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HANSARD Employment Rights: Government PlansThank you for the opportunity to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to send my best wishes to those in Scotland and around the UK who are celebrating Burns night this…25 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownTo those trapped in abusive relationships, getting out can seem like an impossible task. Will my hon. Friend reassure us that, if they seek help through Ask for ANI, they will be…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Elections: May 2021Obviously, candidates for these elections are keen to get their message across. The Conservatives have rightly suspended in-person campaigning, and I believe the Labour party has…13 Jan 2021HANSARD The Future of the High StreetIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle (Mary Robinson). Over the past 10—even 20—years, we have seen the rise of out-of-town retail parks, supermarket…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Music EducationThat steady progress, which takes a number of months or years, is an essential element of learning an instrument or taking singing lessons, and I am very concerned about the…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Music EducationI declare a former interest as a professional classical singer who, like many performers, also held down a peripatetic teaching job in several schools for many years. Does my…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Music EducationSome of these statistics are worrying and make the national plan for music education even more important. Can the Minister commit to a date for a revised national plan? My hon.…08 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Transport ConnectionsWhat discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving transport connections within the UK.02 Dec 2020HANSARDUK Transport ConnectionsMy father left Northern Ireland in the 1950s and settled in Wolverhampton, which has a large Northern Irish community. It is the same for many communities across Great Britain,…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI thank the Chancellor for the range of measures to support those on low incomes and to protect the most vulnerable, whether that is through an uplift to cash for local…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundI am disappointed to see an attempt to score political points over a fantastic policy that is hopefully bringing investment to places such as Wolverhampton. In Wolverhampton, we…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillDoes my hon. Friend believe that animals should be allowed on the parliamentary estate?23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillPart 2, of course. PC Dave Wardell and his beautiful police dog Finn have been tireless campaigners on the issue. In 2019, we welcomed the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act,…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Caroline Ansell). I was delighted to hear her cat story. This is a very short Bill, but it will have a huge…23 Oct 2020HANSARDPet TheftIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I am so pleased to have the opportunity to speak in this debate this afternoon because it is on such an important…19 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that many magazines and newspapers perpetuate that by attacking Members in the House as well as other people in the public eye? Young people see that as…16 Oct 2020HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI shall keep my comments brief, as I know that other Members want to speak. I welcome yet another common-sense private Member’s Bill promoted by a Conservative Member. As a good…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Prisons (Substance Testing) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Suzanne Webb). The Bill is a common-sense approach to drugs testing in prisons and young offenders…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her recollections of ABBA impersonation; mine was Bananarama, but I follow her lines. Does she agree that, as society has shifted and self-confidence is…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that another serious concern is that less scrupulous practitioners will not use a light touch and seek a cosmetic improvement, but will seek to upsell…16 Oct 2020