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HANSARDDefence Investment PlanAt a Falklands war veterans conference last week in Poole, I was asked to reassure our serving personnel that the funding is there for the deterrence we need to keep this nation…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDDefence Investment PlanI welcome the £2.8 million Bournemouth University has received to develop cyber-defence, intelligence and autonomous system courses. They are due to start in September and will…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillGBR launched in my constituency when South Western Railway came back into public ownership. The engineers at the depot said that bringing rail and the railways together would…10 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI recently visited the jobcentre in Bournemouth town centre with my right hon. Friend the Minister for Employment, and we saw the great work it is doing to build skills and…02 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeA number of my constituents have raised concerns about this draft code. One trans woman wrote to me to say that she and her partner are frightened for her safety and ability to…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillIn his opening remarks, the Health Secretary set out our record in office on waiting times, patient experience and investment. My local area has benefited from this record level…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI would not give the right hon. Gentleman’s political adviser a raise for their speechwriting abilities just yet. Why does he think we are having to talk about…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Coastal Communities: Government SupportMy hon. Friend and constituency neighbour is right to point out Poole’s history as a fishing and port town; like my constituency, however, it is also a tourism town. Bournemouth…01 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseI thank the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister for his statement, and I associate myself with his comments about Epstein’s victims, who must be at the forefront of our minds.…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI congratulate the Chancellor on her skilful management of our economy in what are extremely difficult international circumstances. Growth is up, inflation is down and borrowing…21 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityLast November, the Children’s Minister and I visited St Joseph’s Catholic primary school in Poole. We were there because the school was one of the first to benefit from the…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI am actually quite jealous of my hon. Friend, because about four of his beaches were recently listed in Time Out among the top beaches. However, I visited Durdle Door with him to…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI agree with my hon. Friend. What he did not say is that we would very much welcome Ministers visiting Dorset to support the Dorset clean energy super cluster. Ultimately, this is…19 May 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Apr 2026HANSARDVisual Effects Companies3. What steps her Department is taking to support visual effects companies.16 Apr 2026HANSARDVisual Effects CompaniesAs the Minister says, Outpost VFX is a world-leading VFX company based in my Bournemouth West constituency. It recently convened a meeting of sector leaders, and the message was…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyIgnored, humiliated and misdiagnosed—these are the experiences of far too many women, and far too often, those experiences have tragic consequences. There is no more depressing…16 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI welcome the serious action that this Government are taking to tackle knife crime. My constituent Tracy set up Changes Are Made following the fatal stabbing of her grandson…14 Apr 2026HANSARDGood Friday Agreement10. What steps he is taking to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday agreement.25 Mar 2026HANSARDGood Friday AgreementThe Good Friday agreement was a landmark achievement of the last Labour Government, and it is a beacon of hope for conflict-affected states around the world. Before coming to this…25 Mar 2026