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HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsAs ever, my hon. Friend is amazing in his psychic abilities, having seen ahead to where I will make that very point further on in my contributions. It is a very important point,…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsThank you for calling me to sum up, Ms Ghani—I promise that I will not take the remaining half-hour to wind up the debate. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for taking part…21 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Deteriorating Long-Term Health ConditionsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) on securing the debate and…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Covid-19: NHS Support for Prostate Cancer PatientsI thank all hon. Members for their contributions throughout this debate. I think that the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) highlighted very well the danger in men often…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Covid-19: NHS Support for Prostate Cancer PatientsThe Minister is nodding. The Royal Marsden and the Institute of Cancer Research already form one of the leading cancer research and treatment centres in the world. The development…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Covid-19: NHS Support for Prostate Cancer PatientsI beg to move, That this House has considered NHS support for prostate cancer patients after the covid-19 pandemic. Ms McDonagh, as your constituency neighbour, it is a pleasure…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Smart Road PricingI thank all Members for taking part in today’s discussion, which has centred on London. I am sure that my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington (Gareth Bacon) and the hon. Member…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Smart Road PricingI beg to move, That this House has considered smart road pricing. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I thank the House of Commons Library, the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 327108, relating to reform of the Gender Recognition Act. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI think the point of a gender recognition certificate is the difficulty that trans people have in getting their legal gender recognised by very many bodies. That is why reform of…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI agree with the hon. and learned Lady on the point of guidance, and I will come on that point next. It is the failure of successive Governments since 2004 and 2010 to produce any…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I join the Minister in thanking colleagues across the House and on both sides of the discussion for their…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActYes, sorry. I appreciate that the Minister cannot give any more details here, but he knows my right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes), the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI thank the Minister for that clarification. I look forward to having more discussions with him on that in the Women and Equalities Committee. I reiterate what everyone has said…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI agree with the hon. Lady, who leads me towards points I will come on to later. If we allow this toxicity to continue and refuse to lead from the front, we will end up in the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActAbsolutely. There is a strong case, simply if we look at the statistics around GRCs, to show that the process does not work. The fact that only 1% to 3% of trans people go through…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActThe hon. Member has second-guessed what I am about to move on to. I truly believe that there is a way for the House to come together on this issue. As a member of the Women and…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI completely agree with the hon. and learned Lady. We have failed to make a genuine space to express concerns and come to an understanding with one another, and that has left a…21 Feb 2022HANSARDRestorative JusticeAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group on restorative justice, I have seen how it can massively help both offenders and victims of crime. Would the Minister agree to meet…08 Feb 2022HANSARDRestorative Justice6. What steps he is taking to help increase the use of restorative justice.08 Feb 2022