generally. As has been said excellently by my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Local Government Finances: LondonLast, but not least. It is a pleasure—less of a pleasure now, but it was a pleasure—to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I echo the points my colleagues have made about…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Local Government Finances: LondonDoes the hon. Gentleman welcome the significant uplift in public health funding from this Government? Or the fact that there is a third more homelessness funding, a significant…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure you will agree, Mr Speaker, that one of the best parts of being a Member of Parliament is visiting our fantastic local schools. When I have done that in recent months, I…13 Mar 2025HANSARD NHS England UpdateI welcome the statement today from the Secretary of State. Clearly, there is massive duplication of functions across the many regulatory, national, local and regional NHS bodies…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillCrime and antisocial behaviour affect the whole community in which they take place. They erode social cohesion, trust and pride in a place, driving people away from our town…10 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social CareWhen the Labour Government came into office last year, the NHS was in a critical state. Its fundamental promise to be there when we need it had been broken. The uplifted funding…05 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under you today, Ms Hobhouse, and congratulations on your first chairship. On initial reading, this is not necessarily the most exciting sounding…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. This week marks Time to Talk Day, the Mind campaign to destigmatise talking about mental health. In light of this, will the Secretary of State join me in calling for employers…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionIn a spirit of cross-party collaboration, I praise the shadow spokesperson, the hon. Member for Orpington (Gareth Bacon), for expertly outlining some of the logistical challenges…28 Jan 2025