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HANSARD Women and Girls with Autism: Mental Health SupportIn the new training regimen, can we please ensure that parents are believed? Young women and young girls often mask very well in schools where all the professionals are, but then…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Gravesham: River CrossingsI thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to come to the House to discuss the importance of river crossings in my constituency of Gravesham. I am grateful to the…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanI thank the Secretary of State for his statement today. I welcome the move to community delivery, greater accountability of providers and ICBs, and power to the patients. As a…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Gravesham: River CrossingsOur petitions, which have garnered thousands of signatures, call for the return of the ferry service. It is clear that businesses and residents want their ferry back. At present,…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Gravesham: River CrossingsI absolutely agree. The Thames Clipper is a remarkable service that is supported by Transport for London, but it needs to be subsidised. It is looking at expanding into the…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Gravesham: River CrossingsWhen we consider the private companies and contractors that may come forward, the ask here is whether we could extract a social value—a social good—from the funding for the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the Secretary of State for her statement. PIP is, of course, a passport to freedom for many other things such as the carer’s allowance, and many local authorities use PIP…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseEarlier this week, the Department for Transport increased the costs of using the Dartford crossing. That will impact Gravesham residents and businesses, which do not get the…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Water Safety EducationI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) for leading this debate on an incredibly important issue—one that is felt by myself and many constituents.…19 Jun 2025HANSARDIncontinenceI agree. The community toilet scheme in Gravesham has been a good success. However, the issue of course comes down to vandalism. Councils cannot see this as an easy way to cut…19 Jun 2025HANSARDIncontinenceI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) for securing this incredibly important debate; it has been absolutely wonderful listening to how it has been conducted.…19 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Infrastructure: 10-year StrategyI welcome the Green Book review of the co-ordination of joined-up infrastructure thinking—thank you so much. Promises have previously been made to local places affected by major…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025I thank the Chancellor for the spending review. Local austerity is over—after being a local councillor for nearly a decade, I thank her for that. Labour-led Gravesham council has…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsDoes the Minister agree that, with today’s announcement, alongside the proactive Gravesham borough council’s low-income family tracker programme, which has reached out and helped…05 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationDoes the Secretary of State agree that it was astonishing that the SNP voted against the £8 million to regenerate Hamilton town centre and that only Labour’s Davy Russell will…04 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre Regeneration7. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to regenerate town centres in Scotland.04 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownWill my hon. Friend also take into account the multidisciplinary roles and spaces involved in the jobs that she has outlined, and the fact that the existence of a hub, with most…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownI had the great fortune to visit Porton Down with the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and the Defence Committee. As a research scientist who has worked in category 3…21 May 2025HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsThe strategy for tackling violence against women and girls must challenge the attitudes that enable it. What recent discussions has the Minister had with stakeholders across…21 May 2025HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and Girls6. What steps he is taking to support the Northern Ireland Executive in tackling violence against women and girls.21 May 2025