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HANSARD Infant FeedingIt is a pleasure to bring this Adjournment debate to the Chamber on a topic close to my heart. I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillLauren, from my constituency, is a bright and determined 16-year-old young woman, who has just completed her GCSEs and came to do work experience in my office. She has cerebral…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Infant FeedingThe Minister highlights some brilliant examples that are a gold standard in care, but does she recognise that the process the Government are currently undertaking, with only half…01 Jul 2025HANSARDParental Leave ReviewA key barrier for many women returning to the workplace after starting a family is the challenge of balancing work with feeding their child. There is a lack of facilities in many…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Infant FeedingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that these women have often been embedded in their communities for many years, helping women to raise their babies, and that they go on…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Infant FeedingI thank the hon. Member for sharing her personal story and for advocating for other breastfeeding and formula-feeding parents in her constituency. She highlights that there is a…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Infant FeedingIt is as if the hon. Member has lifted my words directly off the page in a timely manner. The reason I managed to carry on was that I attended a peer support group in my local…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Infant FeedingI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He is right that Northern Ireland scored the highest in the report card format on the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative, which I…01 Jul 2025HANSARDIVF Egg Donation: Young WomenThat is exactly why the hon. Member for Strangford brought forward this debate, and we share his concerns that any attempt to create a market for egg donation could lead to…26 Jun 2025HANSARDPassenger Rail Performance: CumbriaMuch like Cumbria, my constituents and rail users in Chichester share a part of the Brighton mainline when commuting into London. Unfortunately for them, the journey time into…26 Jun 2025HANSARDIVF Egg Donation: Young WomenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important debate on an issue that…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Liz was thrown out of the RAF in 1969 when a love letter from her girlfriend was discovered. Not only did she lose her career but, as she recently discovered, she…26 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandIt is interesting that the Minister mentioned devolution, because the effect of the cuts to ICBs has meant that Sussex ICB is now having conversations with Surrey ICB about a…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department for TransportMy hon. Friend mentions safety measures. In my constituency, we have the Fishbourne roundabout on the A27, which many of my constituents avoid like the plague. I was on that…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department for TransportMy constituents in Chichester are beyond frustrated by the congestion on our A road, the A27. A bypass was originally included in the road investment strategy pipeline covering…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing today’s important and timely…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandI am sure the Minister will talk about the hub and spoke model that the Government are championing, but my hon. Friend is right about the difficulties in rural areas especially.…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillMy hon. Friend talks about community policing and getting police officers back into the community, so does he support my new clause 157, which seeks to streamline the way police…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Businesses in Rural AreasDoes my hon. Friend recognise that rural communities always seem to carry the burden of losing out on everything? They have the businesses struggling to get people through the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to GPsAccess to GPs in my constituency of Chichester is being undermined by the closure of the Westbourne branch of Emsworth medical practice at the end of this month. Patients will now…17 Jun 2025