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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)Very quickly, let me say that 38 to 20—two to one—was not the split that happened on Second Reading. There was a much more finely balanced position in the House. I accept that the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)The hon. Lady can feel free to intervene on me without troubling the Chair. I stand corrected if that is the case. We only received the final list this morning. It was necessary…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)All the names that the hon. Member for Bradford West has suggested were indeed submitted, I believe, to the hon. Member for Spen Valley ahead of the deadline that she put to us at…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I want to make a general point in support of the hon. Lady’s suggestions.21 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyWill the hon. Lady give way?16 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyI will be as quick as I can be, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to talk about over-prescription and the vaccines. I acknowledge my role as the co-chair and past chair of the beyond…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Covid-19 InquiryI associate myself with the observations of the hon. Member for Blackley and Middleton South (Graham Stringer) and my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyThe tragedies that we read and hear about are bringing to light the chronic problem of over-prescription in our society. I am afraid that the MHRA is to blame. A review is under…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationWell, I am afraid to say that often there is maladministration in benefits and welfare, which is the consequence of this vast system that we have. I apologise on behalf of the…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I have heard it said that anger is love in the presence of injustice. The righteous anger that so many people feel here in this Chamber and…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThank you, Dr Murrison; it is a pleasure and an honour to serve under my constituency neighbour on, I think, your first day in the Chair. I congratulate all Members who have…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThe hon. Gentleman highlights the central point here: although, as Members have said, the change of policy itself was not the subject of the ombudsman’s inquiry, the failure to…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationWe do believe there should be justice for the WASPI women. We do believe that an injustice was done and that there should be support offered to them. There needs to be a proper…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRailway Services: South-WestI sympathise with hon. Members speaking on behalf of Wales. I represent commuters using Bedwyn station, and I want to point out on behalf of Wiltshire that in 2022 we lost three…14 Jan 2025HANSARDAdoptive Parents: Financial SupportThis is a very important topic, as hon. Members have acknowledged. I was particularly struck by the specific impact of the financial regime that adopting parents face, as the hon.…14 Jan 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsA consistent finding of the serious case reviews into child sexual exploitation is that the authorities have turned a blind eye in cases where they believe that a child, often as…13 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareMy right hon. Friend makes absolutely the right point. It echoes the experience of hospices across the country. Prospect House, which is on the edge of Swindon and is in my…13 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareI also welcome that, and congratulate the Minister on getting that money out of the Treasury, but will he acknowledge that there is a difference between capital and revenue?…13 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareI will not focus on assisted dying/assisted suicide this evening, because as the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) said in a good opening speech, we are all united in this…13 Jan 2025HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI applaud that soundbite, but we did not hear about any new measures that will be introduced, or any additional sanctions that we need. The right hon. Member talks about what the…16 Dec 2024