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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Lady give way on that point?13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore I come to the substantive part of my speech, I would like to pick up on the comments of the hon. Member for North Warwickshire and Bedworth (Rachel Taylor). I have signed…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. Of course, these are difficult things to disentangle. People will say, “You would say this, wouldn’t you, Ben?”, but we should get…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think I am pushing it. I tried to intervene on the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) to ask what she thinks about that. She is welcome to intervene on me now if she…13 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025What is most interesting about the spending review is what is not mentioned: there is no mention of the River Thames scheme, no mention of our rivers, no mention of the Animal and…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]It feels like we are going from “Groundhog Day” to “Lost in Translation” because the Government clearly are not getting the message. Today I will try something different and tell…10 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]What the last Government did not do is release a consultation that had a ministerial foreword to say that the position of copyright was uncertain. What they did not do was say…10 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As I said, this is clearly a tricky area to legislate—I have said that at the Dispatch Box and in Committee many times—but what is not helping is…10 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I thank the Chair of the Select Committee, who is also trying to break us out of the groundhog day that we seem to have found ourselves in. The Lords amendment does not fetter the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterI thank the Secretary of State for his comments on continuity of service, which will provide some reassurance to my constituents. Thames Water has failed my constituents time and…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Back again, and it feels a bit like groundhog day. I must confess that I am a Bill Murray fan, and I think “Groundhog Day” is a great movie. However, I realise that some Members…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]As hon. Members know, the substance of this Bill began with the previous Government, in recognition of the need to streamline and harness the use of data to grow the economy and…22 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I rise to speak in support of the Bill. To begin with, I need to make a couple of declarations. I have a family member who is a consultant psychiatrist. I am now a non-practising…19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]The hon. Member is of course very knowledgeable given his background as a mental health nurse. I would like to see in the Bill a provision setting out that, in order to detain…19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Sensory over-stimulation can be a particular issue for those with autistic spectrum disorders. I have been concerned when I have looked…19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]rose —19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I appreciate the hon. Member giving way. There is a logical inconsistency, which is that people with autism and learning disability are looked after under mental health services…19 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to speak to amendments 18, 30, 31, 17 and 32, which stand in my name. I will start with amendment 18. Many moral arguments on the need for the Bill have been proposed both…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry but I really cannot, given the time restrictions. Amendment 17 pertains to the test of decision-making capacity. In English and Welsh law, we use the Mental Capacity…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the Minister give way?16 May 2025