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HANSARD Outdoor EducationWill the hon. Member give way?11 Jun 2025HANSARD NHS Funding: South-westI am here to support the hon. Gentleman; I congratulate him on bringing this subject forward for debate. He is right to highlight issues with cancer care. It is the same for us…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In fairness to the Minister, I feel that her intention is to ensure that that will happen. I hope she will confirm that today. It is important.…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryWhat a pleasure it is to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier) for leading the debate. He obviously has an incredible…11 Jun 2025HANSARDDefence Spending: WalesI welcome the Government’s increased spending in Wales. First, it is good for jobs and opportunity, and secondly, those in uniform, whether in the Army, the Royal Air Force or the…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I give special thanks to the hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake); this debate is so important—that is why…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsIt is wrong that that happens—I always say that—but the food bank brings together the church, Government officials and people with good will. It is about the generosity of people.…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryI’m always here.11 Jun 2025HANSARDUSAID Funding PauseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. His comments about what we should do are incredibly wise, because there would be benefits. Sometimes the full appreciation of that is not…10 Jun 2025HANSARDUSAID Funding PauseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Melksham and Devizes (Brian Mathew) for leading the debate. He and I have talked often…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryMay I commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this issue? It is appropriate and right that this House should recall the tragic events of 14 June 2017 and pay tribute to…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Mass Transit: West YorkshireI commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this welcome debate. I spoke to him earlier, and I know that this has been a passion of his since before he became an MP. I am…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI thank the Secretary of State for his statement and the clear positivity in every word he has said. I very much welcome the news that nuclear energy is to be secured for the…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister is much respected in this House. He has been at pains to emphasise that these sanctions are being placed on the people, not the Government, yet already media…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: DemandI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this debate forward. It is a hard subject to speak about and it is incredibly hard to listen to—not because of the hon. Lady, but because the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: ExtensionHappy birthday, Mr Speaker! Like me, you don’t count the years; you make the years count. You are doing very well at that. I welcome the Minister’s answer. She has in the past…10 Jun 2025HANSARDUSAID Funding PauseI have suggested this in the past, because there is a real possibility of doing good things together: those organisations would be keen to work alongside Government through their…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentI thank the Minister for his statement. I very much welcome the decision to give the winter fuel payment back to pensioners. Raising the threshold to £35,000 means that many will…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI declare an interest as a member of the Ulster Farmers Union, the mother body of which is the National Farmers Union. Others will comment on this, but the UFU has told me that it…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Breast Cancer Screening: BassetlawI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this debate forward. I spoke to her before the debate and her concerns are those of us all, and that is why we are here—to try to make lives…09 Jun 2025