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HANSARDCivil Service Pension Scheme: AdministrationI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. We can see by the numbers here how serious it is. I have heard from a number of constituents, as she has, in the situation she…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Transport in the South-EastI pay tribute to the hon. Member for securing the debate and for the great speech she is making. She mentioned the role of buses. There tends to be an assumption made by people…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTolled Crossings and Regional ConnectivityI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Anna Gelderd) on her great speech and on securing this debate. On the Government’s spend on transport…02 Feb 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentIn my constituency and across Kent we are pleased to be one of the trailblazer areas for the Connect to Work programme, which started under this Government, not the last…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesI thank the Minister for his statement. The pubs in my constituency, from the Growler Stop and Ivy Leaf in Dartford to the Bull in Stone and the Spring River in Ebbsfleet, are the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI welcome the statement and the Minister’s great work. Leaseholders and freeholders across my constituency, in places like Greenhithe, Ebbsfleet and Stone, will hugely welcome the…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperCommunities in Kent are pleased to see that funding for police next year will be 20% higher than in the final year of the previous Government, with a target for 43 new…26 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Residents in Dartford regularly tell me that they want every pound of public spending used to best effect. Will the Minister update the House on the progress that is being…22 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. As in many communities across the country, in Dartford there is a real need to improve access to places and spaces where people, especially children, can be physically active,…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI thank the hon. Gentleman for his great speech and for the excellent way in which he is taking all the interventions. As someone who lives with a cat—I hesitate to say that I own…19 Jan 2026HANSARDYouth ActivitiesIn Swanscombe and in much of my constituency, less than 50% of young people are physically active. That is only slightly lower than the national average, which is highly alarming.…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Gambling Harms: Children and Young PeopleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate my hon. Friend—and fellow Kent MP—the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Kevin McKenna) on securing…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Gambling Harms: Children and Young PeopleMy hon. Friend raises an extremely tragic case, which I will deal with later in my speech. She also makes that link between sport, gambling and addiction, which is so pernicious,…15 Jan 2026HANSARDYouth Activities9. What steps her Department is taking to improve access to youth activities for young people.15 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI thank the Minister for giving way during an excellent speech introducing what I think is an extremely positive change. Like many Members, I have campaigned for some years to…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionNot very many. Actually, Dartford is in receipt of significant additional infrastructure spending, which is putting people into work. An example of how young people are going to…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I welcome this debate. My comments tonight will be directed at everyone in Dartford who signed the petition and all others…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionI say: look at the additional spending going into Dartford to create jobs, and look at the Connect to Work project, set up by the Department for Work and Pensions, which is…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionThe residents in Dartford who voted for me wanted to see us deliver the things that I am talking about: infrastructure to improve their roads, a better NHS, additions to their…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCall for General ElectionI am still responding to the last intervention. Dartford is lucky that North Kent college is the recipient of one of 10 national centre of excellence awards for construction.…12 Jan 2026