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HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale) for securing this debate. It is an important…26 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsI thank my hon. Friend from the end of the railway line for his intervention—it is a long railway line and the busiest outside London. He is right that towns should never be…26 Feb 2025HANSARDGroceries Code AdjudicatorWhat a pleasure it is to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) for securing this debate on such an…25 Feb 2025HANSARDMaternity ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for securing this debate. Fundamentally, it is about…25 Feb 2025HANSARDRural Crime: Prosecution RatesAs I am sure the Solicitor General knows, fly-tipping is the most commonly reported rural crime. In 2022-23, the last year for which there is full data, there were well over…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRural Crime: Prosecution Rates8. What steps she is taking to help ensure increased prosecution rates for rural crime.06 Feb 2025HANSARDSpeech and Language TherapyMam never quite got round to teaching me the Welsh that she speaks. I thank the Minister for his kind words about her and for outlining the complicated funding scenario that…27 Jan 2025HANSARDSpeech and Language TherapyI place on record my thanks to all the hon. Members who have contributed to the debate, starting with the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti), who made an…27 Jan 2025HANSARDSpeech and Language TherapyI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 657935 relating to speech and language therapy. May I say what a pleasure it is to lead this debate with you in the Chair,…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday I received one of the best emails that I have received since becoming a Member of Parliament. It came from my constituent Gareth Stewart and related to his son Hugo, who…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasI thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) for securing this debate on a really important subject. My constituents in Lichfield, Burntwood and the…22 Jan 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeThe listed places of worship grant scheme is essential to renovations and improvements being made by St Michael on Greenhill church in my constituency. Can the Second Church…16 Jan 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme1. What assessment the Commissioners have made of the effectiveness of the listed places of worship grant scheme.16 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityIt is a pleasure to take part in a debate with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. Diolch yn fawr to my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouthshire (Catherine Fookes) for securing this…15 Jan 2025HANSARDDeveloping AI Capacity and Expertise in UK DefenceI commend the work of the Defence Committee. The report is important, particularly given the news that has come from Ukraine in the past few years, and the way that conflict has…13 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareI thank the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) for securing this debate. Like many Members here, I am here to talk about my local hospice. Just over the constituency border in…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseEarlier this school year, the Friary school, a secondary school in my constituency, held a school-wide referendum, which included parents and the wider community, on lowering the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am still quite a new Member, but over the last months, we have been privileged to see the best of the House; its support for the fight in Ukraine and the Terminally Ill Adults…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI could make some points about Progress 8, but that is not why I am intervening. Just yesterday, my local news website reported that Dr Brown, the award-winning founding…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to take part in this debate alongside so many of my coastal colleagues. It puts me in slightly odd company, because Lichfield, Burntwood and the villages are…07 Jan 2025