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579 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Online HarmsThe 2015 Conservative manifesto made a commitment that “we will stop children’s exposure to harmful sexualised content online, by requiring age verification for access to all…07 Oct 2020HANSARDChina: Labour Programme in TibetI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on having secured this debate. I fully support his powerful speech, and…07 Oct 2020HANSARDAdult Care: Covid-19I thank the Minister for the social care winter plan announced two weeks ago. Can she tell me when this half a billion pound infection control fund will be released to councils…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAdult Care: Covid-19What steps his Department is taking to support the adult care sector during the covid-19 outbreak.06 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat steps is the Home Office taking to tackle the demand from sex buyers that drives the sex slave industry? Will the Home Secretary meet me and colleagues from the Conservative…28 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Self-employed and Freelance WorkersThe hon. Member is absolutely right—it is about not just these people’s talent, but the next generation that they are nurturing. Lauren says: “I am a self-employed freelance…17 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseDoes the Leader of the House share my concerns about the safety of women, following accounts of serious medical complications after some women have taken abortion pills at home,…17 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Self-employed and Freelance WorkersIt is a pleasure to support freelancers and self-employed people in my constituency who have fallen through the cracks of what I recognise has otherwise been an extremely generous…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAnimal Welfare StandardsWhat steps he is taking to increase animal welfare standards.10 Sept 2020HANSARDAnimal Welfare StandardsMy family enjoys quality food bought directly from farms and their shops across my constituency, such as Ibbotsons in Sandbach, Glebe Farm in Astbury, Hall Farm shop in Alsager…10 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate on the need to maintain local train services during this pandemic? Recent service reductions in my constituency are completely unacceptable. CrossCountry is…03 Sept 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI have three concerns from my constituency and then one national issue. First, train services from Congleton urgently need improving. Will the Government press Northern to do so…22 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat is the initial response of Ministers to the latest report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights on children whose mothers are in prison? What progress has been made in…14 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewAs vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary grop for valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy, I thank the Minister for her tone today. Does she agree that it is…09 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI will come on to that; I thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. I want to quote someone who works regularly with victims of domestic abuse. She says: “This proposal in…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI thank the Minister for that. On that basis, I will not press amendment (c) to a vote, and nor will I press amendments (a) and (b), because they have achieved their purpose,…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI raised on Report the link between rough sex and pornography, with recent surveys indicating that there is indeed a link. Would the Secretary of State be good enough to give a…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI support this landmark Bill and the Government’s amendments to it. I wish to speak to new clause 1, in my name, new clause 28 and my amendments to it. In 2018, the Select…06 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank the Foreign Secretary for his strong leadership and his clear focus on human rights. After expressing concern about this for some years as chair of the Conservative party…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics)I rise to oppose this Bill and urge colleagues to vote against it, whatever their views on abortion, on several key grounds: its potentially damaging impact on freedom of speech,…24 Jun 2020