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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe public must have confidence that where there is clear misconduct, action will be taken by medical regulators. However, freedom of information requests that I submitted to the…14 Jul 2026HANSARDSeasonal Worker Visas11. When she plans to announce the number of seasonal worker visas available for 2027.13 Jul 2026HANSARDSeasonal Worker VisasI am currently taking part in the excellent National Farmers’ Union food and farming fellowship. On a recent visit to a vegetable farm, I was told that the numbers of seasonal…13 Jul 2026HANSARD State of Climate and NatureI represent a constituency at the frontline of the climate and nature emergency. Flood risks are part of our daily life. Moors for the Future has demonstrated that restoring…13 Jul 2026HANSARD Civil Service PensionsI have been contacted about this issue by 14 constituents and have raised their cases. Only three of them have been resolved; the unresolved ones include bereavement cases, which…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI thank the Minister for her statement and for her ongoing commitment to flood defences—both the natural flood management in which organisations such as Slow the Flow in my…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFamily Justice SystemWill the Minister reassure me that we remain committed to repealing in this Parliament the presumption of contact in family courts, to bring full justice to the 67 children…30 Jun 2026HANSARD National Maternity and Neonatal InvestigationI echo what was said by my colleague from the Health and Social Care Committee, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran). Baroness Amos pointed to workforce…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Steel Trade MeasureI welcome the Minister’s statement, and particularly the decision to remove products where there is no domestic production. That will make a real difference to specialist…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNottingham Maternity and Neonatal ServicesIn her remarks this morning, Donna Ockenden noted that maternal deaths are at a 20-year high, and total clinical negligence costs are greater than the money spent on maternity…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Child Contact ArrangementsIt is true that the Government do not recognise parental alienation and the syndrome, but courts too often do. In fact, a report released just yesterday by the campaign group…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillThis Bill has to be set in the proper context of the mess that we are clearing up from the previous Government. The Darzi report laid bare the crisis in the NHS. We must learn…01 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeI try to start from a position of empathy on this topic. I have no idea what it is to experience the pain of being born in a body that does not accord with one’s gender, and I do…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillMy hon. Friend is making some powerful points. I hear again and again from parents that while different commissioning bodies argue about who is responsible, children fall through…01 Jun 2026HANSARD High Speed 2 ResetI welcome the clarity and determination to deliver on HS2. Rail investment is infrastructure investment, which drives growth, but may I urge the Secretary of State to look at…19 May 2026HANSARDDraft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I am always pleased to take part in a Delegated Legislation Committee, but I am particularly pleased to speak in this…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I wish hon. Members a happy World Curlew Day--tan, small, slender, often up to its knees in muck and at the risk of…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandMy hon. Friend is giving a powerful speech. She is absolutely right that the Government are committed to helping with the rewilding and restoration of our peatland. It is probably…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandI think my position is fairly clear from what I am saying, but my point—this is the very clear thing—is not about a development in Calderdale, but about the principle of trying to…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyI welcome this strategy, having worked on maternity and medical misogyny on the Health and Social Care Committee. I will bring up the thorny issue of sexual health. In a recent…16 Apr 2026