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HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI agree, and nowhere is that clearer than in the cases of my constituent’s sons, Jack and Paul. Not only was their father known to be abusive, but the boys did not want to see…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI do agree, and those factors have a cumulative, additive effect on those young people, silencing their voices even more so than those of other victims. That is one of the reasons…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI do agree, and I thank my hon. Friend for her powerful statement. That is why we must urgently spell this issue out in primary legislation, alongside having a more tightly drawn…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementAbsolutely. I will return to this later, but the harm report makes quite clear the re-traumatisation of both children and parental victims of domestic abuse that comes with…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI absolutely do agree and will return to my proposals for reform later.22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI do agree. I will discuss further proposals later in my speech. Jack and Paul would never have been in the reach of a known domestic abuser, were it not for the presumption of…22 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Constituents of mine in High Green were told that a social housing repair project for their home would take 12 weeks. The project has now been ongoing for 64 weeks, with…20 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillNo, I will make progress. The Bill will implement child-centred government, emphatically embedding it in education and children’s social care, and there must be parallel work to…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI first met my constituent Claire Throssell at a remembrance service at my old secondary school in Penistone. Every year, the headteacher marks the deaths of Claire’s sons, former…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI take this opportunity to wish all colleagues in the Chamber and beyond it a very merry Christmas. Ten years ago, my constituent Claire Throssell promised her sons, who had died…19 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I draw your attention to my declaration of interests, Mr Mundell. I am a member of the Community union, Unison and GMB. I found it difficult to hear, in anything the shadow…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Mundell. I have fought to break down barriers to equal justice, opportunity and dignity without discrimination for women and disabled…17 Dec 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: South Yorkshire1. What steps he is taking to support the steel industry in South Yorkshire.12 Dec 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: South YorkshireStocksbridge Speciality Steels in my constituency is a world-leading plant, with specialist capability to produce cleaner and stronger high-grade steel for our aerospace industry.…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Birmingham Northfield and for Gloucester for their ably made speeches outlining the very good and pragmatic reasons for the measure. They…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for his speech so far. We heard a lot from the Opposition about the cumulative impact on business, and I wonder whether he might say something about the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillToday’s decision has been one of the hardest that I have had to make. In my career in disability law and policy, I chose not to focus on debates about whether disabled people…29 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Seven children in every classroom of 30 in my constituency of Penistone and Stocksbridge are in poverty. Can you set out more broadly the economic benefits of the Bill, many of…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have two questions. First, to pick up on your point about the economic inactivity of women with caring responsibilities, can you reflect on the value of the maternity leave…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q You have mentioned where the Bill places the UK internationally in terms of strike law. Where do you think the Bill broadly places the UK compared with other developed nations,…28 Nov 2024