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HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksOrder.08 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksBefore I call the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) to wind up, I thank all hon. and right hon. Members for their kind words. It is indeed a…08 Jan 2025HANSARD PlaygroundsOrder. I remind hon. Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak. I will call the first Front Bencher at about 5.10 pm.08 Jan 2025HANSARD PlaygroundsOrder. I must now impose a four-minute limit. I call Leigh Ingham.08 Jan 2025HANSARD PlaygroundsOrder. I now need to put a three-minute time limit on Back-Bench speeches.08 Jan 2025HANSARD Harland & WolffToday’s news is welcome. My right hon. Friend knows how vital the FSS ships are to our Royal Navy. RFA Fort Victoria, our only remaining solid store support ship, is due to be…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, a merry Christmas to you and all staff. I put on record that my mam is a WASPI woman. My right hon. Friend will know full well the strength of feeling regarding this…19 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionDecisions taken in this place are subject to rigorous scrutiny and accountability, but recent history in several areas shows that that is not always the case with local decision…16 Dec 2024HANSARDPeople Housebound due to Disability: Church Support7. What steps the Church is taking to support people that are housebound due to a disability.28 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Jo Pyke is a counsellor at a local cancer charity. She has stage 4 mucosal melanoma. Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy, which is only available in the USA,…28 Nov 2024HANSARDPeople Housebound due to Disability: Church SupportChurches Together South Tyneside does amazing work through its Happy at Home hub, providing a range of services to the lonely and the isolated. Will my hon. Friend expand a little…28 Nov 2024HANSARDIndependent Armed Forces Commissioner6. What progress he has made on establishing an independent armed forces commissioner.18 Nov 2024HANSARDIndependent Armed Forces CommissionerI thank the Minister for all he is doing to improve the lives of our armed forces communities. He will be aware of the deeply distressing accounts of rape and sexual assault from…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI welcome my right hon. Friend’s considerate focus. Children in care have died in unregulated accommodation, but that did not stop the last Conservative Government introducing…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChild Poverty16. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce levels of child poverty.11 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyWe know that the previous Government presided over shameful levels of child poverty, including nearly 500,000 children who are eligible for free school meals but who are missing…11 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Will the duty of candour in the Hillsborough law apply to the 70-year-long nuclear test veterans scandal?24 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraineWhen this Government said that our support for Ukraine was absolute, we meant it. My right hon. Friend referred to the recently signed defence export treaty between the UK and…22 Oct 2024HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewThe SDR is welcome and needed. The previous Conservative Government left our armed forces personnel, capabilities and funding depleted. Can the Secretary of State— [ Interruption.…14 Oct 2024HANSARDLocal Bus Services17. What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services.10 Oct 2024