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HANSARDAvanti West CoastI am grateful to you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. At the heart of this are the passengers who are losing out yet again, and I absolutely agree with the Minister…07 Sept 2022HANSARDWomen’s RightsDespite the lead taken by the Government and the votes of this House, abortion services are still not being commissioned in Northern Ireland. I ask the Secretary of State to give…07 Sept 2022HANSARDWomen’s Rights11. What steps his Department is taking to help protect women’s rights in Northern Ireland.07 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionMr Speaker, thank you for granting not only this urgent question, but a 90-minute debate next Wednesday at 2.30 pm in Westminster Hall. Bexhill’s beach is red-flagged today, as it…06 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt a roundtable at Heathfield Community College last week, the Secretary of State’s adviser and I heard a number of great ideas from a group of headteachers and governors. One was…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingI thank the hon. Member for giving way and for the way in which she is leading the debate. I voted for reform several years ago. I am really glad she has mentioned palliative…04 Jul 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesGiven that there have been four Conservative election victories—or, at least, four Conservative Governments—is the hon. Gentleman saying that the people cannot be trusted, that…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United StatesIn the past seven years that I have been in Parliament, I have joined with many across the House to ensure that a woman’s right to choose is not just protected but stands alone as…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI will keep to the eight minutes you have asked of us, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will take the opportunity to focus on three issues. Two of them, long waits for driving licences and…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillI chair the all-party parliamentary group on autism, a role I took on after we lost Dame Cheryl Gillan. From her position in this place, she was tireless in highlighting the fact…27 Jun 2022HANSARDHousebuilding: Social HomesI welcome more social housing, but in the rural parishes of east Sussex the housing provider Optivo is selling off stock to the private market, citing the cost of meeting rental…27 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwayI find it extremely bizarre for the Secretary of State to be blamed for not being in the room when these talks, which were ongoing when the RMT called the strikes, were all about…20 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI am in danger of agreeing with the right hon. Gentleman, who makes a very good point. It may well be, in return for giving way a little in saying, “Okay, we’ll sit down with you…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI certainly take that point, but just I heard from another member of our Committee that Network Rail is still striking in Wales, and when it is about Network Rail members of the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI will take one last intervention and that is it.15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWhenever I rise to speak, I always take the energy out of the room, which in this instance may be no bad thing if we are to get ourselves a settlement here. These strikes are such…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesFollowing your lead, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will just give one example: cracks to rail. Technology now allows a sensor camera underneath a train to click 70,000 images per…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI will always support engagement positively. The trouble is that in order to do that, we need industrial action to come off the table, since it is only next week. Of course unions…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI will give way one more time because the hon. Lady is my predecessor on the Select Committee.15 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateMay I welcome the Chancellor’s economic package? It is thoughtful, innovative and incredibly generous—much more so than some of the ideas that some are saying he has taken from…26 May 2022