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HANSARD Gambling HarmsOne concern that many of us have is about the way gambling companies very often get planning permission for casinos on high streets across this great nation. That happened in my…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasGood answer!05 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street RetailersI commend my hon. Friend for securing the debate. He is right to say that about the high street, and retailers across this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasAbsolutely. We are fortunate to have a number of libraries in my constituency—in Ballynahinch, Killyleagh and Newtownards. The draw of the libraries is really important, and I…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasIf the intervention is very quick, given Ms Furniss’s comments.05 Feb 2025HANSARD Maternal Mental HealthThe fact that there are so many Members present is an indication of the importance of this subject. Does the hon. Lady agree that support is an essential component of maternal…05 Feb 2025HANSARDGender Pay GapI thank the Minister for her answers; she is always positive and reassures us Back Benchers. What discussions have taken place with the Department for Education about encouraging…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Overseas Territories: Tax TransparencyIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. This is the third time for me this afternoon, but the first time for you—we wish you well in the job you have been…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Gambling HarmsFirst, I wish you well in chairing Westminster Hall, Mr Turner. I thank the hon. Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for raising the issue. In the last Parliament, I was a vice…05 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanI thank the Minister for his statement. His words always display the compassion and comfort that these types of statements should convey. Does the Minister agree that it is time…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I thank the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway (John Cooper) for raising this topic at such a timely moment, as…04 Feb 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsThank you, Ms Jardine. I am always happy to be a substitute. I commend the hon. Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for securing the debate, and I spoke to him beforehand.…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Six Nations Rugby Championship: Viewing AccessI do not want to rub salt into the wound, but we had a magnificent game this Saturday and we enjoyed the victory; others will come—there are more to go. I congratulate the hon.…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyFirst, I commend the hon. Member for championing this issue for all the years I have known him in this House. He deserves credit for that, he has got this debate in Westminster…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Children in CareI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. I spoke to him beforehand and told him a lovely story from Northern Ireland that reminds me of the goodness of this…04 Feb 2025HANSARDWarm Homes PlanThe Minister came to the House previously and gave us some encouragement about the warm homes scheme and how it has been discussed with the regions, the Northern Ireland Assembly…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. She stands alongside the rest of us in relation to this issue. I am further encouraged that Vice-President J. D. Vance has close…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of Radiotherapyrose —04 Feb 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsOn a point of order, Ms Jardine. The hon. Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) has not wound up the debate.04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipThree Members who are present were in the Northern Ireland Assembly back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, when the United States Government sponsored us to go to America and…04 Feb 2025