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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Lady is always fair-minded in the Chamber and outside. She will recognise that 2.5 million, or perhaps as many as 3 million, more disabled people entered the workforce…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the chief architect of the fiasco faced by people with disabilities and every member of the Labour party today is the Chancellor of the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am extremely grateful to be cheekily coming in at this point, but the East Riding of Yorkshire is the lowest-funded authority in the country for SEN. I hope we might hear from…24 Jun 2025HANSARD Flood Defences: ChesterfieldYou mean give him an update.24 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsTwenty seconds.24 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsOrder. Speakers have around four minutes—that is an informal initial steer.24 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsOrder.24 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsWe have, and I am chairing. You are not.24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the weekend, Vivergo and Ensus workers learned that UK negotiators had successfully protected the UK bioethanol industry until President Trump called the Prime Minister and he…23 Jun 2025HANSARDCare in the CommunityDental patients with untreated need end up in hospitals. In places like Hedon in my constituency, we have seen more and more dental practices moving away from the NHS. I have a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingThe hon. Gentleman is right. There is a capacity issue, as I say, relating to demand. Getting people—not just specialists, but the whole system and everyone in it—to have a better…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingWill the Minister give way?12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingPerhaps my question could go through the hon. Member to the Minister if he does not know the answer. The £740 million is very welcome, but as he says it is frontloaded in one year…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingI thank all colleagues for coming to the Chamber on this Thursday afternoon, because this issue is just so important. We have heard really interesting and reflective speeches from…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. She will be aware that the title of this debate, despite what it says on the screen, is “Distribution of SEND Funding”. I hope,…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingFor years, I have fought for a fairer distribution of SEND funding, and for years, I have got nowhere, as successive Governments—Labour and Conservative—have lacked the courage to…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. I was chairing the Education Committee when the coalition Government introduced the reforms that brought in EHCPs as a replacement for…12 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementWhat’s it called?12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingI have to agree with the hon. Gentleman, who makes a powerful point. My appeal to colleagues in the Chamber—particularly, perhaps, to newer Members —is to focus on the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSupport for Small BusinessesIf the book that the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Alan Gemmell) has written is a political thriller about fighting for small business, I am sure it features five heroes on…12 Jun 2025