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HANSARDConversion Practices3. What steps she is taking to ban conversion practices.29 Apr 2026HANSARDConversion PracticesAs the Minister says, conversion therapy is dangerous, widely discredited and frankly barbaric, and it is about time we got rid of it. Suffolk Pride’s fringe festival starts next…29 Apr 2026HANSARD Endometriosis ServicesI beg to move, That this House has considered access to endometriosis services. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I welcome my hon. Friend the Minister…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Endometriosis ServicesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and completely agree with him. I have focused much of my speech on the lack of specialist care in Ipswich, but the postcode lottery…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Endometriosis ServicesI thank my hon. Friend and could not agree more. For women with endometriosis who may have already waited years for a GP even to mention the word, and who have already been…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Endometriosis ServicesI thank the Minister for her detailed speech. I look forward to working with her over the coming months and years on these important issues. I thank everybody who has contributed…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) for securing this debate and for his ongoing…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysI am delighted to do that. I know that my hon. Friend is a great mum to her little children. I will come to the really important issues that she highlights later in my speech. As…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Minister for Men and BoysAllegedly—I think I did say that, and I apologise if I did not use that word, Mr Twigg, but that is what our Crown prosecutors have charged him with. It is terrifying that many…25 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillIt is true to say that the Conservative party has been right about one thing today: this is about choices, and I am incredibly proud to be making the one that we are making. The…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI was actually referring to the number of Opposition Members defending this policy here today. I do not think there is a single person in the country who will defend keeping…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTown and City Centre SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) for securing this important debate. This issue comes up…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI thank the Minister for his genuinely groundbreaking statement. It feels like a little while ago that he visited Ipswich to talk to local people about the building safety crisis…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesI welcome this really significant additional support for pubs and music venues, on top of the £4.3 billion given to the wider sector at the Budget. I thank the Minister for all…27 Jan 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillIt is a pleasure to speak in support of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill. This Bill goes to the very heart of the future of our national health service—the doctors on…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. This week has been an incredibly good one for jobs, investment and opportunity in Ipswich. Halo, one of the biggest tech firms in the UK, is moving its global HQ into the…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI warmly welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. I would like to highlight two Government initiatives—Clear, Hold, Build and Operation Machinize—with our hard-working police force…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Armed Forces BillIt is a privilege to speak in this debate on the Armed Forces Bill. Every five years, Parliament is asked to renew its consent for the maintenance of our armed forces in…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Armed Forces BillMy hon. Friend is completely right. What I was just about to say encapsulates what my hon. Friend says: stability at home underpins readiness, retention and morale. Readiness…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Local Government Reorganisation: ReferendumsWill the hon. Member give way?21 Jan 2026