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HANSARDLocal Bus Services17. What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services.10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMany of us enjoyed watching the Euros in our local pubs, whose licensing hours were only just extended before this House rose for the general election. My private Member’s Bill…25 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ5. For decades, my constituent Jack Taylor has been continuously ignored by previous Governments. He and other nuclear veterans have been denied access to their medical records…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Healthy StartI beg to move, That this House has considered the Healthy Start scheme. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. What is not a pleasure is that I am here yet again,…22 May 2024HANSARD Healthy StartI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and for all the work that she does in this space. She has tirelessly championed children for as long as I have known her and for as…22 May 2024HANSARD Healthy StartAs the Minister heard in my opening comments, Mastercard completely refutes that argument. It and Allpay, which administers the scheme, have been clear that it is entirely…22 May 2024HANSARD Healthy StartI thank all hon. Members who have spoken today, in particular my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western), who has long championed a reduction in the…22 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeYesterday’s apology and the compensation announced today is the beginning of justice for the thousands of lives lost and ruined. The Minister will know that Sir Brian Langstaff…21 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This is the first time, but I sincerely hope not the last time, that I have proposed legislation in this House that has…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI thank the hon. Member for her fulsome support for my Bill. I stress to her and to the House that there will be continued consultation with the police and local authorities, even…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI thank the right hon. Member for that intervention, and I hope that her family welcome the Bill as well. Like much of our hospitality industry through covid, pubs were absolutely…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillAs I said on Second Reading, I get my love of the pub from my dad, who knows a good pint when he sees one, and from my mam, whose footsteps I followed in as an excellent barmaid.…17 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseNorthumbrian Water repeatedly refused to release information on the scale of raw sewage dumping at Whitburn and into the North sea. An appeal tribunal has ordered that data to be…16 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI rise to make a short speech in support of new clause 9, in the name of the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison). I thank her for her kind words about my friends and…15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI am interested in the comments of the hon. and learned Member. As the Bill goes to the House of Lords, will he work with me and others who are concerned about one-punch attacks…15 May 2024HANSARDMiners and Mining CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) and the hon. Member for Leigh (James Grundy), who is no longer in his place, for securing today’s debate. It is…09 May 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Our cross-party child of the north all-party parliamentary group found that expectant mothers were terminating wanted pregnancies because they could not afford another mouth…08 May 2024HANSARDVeterans: Cost of LivingHere are some facts. Veteran homelessness has risen by 14% over the last year. Seventeen per cent of veterans, and their families, are living in food insecure households. Over…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLike many across this House, I was utterly floored to hear the sad news of my friend Lord Field’s passing. His was a life devoted to helping those in poverty, especially children.…25 Apr 2024HANSARDVeterans: Cost of Living7. What steps he is taking to support veterans with the cost of living.25 Apr 2024