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HANSARDSEND Funding Shortfall10. What plans her Department has to tackle the special educational needs and disabilities funding shortfall identified in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s “Economic and…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND Funding ShortfallIn Surrey, the high needs block deficit is forecast to rise to £165 million by 2027. Although Conservative-run Surrey county council has earmarked £144 million in reserves to ease…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPuberty SuppressantsPart of the trial is to ask the child participants the Avon longitudinal study of parents and carers romantic relationships questionnaire. Is the Minister as concerned as I am…13 Jan 2026HANSARDHousing Development: Cumulative ImpactsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds), my constituency neighbour, for…17 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The Justice Secretary’s plan to slash jury trials without any guarantee that the backlog of cases will fall has not survived first contact with Labour Back Benchers. The…16 Dec 2025HANSARDDefence Investment Plan19. What discussions he has had with service chiefs on the proposed level of spending in the forthcoming defence investment plan.15 Dec 2025HANSARDDefence Investment PlanWhen Labour published the strategic defence review, the independent authors wrote in The Telegraph that the commitment to spending 3% of GDP on defence was “vital” to establishing…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionThese strikes will have a massive effect on my constituents in Farnham and Bordon. I am already getting emails from constituents who are concerned about the fact that their…10 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I apologise for the fact that I may not be here for the wind-ups because of the business in the main Chamber. I…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI am afraid I will not; sorry. I want to raise a specific issue that was touched on by my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore), but that is often missed…08 Dec 2025HANSARDProposed Chinese Embassy13. Whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with the Chinese Government on the proposed Chinese embassy.04 Dec 2025HANSARDProposed Chinese EmbassyOn Tuesday, my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy) raised with the Foreign Secretary concerns expressed by the United States, Dutch, Swiss and Swedish…04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsTo describe this situation as a “dog’s dinner” is offensive to the makers of Pedigree Chum. The deferral of the elections in Hampshire will delay major strategic infrastructure…04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal MediaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning the Farnham Herald . The Tindle group also includes the Haslemere Herald , the Liphook Herald and the Bordon Herald . Does he agree…03 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillOn the point about branded school uniforms, headteachers in my constituency have often bulk bought school uniforms through a supplier, so it can be more cost-effective to buy the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillSome weeks ago we had a debate in this Chamber about a petition signed by over 3 million people who oppose a national identity card scheme. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that if…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for outlining the Government’s supposed intention for the Bill, but is he aware that Amanda Spielman, the former Ofsted chief inspector, said that this…01 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for outlining the situations in which his constituents find themselves, as mine do in many cases. Is he as concerned as I am that mandatory…01 Dec 2025HANSARDPalliative Care StrategyThere has been cross-party and cross-charity campaigning for this strategy, so I welcome the fact that the Minister has announced it. However, hospices across the country and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPalliative Care Strategy13. If he will publish a national strategy for palliative care.25 Nov 2025