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HANSARD CoronersMay I begin by echoing the comments by the Chair of the Justice Committee, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill)? In doing so, I pay…24 May 2024HANSARD CoronersThe hon. Gentleman, my friend, was my first Select Committee Chair back in 2008, when I joined the Children, Schools and Families Committee—a baptism of fire, as it turned out. I…24 May 2024HANSARD CoronersI am extremely grateful to my hon. and learned Friend. I probably ought now to declare my interests, which are on the register, not least my brother’s chairmanship of the Prison…24 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawI am very much enjoying the hon. Gentleman’s jousting, although I suspect he will have to wait quite a while before he gets to do it again for real in the general election, but…21 May 2024HANSARDSchool Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) BillI join colleagues in congratulating my right hon. Friend on bringing the Bill to this stage and hopefully on to the statute book with cross-party support. It is a key part of…01 May 2024HANSARDDraft National Crime Agency (Directed Tasking) Order 2023Will my right hon. Friend give way?24 Apr 2024HANSARDDraft National Crime Agency (Directed Tasking) Order 2023It may be that my right hon. Friend will come on to this point, so I apologise in advance if he was going to, but I am just interested to know about the process for the NCA, given…24 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker, not least for enabling me to reassure myself that I can still get out of my seat, despite my London marathon legs from yesterday—I had to…22 Apr 2024HANSARD Hong Kong Security LegislationThe message that this legislation sends out is that political control trumps all else, including the economy. Bearing that in mind, what assessment has the deputy Foreign…20 Mar 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstMy right hon. Friend will be pleased to hear that, across Cheshire and Merseyside, including my Eddisbury constituency, 535 community pharmacies will be starting the Pharmacy…31 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportDoes the hon. Lady support making schools responsible for the children they exclude?23 Jan 2024HANSARDLGBT Veterans Independent ReviewI join others in thanking Lord Etherton and all those who took the brave step of sharing their experience with him to inform the review and all 49 recommendations. Although…13 Dec 2023HANSARDOpposition to parking charges in Audlem, CheshireThe petition states: The petition of the residents of Audlem, Cheshire in the Eddisbury County constituency, Declares their opposition to the introduction of parking charges to…13 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my right hon. and learned Friend’s commitment to increase the use of tagging, where appropriate, to reduce the amount of reoffending. In doing so, what plans does he…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI welcome the introduction of consumer rights on subscriptions, which have become a real minefield for many people of all ages. Why do the Government feel it necessary to have…20 Nov 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2023I am conscious that we have been in this room for less than five minutes, which means there is obviously consent on this statutory instrument. However, I want to ask the Minister,…15 Nov 2023HANSARD PrisonsI remind hon. Members of my declared interest, in that my brother is chair of the Prison Reform Trust. The statutory instrument is a sensible step forward. A number of measures…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Correcting the RecordI very much support the Procedure Committee’s report. As part of the next stage of looking at the detail, has the Committee considered whether, when we talk about correcting the…24 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityDespite resulting in lower reconviction rates, the use of community orders has halved in the last decade, so will today’s announcement start to reverse that trend? In trying to do…16 Oct 2023HANSARDAdult and Further EducationIt comes as no surprise that my hon. Friend is absolutely right. With his veterinary background, he knows a lot about this area. He will know that such flexibility allows us to…05 Jul 2023