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HANSARDMaternity ServicesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for securing the debate. She spoke…25 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for securing this debate. It was good…24 Feb 2025HANSARD US Global Public Health PolicyYou are completely right about that very important organisation, which I shall come on to shortly. We cannot highlight enough to the impact that Gavi has had. The World Health…11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Global Public Health PolicyI appreciate the opportunity to speak on a matter of urgent importance: the shifting landscape of global health policy, and the direct threat that shift poses to public health…11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Global Public Health PolicyI could not agree more. My hon. Friend is completely right. The World Health Organisation is at the heart of international disease surveillance, co-ordinating early responses to…11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Global Public Health PolicyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He makes a hugely important point. Economic pressures demand efficiency, but let there be no doubt: withdrawing support from the…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Maternal Mental HealthI completely agree with the hon. Member and thank her for her important intervention. For years, we have been calling for better community healthcare. We know the demographics who…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Maternal Mental HealthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I commend the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Laura Kyrke-Smith) for securing this hugely important debate and speaking…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Police Grant ReportAs a vet I spend a lot of time driving around rural areas, working with families and livery yard owners in the Meon valley in Hampshire, and in Madam Deputy Speaker’s beautiful…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ13. Five months ago, the Care Quality Commission reported that two thirds of maternity units in England were unsafe, and years of unsafe staffing levels have resulted in the NHS…05 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipI totally agree with my hon. Friend’s insightful comment. In both those scenarios, withdrawal from key agencies will reduce global awareness and increase the chances of future…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I commend the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway (John Cooper) for securing this important debate. The hon. Member…04 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025I thank the hon. Lady for speaking so passionately on this matter. As the Liberal Democrat mental health spokesperson, something that we are increasingly coming across is that it…04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Child Poverty Action Group has reported that 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty. In a classroom of 30, that is nine children living in poverty. Given that…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yes, in one sentence: the Government’s manifesto rightly said that “Never again will women’s health be neglected”. Can we have assurances that we…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Avian InfluenzaFarmers and vets will remember the 2022 outbreak, which was the biggest we had seen in the UK and which killed millions of birds worldwide, so this new outbreak is of huge concern…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyNearly 600,000 women are waiting for treatment on gynaecology waiting lists in England; the longest waits are leading to preventable diseases progressing and it is one of the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I was absolutely shocked to learn that cigarette butts account for one in five pieces of discarded plastic. When it is predicted that by 2050 there will be more tonnage of plastic…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)As a new Member, and someone who came into politics with a passion for health—specifically public health—and addressing inequality, I am really proud to have been a part of this…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is reassuring to hear the Minister talk about consulting before bringing in smoke-free places in specific public outdoor areas. Personally, as a non-smoker and someone who is…28 Jan 2025