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HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the hon. Lady, but I shall survive. Given the time that she has spent in this House, I am surprised that, like some newer Members, she may have been taken in by…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]rose —01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to take part in the debate. We have had excellent speeches from across the House. I think the whole House agreed on the brilliance of the speech made by the hon.…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Is it the hon. Lady’s understanding that the existing regulations on lithium-ion batteries are insufficient? There is a British standard, and there are environmental and disposal…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will press on a little, but I may come back to the hon. Lady. I understand that, following the loveless landslide that brought the Government to power, the Government, and…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]Can the Minister explain, in answer to the points made by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) and others, the rationale behind eliminating level 7…31 Mar 2025HANSARD Scunthorpe SteelworksIt is now clear that domestic virgin steel production is a national security imperative. Acting on it is not acting on a whim. Will the Minister respond to her hon. Friends and to…27 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementThe Chancellor claimed that growth was her top priority, yet she has taken the fastest-growing economy in the G7 and brought it to a shuddering halt. She promised that there would…26 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational and Disability NeedsMr Speaker, your heart would have been gladdened last week to see colleagues from across the House coming together to support my debate calling for the Down Syndrome Act 2022 to…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Down’s SyndromeSeveral colleagues have mentioned the need for specificity—if the Minister is coming on to that, then great. Would it be fair to say that it is the intent of the Government—I am…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Down’s SyndromeWe have had 10 speeches in this debate, which is fantastic. I think we all agree that the stand-out speech was that of the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft). It is great to…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Down’s SyndromeI beg to move, That this House has considered Down’s syndrome. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I assume that the Minister responsible for this area…19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the Minister outline how many billions the Government will spend this year, what percentage £22 billion represents in that amount, and—if I may be so greedy as to ask an…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the hon. Lady for her speech, if not intervention, and I certainly applaud her passion for the interests of children, disadvantaged children in particular, and her rage at…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI happily give way to the hon. Lady again.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr (Steve Witherden), who has done us and the nation a great service with…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt is good of the Minister, for whom I have a great deal of respect, to give way. As I know her to be an honest person, will she at least share with the House the fact that…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillDoes my hon. Friend, like me, reflect on the irony that the success from 2010 to 2024, which we on the Conservative Benches would naturally celebrate, was only possible because of…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillLike me, my hon. Friend finds these proposals tragic because of the removal of the curriculum freedoms that have allowed schools such as Michaela and Petchey and others all over…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillHas my right hon. Friend seen Tim Leunig’s article in Schools Week talking about Ofsted’s new report card system following the Labour manifesto commitment? One danger is that, if…18 Mar 2025