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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I will speak to amendments 1, 51 and 4 together, as they all relate to housing. Amendment 1 ensures that housing…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I do not know the best place for it to be held. That is an important point. For a lot of the issues that Members are bringing up, we are not expecting there to be answers today.…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsI totally agree. The resourcing of trading standards and the veterinary profession is a hugely important issue. We know that we are short of vets working in public health and farm…09 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the petitioners on bringing this important subject to Parliament. I start by making something absolutely…09 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsIf the RSPCA has different figures, I would ask it to explain where its figures come from. Not all non-stunned meat is halal. Some of it is shechita slaughter, and the hind…09 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI completely agree with what the hon. Member has just suggested. There is no way that we can approach dementia without a huge amount of compassion and empathy.03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareYes, I agree that empowering people to live as independently as possible is hugely important. For me, there was guilt—for many years actually. I felt guilty about the moments of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDPrisons: Rehabilitation13. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of rehabilitative programmes in prisons.03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing this important debate. Listening to the stories from Members on all sides of the House, it is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDPrisons: RehabilitationPrisons have an important role in protecting the public and punishing criminals, but they are also vital to rehabilitation. Given that around half of prisoners reoffend within a…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI remember trying to explain to my father about the sheepdog, which he loved to train but which he did not recognise as his own any more. That is unusual for a farmer. There was…03 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI thank the hon. Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) for securing this really important debate. Before I was elected, I drove around Winchester, the Meon valley…22 May 2025HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI absolutely welcome that fantastic initiative. I visited two dental practices in Winchester, and both told me exactly the same thing: they want to do more NHS work, and they want…22 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationClearly, this is a very emotive debate for Members from all parts of the House. It is probably a good time to acknowledge that in the NHS, we are more likely to be treated by an…21 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationMy hon. Friend and I have both spent part of our careers teaching at universities. Would he acknowledge, given the university funding troubles at the moment, that our universities…21 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI welcome today’s statement. I reiterate the calls of my hon. Friend the Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller) for the recognition of Palestine and the immediate…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI thank the Prime Minister for the statement. The deal is certainly a step in the right direction, and having closer ties with Europe has got to be good for businesses and…20 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I agree with my hon. Friend and thank him for his intervention. Mental health MOTs could help to catch at-risk people early, so that we can start treating them before the problems…19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for that moving intervention and offer my condolences to those in the Gallery. We appreciate that the Secretary of State is seriously considering an…19 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I totally recognise the importance of that intervention. We also need a system that is much easier to navigate. A psychiatrist came to see me in my office in Winchester and told…19 May 2025