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HANSARDGurkha PensionsThe hon. Member talks eloquently about Gurkha welfare. One issue that Gurkhas living in my constituency of Woking have brought to me is that when they are settled here,…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020While I welcome many aspects of the Government’s obesity strategy, today I want to argue against the Government’s outlined proposals to restrict TV and online advertising for…27 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsOn behalf of my constituent Seema Misra and other wrongly convicted sub-postmasters, I am grateful that the vital inquiry of Sir Wyn Williams into that scandal has now been given…26 May 2021HANSARD Surrey: M25 Noise PollutionI beg to move, That this House has considered M25 noise pollution in Surrey. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, and I am delighted to have secured this…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Surrey: M25 Noise PollutionI thank the Minister for responding to the debate. My hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge and I would very much like to take up her offer of exploring the potential…17 Mar 2020HANSARDPalestinian School Curriculum: RadicalisationIt is good news that the Palestinian Minister is undertaking a review. Have we also got an assurance that any textbooks that are found to be wrong, in every sense of the word,…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Disability-inclusive DevelopmentIt is an enormous pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy). It is a great sadness to many of us that he has decided to stand down from this place.…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Gujarati Community in the UKI pay tribute to the Surrey Hindu Cultural Association, which is based in Woking. It is not a huge community, but it puts on the most amazing Diwali festival every year, for which…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEndometriosis Workplace SupportI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess) on his all-party group efforts. May I briefly pay tribute to Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals trust, a…29 Oct 2019HANSARDHealth Visitors (England)Like many other Members, I have been contacted by some terrific health visitors, in my case from Woking. They do a wonderful job, but against a very difficult financial backdrop.…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the WorldWe have had a voter ID pilot in Woking for the last couple of years. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the scaremongering about these successful pilots, and about what I am sure…15 Oct 2019HANSARDUnregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-oldsFirst, I wish to join the Minister in saying what a brilliant speech we heard from my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous). He talked about a wide…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeI welcome much of what the Minister says, but does it not underline the point that if we are to have a police officer covenant, a prison officer covenant would also be a good…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Prison Officers: Pension AgeWill the Minister give way?08 Oct 2019HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformIn Woking, our Woking Street Angels have an informal arrangement with our licensed taxi drivers. If people are the worse for wear late at night—normally on a Friday or Saturday…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformWoking has introduced some class-beating emissions standards for vehicles. I am sure I am not alone in hoping the Minister might give some comfort to other towns and cities that…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury FundingMy right hon. Friend is making a brilliant case for a new health campus in Harlow. Will he allow the Minister in response to dilate a bit on the need for money to follow where…04 Sept 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentI think the hon. Gentleman will find that it might buy him an extra minute. He is a great spokesman for the farmers of Northern Ireland and his constituency. We have enjoyed…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentI am grateful to the hon. Lady for making an excellent speech. I had a meeting with the chief executive officer of Shooting Star within the last few days. The situation is urgent…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentWill the hon. Gentleman join me in thanking our citizens advice bureaux for the work they do? I visited Citizens Advice Woking on Monday, and the staff and volunteers there do an…25 Jul 2019