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HANSARDBanning Conversion Practices15. When she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy.18 Jun 2025HANSARD Businesses in Rural AreasIt is good news that the rural prosperity fund has been extended for another year, but it has been reduced to £33 million this year. Does my hon. Friend agree that we need a firm,…18 Jun 2025HANSARDBanning Conversion PracticesPrevious Governments have promised to bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy, but it has not happened yet. Eris, one of my constituents in Horsham, tells me that…18 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingSEND provision in our schools is in a state of deep and growing crisis. In my area, West Sussex county council is already struggling with a £130 million SEND deficit this year—a…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025I welcome the Government’s decision to widen access to free school meals—a long-standing Liberal Democrat policy—but Castlewood primary school in my constituency tells me that it…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI wish to speak about my new clauses 46 to 48. The Bill concentrates entirely on removing perceived barriers to development. Unfortunately, in the Government’s view those turn out…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsThe hon. Gentleman is better acquainted than I am with the way that devolution works, but yes, I hope that the Minister will be able to set out whatever course of action is…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsI thank the Minister for her response and all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions. Wherever we stand on renewable energy, we can all agree that we must have the…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsI appreciate the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I agree that such sites can be in remote locations where there are fewer resources. As I will say later in my remarks, fire…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsI beg to move, That this House recognises the unique challenges posed by lithium-ion fires in battery energy storage sites; and calls on the Government to bring forward…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsThe issue of site choice is closely associated with grid capacity, so that is a factor. That is why some of these sites are ending up in otherwise somewhat improbable and very…05 Jun 2025HANSARDLocked Child Trust Funds4. When the Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services plans to meet the hon. Member for Horsham’s constituent Andrew Turner to discuss locked child trust funds.03 Jun 2025HANSARDLocked Child Trust FundsMy constituent has been through no fewer than eight Justice Secretaries, looking for a solution to the problem of locked child trust funds; he has had to start over again each…03 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]For many years, rural bus services have been dying a slow death by a thousand cuts. In my constituency of Horsham, we have lost about a third of our services since 2010, and…02 Jun 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsOver the last six months, I have visited most of the schools in my constituency, and the message I am getting loud and clear is that they are on the brink, especially over special…22 May 2025HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistrySince being elected to represent Horsham, I have been approached by many residents facing impossible prices for urgent dental treatment. Annie is 67 and caring for a husband with…22 May 2025HANSARD Ukraine: Forcibly Deported ChildrenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. Like others, I congratulate the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter) on securing the…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU Defence and Security Agreement2. If he will make it his policy to negotiate a defence and security agreement with the EU.19 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU Defence and Security AgreementThe ill-advised decision to leave the EU in 2016 saw us leave the European Defence Agency at the same time. With defence expenditure rising at record rates across Europe in…19 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAirports across the country are participating in the airspace modernisation review. However, there is a clear conflict of interest between environmental imperatives and profit…15 May 2025