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HANSARD Tackling Loneliness and Connecting CommunitiesTo respond to all that, I call the pioneering first ever Minister for loneliness, Tracey Crouch.21 Jun 2023HANSARD Tackling Loneliness and Connecting CommunitiesI call the first of the Front Benchers—for the SNP, Peter Grant.21 Jun 2023HANSARD Ultra-processed FoodI will start to call the Front Benchers at 5.33 pm, with five minutes for the SNP and Labour, because it is only a 60-minute debate. If we do speeches within five-and-a-half…21 Jun 2023HANSARD Tackling Loneliness and Connecting CommunitiesJust go from where you were, Jim.21 Jun 2023HANSARD Tackling Loneliness and Connecting CommunitiesAs a point of information, before I call the last of the Back Benchers, we had a 25-minute suspension because of the two votes, so that goes on to the end of the debate. Our new…21 Jun 2023HANSARD Tackling Loneliness and Connecting CommunitiesWe resume where we left off, so we will unpause Jim Shannon, who is in the middle of a cliff-hanger moment of his speech.21 Jun 2023HANSARDPeople on Lower Incomes: Financial SupportFood banks, playgroups and warm spaces are among the services provided by mosques, temples, synagogues and churches for all our constituents to help them cope with the cost of…20 Jun 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food Bank Use13. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of universal credit deductions on levels of food bank use.19 Jun 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food Bank UseThe role of accommodating food bank Britain has fallen to churches and places of worship, which have also housed playgroups, vaccination centres and warm spaces of late. Given…19 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Clause 1 of the draft Media Bill’s redefinition of public service broadcasting deletes music, comedy and drama. It removes all requirement to have cultural output. Why, oh why?15 Jun 2023HANSARDNew Hospital Programme and Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustI am aware that the Division bell will probably start ringing as soon as I stand up, but I am familiar with that quote from Tim Orchard. My hon. Friend is making a really powerful…13 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince 1985, girls and boys from nursery age to right up to pre-university have been educated at the King Fahad Academy in East Acton. Imagine the shock of parents, pupils and…12 Jun 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls2. What steps she is taking to increase the proportion of cases relating to violence against women and girls that are prosecuted.25 May 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsMore than one in nine rape prosecutions were dropped last year because victims withdrew their support, crushed by what can be a three-year wait for their day in court and the…25 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. I am sure that you, Mr Speaker, and everyone here will wish the Red Lion in Ealing well under its new management. It even does food for non-drinkers such as me. Can Ministers…18 May 2023HANSARDEye Health: National StrategyThe Minister says he is open to the idea of more research. Charles Bonnet syndrome is recognised by the NHS, but it is seen as a side-effect of sight loss. Will he commit to some…17 May 2023HANSARDEye Health: National StrategyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) on a stunning speech and securing a…17 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingThere are three Back Benchers down to speak. I will take the three winding-up speeches from 10.28 am—we do not get any extra time because of the late start—so speeches should be…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingOrder. I remind the former Minister that he has spoken for 10 and a half minutes, and I did want speeches to be kept within nine minutes. If he wishes to give us a concluding…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI call Wendy Chamberlain. Keep it within seven minutes, if you can, and then Marion Fellows gets time to wind up.16 May 2023