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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I am sure that the Secretary of State will be aware of the tragic crush during the O2 Brixton Academy concert on 15 December. Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson sadly lost…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI thank the hon. Member for her powerful speech on this subject. Does she agree with me about the role of the media in reporting these crimes? This goes back to that tragic…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Southend West (Anna Firth). A number of us do hold our mothers dear; I think of my late mother, who was not fortunate enough to see…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI thank my hon. Friend for making that powerful intervention. When we look at the health disparities that exist, we see that it is really important that women’s voices are heard…09 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Pritchard. I, too, pay a big tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) for securing this really important debate.…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayOn this side of the House, we will make sure that we negotiate—sit around the table and address the concerns. It is not for me to say, “This is what we will offer.” It is about…07 Mar 2023HANSARDCovid Pandemic: Testing of Care Home ResidentsTo reiterate the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) just made, every time there is a statement, every time there is a…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsI thank the hon. Lady for making that important point. That is the real insult that leaseholders face up and down the country: being forced to pay for the management of a block,…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir George. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) for securing this important debate. In my…28 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI thank the hon. Member for making—a speech. He says that this is a political issue. Does he agree, then, that his Government have failed politically by not getting around the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSWill the right hon. Member give way?23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSTo bring the right hon. Member back to the point he made about digital data and making sure that patients are accessing services, I hope he will agree that for a number of my…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI thank my hon. Friend for making such a powerful speech, and I declare that I am also a proud member of Unison. Cancer Research UK recently held a drop-in session in Portcullis…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI thank my hon. Friend for making such a powerful speech on a really important issue. A fantastic GP surgery in my constituency, the Waterloo Health Centre, is closing because the…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationIs the hon. Member aware that the UK was sadly one of the only countries to reduce its funding to the Global Fund, so the excellent work that she has just highlighted could be…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Bone, and to follow my excellent colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Reading East (Matt Rodda). In his powerful opening…22 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 16 would ensure that contracting authorities give mind to social value when considering violence against women and…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Does the Minister not feel that the meeting would be even more beneficial and fantastic if he were to tell the Deputy Prime Minister that he had accepted the new clause?21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would enable a future procurement system to mandate that procurement transactions be carried out in a specific…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would disapply section 31(2A) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 where a breach of non-discrimination occurs under…21 Feb 2023