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HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill (Bell Ribeiro-Addy) on securing this important…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI think we have both made our positions clear. I accept that some people will have received poor care and that the people who delivered that poor care need to be hauled over the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDDraft Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. We can all agree that we want safety. We want the equipment that doctors such as me use to be safe, reliable and…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is not correct. The previous Government, and the previous Chancellor, made a clear commitment to providing the money, and to the hospital…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsWe can all agree that we want a world-class NHS, and that includes having the very best hospitals, technology and staff. I have been delighted to see the brilliant facilities…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI absolutely agree that the Labour Government should do that, but unfortunately, we have learned that their promises do not mean much at all.23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsThe previous Secretary of State made it clear that the hospital was fully funded and would be built. What has changed since then is that we have a new Government who made the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI must confess to not being terribly au fait with the position of Charing Cross hospital in 2012, which was before I was elected. It is not a hospital in which I have worked as a…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsActually, we use the definition of “new hospitals” that Tony Blair used when he was Prime Minister. Let us turn to where we are now. We welcome the capital funding to continue the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDDraft Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025My understanding is that the US Government are reviewing whether the tariffs will affect medical pharmaceutical products. However, some manufactures of medical devices, as per…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThe right hon. Lady is making a point about the wider justice system and the importance of equality before the law. What has she done to assure herself and the House that, in all…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Billrose —22 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingI am pleased to get the clarity from the Supreme Court judgment. Those of us on the Conservative Benches have always known what a woman is. The right hon. Lady says the Government…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillCan the right hon. Lady clarify whether the guidelines proposed under the previous Government were the same as those with which she is dealing now, or did they differ—and if they…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThe right hon. Lady is making the important point that the Sentencing Council is comprised of senior and learned individuals. Given that, what circumstances does she think…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillThe right hon. Gentleman said that steel production is strategically important, and I agree. He said that we should be avoiding having to be reliant on imports, and I agree.…12 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseThe shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam), gave very graphic and disturbing examples of horrific abuse suffered by just a couple of the young…08 Apr 2025HANSARDPrevention of Drug DeathsI completely agree that we need evidence-based policy, and that, in whatever policy area we are looking at, we should challenge and probe policies to ensure we are doing things in…27 Mar 2025HANSARDPrevention of Drug DeathsIt is a pleasure and a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I pass my condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Christina McKelvie. I know she meant…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillIt is now a truth universally acknowledged that smoking is bad for one’s health. It is the leading cause of preventable death in this country, responsible for over 80,000 deaths…26 Mar 2025