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HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingWe cannot address a bottleneck such as the one at Dartford, where the air quality is terrible, simply by allowing the situation to continue. We need additional capacity to spread…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and for her efforts to bring skills and opportunities together with the investment that we hope to see from the lower Thames…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI thank my hon. Friend for pointing that out. The skills element is absolutely critical. The skills hub will be in Maidstone, but will be available to everyone across the region.…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI thank the hon. Member for her intervention. She is completely right. The project has the potential to really kick-start the growth in the Thames estuary that has started but…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI thank my hon. Friend for that interesting intervention. All the calculations indicate that on the day the lower Thames crossing opens, there will be a 20% reduction in vehicles…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Lower Thames CrossingI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential merits of a new Lower Thames Crossing. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I start by thanking…29 Oct 2024HANSARDLeasehold ReformIn Dartford, residents in new build estates in Ebbsfleet and elsewhere all too frequently experience opaque and unaccountable charging practices on the part of management…28 Oct 2024HANSARDLeasehold Reform22. What steps she plans to take to reform the leasehold system.28 Oct 2024HANSARDGambling: Harmful Effects9. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle the harmful effects of gambling.17 Oct 2024HANSARD Criminal Justice System: CapacityI thank the Lord Chancellor very much for her statement. It is very clear, from everything we have seen over the past 14 years and since 4 July, that the previous Government…17 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseDarent Valley hospital in my constituency needs significant expansion. Quarter 1 figures indicate that more than 32,000 people are waiting for treatment, and the hospital cannot…17 Oct 2024HANSARDGambling: Harmful EffectsMany of us in this House have encountered harrowing stories from constituents of the devastating impact of gambling suicide. The Gambling Commission estimates that 2.5% of the…17 Oct 2024HANSARDPost-sepsis SyndromeGiven that last month was Sepsis Awareness Month, will the Minister join me in paying tribute to the courage of John Snow and his family in my Dartford constituency? Tragically,…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseYou are too kind, Madam Deputy Speaker. Residents in the town of Swanscombe in my constituency are having their lives blighted and made a misery by the diversion of large vehicles…10 Oct 2024HANSARDCapital InvestmentAs a result of under-investment in the lower Thames crossing project, Dartford residents face a noxious cocktail of bad air quality and disruption, living as they do near the…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Sport: Team GB and ParalympicsGBI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes) for that moving speech, and indeed to all Members who have made such amazing maiden speeches this…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Bus FranchisingAs the Minister has already pointed out, and others in this Chamber have said, bus franchising has clearly delivered fantastic results where it is already in operation in Greater…09 Sept 2024HANSARDCost of Living: Support for PensionersWill the Chancellor confirm that a state pension increase will be announced at the Budget and that it will be equivalent to wage growth, inflation or 2.5%—whichever is higher?03 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceI thank my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for her excellent statement, putting public finances and public services back on their feet. Having seen how extensive this Tory…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make my maiden speech. I welcome you to your place. I commend the brilliant speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone…24 Jul 2024