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HANSARDAnnual swimming lessons in schoolsI rise to present a petition on behalf of two residents of the constituency of Loughborough on the need for annual swimming lessons in schools, alongside an online petition that…23 May 2024HANSARDAir Quality7. What recent progress his Department has made on improving air quality.09 May 2024HANSARDAir QualityGiven that incinerator capacity far outweighs waste, I welcome the Government’s decision to introduce a short-term pause in the determination of applications for environmental…09 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. What can be done to improve compensation payments for cattle farmers following a TB outbreak?09 May 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingHaving been diagnosed with bowel cancer last year, I know that doctors already provide an option. They provide an option of whether to have the operation or not, which is why I…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsPlease can my right hon. Friend set out what the Government are doing to ensure that more young people can live in their own home as early as possible in their adult lives, and…22 Apr 2024HANSARDHospice FundingI welcome today’s debate on this very important issue. I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) and for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on…22 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateLast week, I met students at Woodbrook Vale School and De Lisle College in Loughborough. Their question on this topic is even more important now than it was when they put it to…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEducationHomefield College, based in Mountsorrel and Sileby in my constituency, is a community-based independent specialist college that offers education, training and independent living…25 Mar 2024HANSARDHousing Benefit: Landlords12. What steps he is taking to tackle non-payment of housing benefit to district councils when the beneficiary is not a registered social landlord.18 Mar 2024HANSARDHousing Benefit: LandlordsCharnwood Borough Council currently contributes £1.5 million a year to subsidise the supported housing benefit payment to local charities, which are unable to become registered…18 Mar 2024HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163) and negatived.15 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillLet me start by giving many congratulations to my dear and good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on introducing this excellent Bill. I know from…15 Mar 2024HANSARDHigh Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillIt is an absolute delight to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) for bringing forward this…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that under the new scheme victims will see justice prevail, while foreign national offenders will efficiently be processed to leave the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will deal with just two aspects of productivity, as that is the theme of today’s Budget. I will first talk about the VAT threshold. Small and medium-sized enterprises are the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDSEND Pupils: Post-college Opportunities16. What steps she is taking to promote post-college opportunities to pupils with SEND.11 Mar 2024HANSARDSEND Pupils: Post-college OpportunitiesHomefield College, based in Mountsorrel and Sileby in my constituency, is a community-based independent specialist college that offers education, training and independent living…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportAs the Minister said, police forces across the country do some great work. That applies to Leicestershire police, particularly those in Loughborough who have to deal with county…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Local Government FinanceLet me first declare an interest. Although I am no longer a borough councillor, I was until last May, and I understand that I still have to register that until 12 months have…07 Feb 2024