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HANSARDDementia CareI thank the hon. Member for drawing attention to the issue of not seeking to correct those with dementia on where they think they are. In that respect, dementia care and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]When my hon. Friend talks about the increased risk smaller local authorities would face through franchising, he could be talking about my local authority, Isle of Wight council.…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The Secretary of State talks about delivering certainty, but does he not see that the certainty he is giving is to large multinational tech companies that will be able to get away…22 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government are implementing their plans for UK transport, including major interventions on rail and buses, but also road and aviation. So far, they have ignored the plight of…22 May 2025HANSARDCovered Tennis Courts: HartlepoolTogether with the LTA, the previous Conservative Government invested £30 million in park tennis courts—2,500 of them all over the country, including in and around Hartlepool. That…22 May 2025HANSARD Adoption and Kinship PlacementsAs one of the vice-chairs of the APPG on kinship care along with the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson), I want to add my voice to those calling for a reversal of the…20 May 2025HANSARDMaritime SectorIsle of Wight ferry company, Red Funnel, is controlled by Canadian pension funds. It is unregulated and charges Isle of Wight residents up to £400 to take a return car ferry…15 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI could speak about so many aspects of the Brexit renegotiation that the Government are entering into—Conservative Members in particular have spoken a lot about those issues—but I…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the common fisheries policy. Will he join us on the Conservative Benches and go one further by urging the Government not to give up…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister; that is helpful. Those documents are obviously very hard to forge, so I was not suggesting that they might be forged. My question was about was the…08 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for setting out in detail the provisions for where crossbows are sold and the seller is not in the presence of the buyer. On providing identity documents and…08 May 2025HANSARDHealth and Social Care ReformThe Chancellor increased the cost of employing people in social care by raising national insurance contributions for social care employers, and then exempted NHS employers from…06 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I support the clauses, which outlaw the use of SIM farms and the supply of SIM farms to others. It is a defence for a…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. National per pupil funding criteria are a blunt instrument for fairly funding schools in rural areas like mine on the Isle of Wight, which is also separated from the UK…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is a football fan. Does he recall hearing any fan group saying, “What we really need is a Labour donor crony regulating the beautiful game”?28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]Has the hon. Lady not received a payment of £8,000 from the man whom her own Government want to install as an independent chair of an independent regulator? Does she not accept…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Member give way?28 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)I have a modicum of sympathy for how the Minister is addressing the words “prank” and “revenge”, although I do not necessarily agree with her. Will she address the issue of intent…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I rise to speak to Opposition amendments 44 and 45 and to address directly what I consider to be a major loophole in…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman really believe that the inquiries and reports on this issue to date have gone far enough into looking at the allegations of walls of silence within the…08 Apr 2025