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HANSARDEconomic Growth: South Yorkshire and DerbyThe speciality steel site at Stocksbridge in my constituency has a strategically significant, highly specialist capability to produce world-leading steel that is crucial to our…20 May 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: South Yorkshire and Derby16. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase economic growth in South Yorkshire.20 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]One of the reasons I stood for Parliament was to work hard to create a society that values disabled people, that treats us with dignity and respect, and that ensures there is…19 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy decision to support the Bill on Second Reading was one of the hardest I have ever had to make. It required me to go into the very depths of myself and draw on my experience as…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that clause 2(3) makes it very clear that no one can qualify for assistance under the Bill by reason only of either disability or mental disorder…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make progress, out of respect for all those on both sides of the House who wish to make a speech. The clause flowed directly from evidence that we heard from oral…16 May 2025HANSARDHospital BacklogsI am grateful to the Secretary of State for the work that he and his team have done to reduce NHS waiting times month on month for the last six months. However, the backlog that…06 May 2025HANSARD Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for her remarkable speech, remembering those who contributed to our war effort. Will she join me in remembering all those who fought and fell in world war…06 May 2025HANSARDNational Wealth Fund: Regional GrowthThere is currently no tram network from central Sheffield to Oughtibridge, Wharncliffe Side, Deepcar or Stocksbridge, and no operational train service to those areas. My…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseA retired postmistress in my constituency served our communities at the post office in Parson Cross from 1994 to 2002 and was affected by the Horizon scandal, leaving her mentally…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am pleased to hear the Secretary of State’s commitment to steel. Stocksbridge Speciality Steels in my constituency is a strategically significant site with world-class, unique…03 Apr 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)Alex Ruck Keene’s sage words to me were that the problem with putting in more words is that it creates an opportunity for lawyers to find loopholes. In the example that the hon.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I am grateful for the thorough and thoughtful discussion that we have had from Members on both sides of the Committee Room. I am pleased and reassured that we have that discussion…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)Does the hon. Member agree that it is helpful to have it on record that we have evaluated these concepts from all sides, but determined that putting them in the Bill is not the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her speech. I think we are united in principle, but perhaps take different views on the best way to ensure that this happens in practice. To give an…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)Clause 26 puts in place the elements of the offences under the Bill. It is right that it does that and draws the parameters very tightly and firmly. Under criminal law, those…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 518, in clause 40, page 23, line 24, at end insert— “‘coercion’ means behaviour of a controlling or threatening character, including but not limited to…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)Just to put this one to bed, which is where we all need to go at this stage, I did seek advice from those that have worked in this field, and it is not a concept used commonly in…25 Mar 2025