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HANSARDMarriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind compliments. I am the tender age of 39, so there is still a bit of time to go there. Time does pass fast for those who need to wait two…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMuch is rightly made of Russia’s role in this, but Belarus is playing a part as a staging post. What sanctions and steps are we taking to ensure that Belarus feels the pain for…25 Feb 2022HANSARDElective TreatmentI welcome the plan. I am most intrigued by the “my planned care” website, because one of the biggest problems for clinicians is that they spend a lot of time chasing admin. It is…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpLevelling up in Bosworth uniquely looks like millions of pounds into Hinckley Academy, £28 million into Leicestershire broadband and £19.9 million into Twycross Zoo. On page 235…02 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for her announcement on sanctions. She said in her statement that the UK will join discussions at the UN Security Council to apply further…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAlmost a year ago, the Minister for Housing, who has responsibility for planning, wrote to Liberal Democrat-run Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council to say that it does not have an…24 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillI am interested to know the hon. Gentleman’s perspective, from a Labour point of view, on Labour Live in 2018. When people signed up for a ticket it said: “All under-18s need to…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In the run-up to Christmas, hare coursing caused a huge problem across Leicestershire, no more so than in Bosworth. Hare coursing brings with it damage to property and crops,…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillIt is a pleasure to be called to speak and to inform the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris) about my amendment; he will have been waiting with bated breath because he…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was simply asking how that fits into the perspective that the hon. Gentleman has just been putting across.17 Jan 2022HANSARD Draft Online Safety Bill ReportI come to this report through the prism of my work on body image. The Minister will be pleased to hear that I will not give again the speech that I delivered yesterday, when he…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Digitally Altered Body ImagesI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require advertisers, broadcasters and publishers to display a logo in cases where an image of a human body or body part…12 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a debate on the importance of the A5 to the UK? The road runs from London to Wales and is so important, in particular in joining the east and west midlands. It is…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryI am grateful for the Secretary of State’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) about the £4.9 billion for catch-up. Going forward, there is an opportunity…05 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt was welcomed by both sides of the House when, in the summer, the Prime Minister came to the Dispatch Box to announce that an inquiry would take place on the lessons learned.…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthI applaud the Government for their massive scale-up and huge ambition in respect of the booster programme. It truly is the way out for our nation, and I commend them for their…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe Secretary of State is absolutely right. I am overjoyed that boosters are the key to getting the country out of this issue. I have raised, over the past couple of weeks and…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI commend the Health Secretary for bringing forward the boosters and aiming so high to get them out. One of the key things is to make sure that we have enough vaccinators and…13 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ14. We know that booster vaccines are essential in our fight against covid. Speaking to clinical colleagues, one of the biggest hindrances is the 15 minutes that people have to…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am grateful to the Secretary of State for coming to this House first, and for providing a copy of his statement. In it, he said that “we will introduce mandatory certification,…08 Dec 2021