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HANSARD Select CommitteesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Following my earlier point of order, I received an email from Conservative party headquarters. It contained a picture of an email that…28 Apr 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, you and I agree that all women and girls should be safe on this estate, whether they are MPs, staff or visitors. We have been working together to ensure that we become…23 Apr 2026HANSARD UK Biobank DataHealth datasets of the size that UK Biobank has are incredibly important, because they allow us to find answers to the huge health challenges that many of us face, whether that is…23 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingI want to take a moment to focus on the young women who were exploited, abused and raped by Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. For years they were trafficked for rape, with no one…20 Apr 2026HANSARDStatutory Menstrual LeaveIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I declare an interest: I have adenomyosis. It took more than 30 years for it to be diagnosed. The average diagnosis…13 Apr 2026HANSARDForeign Financial Influence and Interference: UK PoliticsI welcome the Rycroft review and I very much enjoyed speaking to Philip Rycroft during the process. Beyond crypto and other financial donations, he says we need to tackle…25 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI would like to take the gallant Minister back to his comments about when and why Britain should go to war. It is clear that the Conservatives have forgotten that the Leader of…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the problem with his Government’s drone strategy was that they did not invest in satellites, making us reliant on foreign satellites for full…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Clinical TrialI am not for hounding any particular individual. The only person I have referred to by name is Hilary Cass and she has been on the public record. I have been hounded for my views…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Clinical TrialIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I want to start with the expression, “Do no harm.” To be clear for the people who have come to speak to me—parents…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Clinical TrialExactly, and that is completely inappropriate. A leader of a political party shouted “Traitor” at me when I said we should watch our language around this issue. I do not know who…23 Mar 2026HANSARD International DevelopmentI recognise how difficult today’s statement is—it is not a position that any Labour Government would ever want to be in. I welcome the commitment from the Foreign Secretary and…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPornography: RegulationLike many colleagues in this House and the other place, I am deeply concerned about the current unacceptable regulatory gap between online and offline pornography, and the public…18 Mar 2026HANSARDPornography: Regulation2. What recent discussions she has had with the British Board of Film Classification on regulatory parity between online and offline pornography.18 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe loan charge was a scandal that affected tens of thousands of people across this country, some of whom were on very low pay and not given a choice by their employers. At the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationI am the mother of teenagers, and they cannot believe how difficult it is to access their data and interact with public services. They call it “cringe”, a bit like the response…10 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals BillI appreciate that the hon. Member is into storytelling—it may be his next job—but what did he think was going to happen to the courts system when there was a 23% cut under the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDCourts and Tribunals BillI am trying to understand the hon. Lady’s point. Is she saying that we should now extend jury trial to all trials, or that we should keep the status quo? Is she saying that it is…10 Mar 2026HANSARD Technology SovereigntyI thank my kind colleagues. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. This is such a big debate. It is because we are all passionate about UK AI and the growth of…10 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that although the Representation of People Act 1983 makes it illegal to misrepresent a candidate in an election, that…02 Mar 2026