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HANSARDLooked After Children (Distance Placements) BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I know that the Government and the Minister take kinship carers and the care system very seriously, and the Government have introduced a…28 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)My hon. Friend is, as ever, making really important points. Is he reassured by the fact that the commissioner will be reporting annually, as per the previous clause, and that the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I rise to speak briefly in support of amendment 548, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley. I do so fundamentally for two reasons. First, there may be a lot of…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I appreciate the point that the hon. Member is trying to make and I think it is a fair one, but how does he think this could work? As he said in his own intervention, people might…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Just on Friday, I had the Defence Secretary, who is with us today, and the Veterans Minister in Dinnington to speak with veterans groups and…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamIn Rotherham, male suicide is a silent tragedy on the rise. As the local MP, I receive too many calls or messages early in the morning or late at night, telling me about another…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamI am grateful to the hon. Member, who has a remarkable ability to bring that important issue into any debate or intervention he makes. He is the most vociferous campaigner on that…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamAbsolutely, and my hon. Friend has done so much admirable work in this area, long before my time in the House, so I can only learn from her. One point about suicide and male…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamThere is a direct link and we should not shy away from acknowledging, confronting and talking about it. When we talk about tackling poverty, we are talking about saving lives,…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamThat service in my hon. Friend’s constituency sounds vital—just like those in my constituency. The focus on veterans in particular is critical. Suicide does not simply affect the…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Male Suicide in RotherhamI agree with the hon. Member, who makes a characteristically pithy point. John Leaver, who does incredible work with men in tough times in Kiveton Park and Wales in my…24 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)My intervention is on something completely different. I have been reminded that in Australia, there is a specific clause that relates to the provision in this amendment almost…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman appreciate that, although this is different from the healthcare services we currently have, we have a legal framework that deals with many of these…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)You intimated, Mr Dowd, that we can speak for as long as we want, but I will not speak for long on this clause, partly because I fear that we are making a mountain out of a…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)I welcome the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley. As I think she accepts, given that she tabled the amendments, there is an oddity with the Bill as…19 Mar 2025HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension SchemeAt the last general election, I made a promise to ex-miners in my constituency that a Labour Government would deliver justice on the MPS investment reserve fund and return it to…18 Mar 2025HANSARDMineworkers’ Pension Scheme5. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the mineworkers’ pension scheme on the living standards of the recipients of that pension.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I have been rightly and fairly challenged in the hon. Member’s speech, but the difference is that if a family member has a right to appeal in the internal process, that family…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I have a genuine question: is the hon. Lady of the view that families’ views about whether the decision is right for the individual should be considered by the panel, tribunal or…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I know that the hon. Lady has been on her feet for some time, but I just want to explore the difference between what a jury is doing and what this panel is doing. Let us, for…12 Mar 2025