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HANSARD Portishead RailwayWith the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish briefly to respond. We have all become used to reading between the lines in these debates. I take it from my hon.…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Everything he says is absolutely correct. Does that not have an added importance in an era of greater life expectancy, when we…26 Nov 2021HANSARD Portishead RailwayI hope it is not pointing out the blindingly obvious that when people look at projects like HS2, which are able to tunnel under the entire area of the Cotswolds, they find it a…26 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe viral mutation process of genetic drift depends on the number of times a virus gets to replicate, so the wider the spread geographically and the longer it goes on, the more…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillNo, as I am concluding. For all the Drews, Freddies, Maxs, Fionns, Tommys and Bethanys it is not our voices that resonate in Parliament today, but theirs, and my message to them…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillThe hon. Lady makes a powerful point: there must be a holistic approach because although the delivery of government exists in the silos of health and education and social care,…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Before I turn to the purpose and contents of this Bill, let me begin with some thanks. First, I thank those who helped us…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is correct in what he says. I am sure that Members who speak in this debate will wish to highlight charities and other groups in their…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillUnsurprisingly, I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman.26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend, because he makes an important point that I will return to later about the need for dignity and independence, and to stress that…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point and perhaps I should explain why we did not bring this forward as a whole of the United Kingdom Bill. I did not want this to…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend, and I will come to the point about early intervention later because it is key, as in so many other things, to good outcomes. The effects of…26 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitI welcome all the progress made so far at COP26 and congratulate all those involved, including my right hon. Friend, but what will we do if we do not get agreement on article 6…03 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIn all my time in the House of Commons, I do not think I have heard a Labour response to the Budget that has left me, as this one does, not knowing what Labour would do, in the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSpeaker's StatementIt bears repeating that James was a charming, kind, funny and intelligent man, devoted to his constituency, his country and, above all, his family. He was joy to work with,…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)No one disputes the success that some of these measures have had but there is a strong resentment—which, I have to say, I share—in many quarters about giving any Government…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsWho will be responsible for writing to give advice to medical professionals on the risk-benefit analysis of giving a relatively new vaccine to 12-year-olds? Will that be the chief…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to improve and raise NHS capacity. For decades bed occupancy rates in the NHS have been kept too high in the name of efficiency but at…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanEven if we believe that the whole Afghanistan withdrawal was a US-made policy that was ill judged and poorly executed, can I ask my right hon. Friend to reject those voices…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanAfghanistan today is a tragedy backlit by defeat—even the name of Operation Enduring Freedom has already exuded a sense of irony—but lest we rewrite history, let us remember why…18 Aug 2021