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HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsI hope not to take the full 10 minutes, but it is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley (Louise Haigh) on…02 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThere is only one group in this House that lost control of our justice system: the decimated former Government on the Opposition Benches. Overcrowded prisons, reoffending through…01 Apr 2025HANSARDShopliftingMy constituent lives just 500 metres from the Tesco Express store in Eastbourne where she works. She does not feel safe leaving as a result of the retail crime there and so gets a…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPromoting Active TravelActive travel in Eastbourne is being undermined by the poor quality of our roads. We have potholes on Pacific Drive, Upperton Road, King’s Drive and Milfoil Drive, and poor…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryI could not agree more with the hon. Member. It is critical that we educate children about the risk factors and what to look out for, and also educate the folks who are spending…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th AnniversaryI thank the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley) for securing the debate, and for all the work she did in government to give us the Modern Slavery…27 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementHeartbreakingly, last week St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne announced many redundancies, citing the national insurance increase as a reason. I have just received a message from…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTechnology-enabled VAWGTechnology is a significant enabler of trafficking, which has affected many women in my constituency. The incredible social enterprise Bramber Bakehouse supports women victims and…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy constituent Dorit Oliver-Wolff is a Holocaust survivor. She knows what slave labour looks like, and she has written to the Prime Minister to urge that our energy transition…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Defence Personnel10. What steps he is taking to support defence personnel affected by domestic abuse.24 Mar 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Defence PersonnelAccording to King’s College London, one in 10 of our armed forces personnel is a survivor of domestic abuse, but, because there is no specific offence of domestic abuse in the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice System: TechnologyWith shameful vandalism of buildings in Eastbourne’s Gildredge park and the torching of park benches in Shinewater park reflected across the country, we clearly need more tools to…20 Mar 2025HANSARDFly-tippingConservative-run East Sussex county council has introduced a booking system for the local tip in Eastbourne that will make it even more difficult for many people to get rid of…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Miscarriage of Justice CompensationIt is an honour to serve under your inaugural chairmanship, Mr Turner. I look forward to speaking in the debates that you chair in the weeks, months and years to come. I…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI could not agree more with my hon. Friend, and nor could the ombudsman. The ombudsman has been very clear that these women suffered maladministration and that they should be…17 Mar 2025HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate the 160,000 individuals who signed the e-petition on securing this debate, and I thank my hon. Friend…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesI thank the Minister for her response and for her feedback. I appreciate that setting a static list of offences to which a domestic abuse aggravation is connected could mean that…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is critical at a time like now, when we have heard about the scale of the national emergency of domestic abuse, that victim support…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesI completely agree. We know that there are links between domestic abuse and animal abuse. We also know that there are links between domestic abuse and child sexual abuse, for…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesI thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point. The law is already going some way to achieve that. Domestic abuse is already an aggravating factor in sentencing at the back end,…17 Mar 2025