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HANSARDDefence Investment PlanHave you seen it?15 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe former Defence Secretary knew what was in the defence investment plan, thought it was inadequate and resigned as a result. I am sure the Minister would not be so shameless and…15 Jun 2026HANSARDPrimary Care: Non-digital Access2. What steps he is taking to maintain non-digital access to primary care.09 Jun 2026HANSARDPrimary Care: Non-digital AccessI understand why making use of the NHS app and online appointments is sensible and works well for many patients, but I cannot be the only MP to have heard from constituents—you…09 Jun 2026HANSARDDeep Geothermal Energy2. What steps he is taking to help support the development of deep geothermal energy.02 Jun 2026HANSARDDeep Geothermal EnergyDeep geothermal has great potential for left-behind communities in this country, and it is a first-class transition industry for our oil and gas workforce. I welcome the…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingIt is all very well to send people on training. As a doctor, I have sat in on training sessions. People can be in a training seminar together, and some will pay attention and some…21 May 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingI have asked the Minister about this before, and she did not answer. Maybe I will get an answer this time. One thing she might set those additional support services to do is let…21 May 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) for securing this debate on domestic abuse and…21 May 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressFurther to that point of order, while I do not have the same experience as my right hon. Friend the Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis), the Minister has said that the…19 May 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressOne thing this sorry episode has achieved is to make the Minister an absolute expert on warm words and platitudes. I want to go back to the issue of disappearing messages, which…19 May 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI ask the Minister to think about a situation in which a victim of rape comes to her constituency surgery whose rapist is currently in prison but will now get out of prison…19 May 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI welcome the new Minister to her post. For all the policies she might be glad to inherit, she is also inheriting a plan later this year to let out potentially thousands of the…19 May 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)Thank you, Sir John. I just want to make a simple point. The Minister said that what the Government want to do does not require primary legislation, but in the same speech…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)The Minister is in danger—there is a bit of a pattern here—of wanting to have things both ways. She is suggesting that waiting for Brian Leveson’s review, and the parliamentary…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)The Minister is correct. That is the only time I have referred to it more broadly; I have been consistent throughout in saying that it is a system with significantly less access…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)I intervened when the Minister said she thought that extending sitting hours would make things worse. When I asked her to explain that, she then said that she thought the benefit…28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is all very well for the Minister to make that statement. Why does she think that?28 Apr 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals Bill (Twelfth sitting)I wish to speak briefly in support of the principle that different approaches to case management and ways of working are making a difference in a number of areas. The Committee…28 Apr 2026