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HANSARDObesity: Food and DietThe hon. Gentleman’s intervention reminds me of the GP I took over from—an old chap; very wise—who said, “Always be a few years out of date, Simon, because we never know what…20 Jan 2025HANSARDObesity: Food and DietAbsolutely. One of the main pitfalls we must avoid is that there is no point in making cheap food more expensive. That will make people poorer. We need to be much more creative…20 Jan 2025HANSARDObesity: Food and DietI thank the Minister and all who have spoken because this has been a genuinely interesting debate about an essential topic. I would just like to say in summary that the hon.…20 Jan 2025HANSARDObesity: Food and DietI entirely agree. I think that this Parliament could do to obesity what the Government who were in power between 1997 and 2010 did to smoking: we could drastically reduce it. For…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementWill the hon. Lady say whether the policy of punitively attacking families was successful in reducing migration? Will she also say what effect immigration has on GDP?20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementI thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for introducing this debate. I would also like to thank the more than 300 petitioners from Stroud…20 Jan 2025HANSARDObesity: Food and DietI absolutely agree with that. We must treat people in a fair and compassionate way. We must point that out to them, as medical professionals, and help them to get better. I agree…20 Jan 2025HANSARDNew Homes (Solar Generation) BillI too am interested in solar panels being mandated on public buildings. In my area, Rednock school has had solar panels retrofitted. Solar panels in educational facilities have…17 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have quite a lot to say here, but I shall squeeze it into four minutes. First of all, having a regulator funded by a drug company is genuinely a…16 Jan 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I pick up some comments that were made a little earlier? Many of my constituents have written to me expressing their concerns about campaign finance laws following media…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?15 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI thank the right hon. Member for giving way. Could I make an appeal to all of us? I do not think that either side of this debate has covered itself in glory. I agree that this is…15 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillActually, the Bill will ensure that every child growing up in this country will have the best possible start in life, and will break down the barriers to opportunity. Like the…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThat is our manifesto commitment. One reason I am here is that, under the last Tory Government, a child in my constituency had to wait six months for treatment following a suicide…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative Arts EducationI thank the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for bringing forward this essential debate. I am a GP in Stroud and I have been championing arts in healthcare for over…18 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineDoes my hon. Friend celebrate the work of Standing Together, which is a group of Israelis and Palestinian people working side by side for peace? Would he support it in its call…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Rural Cycling InfrastructureI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I thank you for your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I am from Stroud and for the past six years, even before I became a politician, I have…10 Dec 2024HANSARDCreative Education: SchoolsOver the past 14 years, the amount of creative education, particularly at primary level, has been reducing and reducing, so I welcome what the Minister said. There is evidence…09 Dec 2024HANSARDCreative Education: Schools9. What steps she is taking to support creative education in schools.09 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportI thank the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for initiating the debate, and I also commend my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (Alex…05 Dec 2024