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HANSARD UK Town of CultureIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I congratulate the hon. Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) on securing this important debate on the UK town of…07 Jan 2026HANSARD UK Town of CultureI am happy to join the hon. Member in congratulating the local authority in Bradford on its bid. She illustrates very well the point that I am trying to make: there is a financial…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend, and thank her for raising that point. The Government are also destroying many rural areas with a clamour for house building in the…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate on supporting rural communities, although to the casual observer who may have been here at the beginning to hear the Minister’s opening…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Membership-based Charity OrganisationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. It is also a pleasure to take part in this important debate on Government support for membership-based charity…17 Dec 2025HANSARDPuberty Suppressants TrialThe Secretary of State said earlier that there is an extremely high bar for him stepping in and stopping these tests using puberty blockers. What bar could be higher than a…17 Dec 2025HANSARD Grassroots Cricket ClubsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Andrew Lewin) on securing this important debate. His timing is…16 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessThe Secretary of State says that the strikes come at a time of maximum danger for the NHS and has called on the junior doctors to call off the strikes. I agree with him, but will…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkWe know what the Government want to do to support tourism and hospitality: they want to get those on welfare to work in that sector, despite the fact that some of those people are…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkTourism and hospitality offers seasonal, flexible and part-time work, and that is why many people, particularly young people, choose to work in that sector. The UK tourism and…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillThe hon. Member obviously was not listening to what I said at the beginning, which was that I absolutely believe in uniting the trains and the track; that was the 2023 plan of the…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillI support some of the aims and intentions behind the Bill, and having listened to the Secretary of State’s opening speech, I certainly agree with her reasons for it, but I do not…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister does not know who in the Labour party signed off on Lord Alli’s pass to No. 10. It is an important question. Please could he find out and write to me and tell me who?04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsI draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is disappointing that the Minister continues to refer to the Isle of Wight as “the Solent”, which…04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal MediaIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Biggin Hill (Peter Fortune) on bringing forward this very…03 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal MediaThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Some of those local independent media are some of the best innovators. OnTheWight is an independent news outlet run by Simon and Sally Perry in…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Women and Girls: Isle of WightI congratulate my constituency neighbour on securing this debate and highlighting the issues, and thank him for his ongoing work to help to make the island a better place to live…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformThe Justice Secretary blames the court backlog on a reduction in funding by the past Government, yet he plans to reduce access to jury trials permanently. Is not the truth of it…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.01 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have taken responsibility for SEND funding away from local authorities such as the Isle of Wight council, but they cannot explain where the money is coming from.…01 Dec 2025