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HANSARD Winter PreparednessLast week, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS foundation trust’s bed occupancy was at 99.6%. Some 20.1% of those beds, because of the failure of social healthcare and community care,…18 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point about the problems in the social care market. However—this is a point I have made before—a lot of that is owing to the fact that…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I welcome this legislation and this debate. Nothing typifies this Government’s job of cleaning up the mess left after 14 years of the last lot than the need to clean sewage out of…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I am pleased to hear the right hon. Lady championing her party’s record on the environment. Her colleagues are somewhat less confident, given that only 12.5% of the parliamentary…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Will my hon. Friend tell me about her local aviary life?16 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance Billrose —11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe shadow Minister talks about talking to schools. I have spoken to schools in my constituency for many years, and I am sure he has spoken to the schools in his. The “School…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy constituents would be surprised that there is no tax exemption on tampons, which are used by close to 50% of society, yet there is a tax exemption for VAT on private schools,…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe numbers are from the House of Commons Library.11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillNorfolk county council, which covers the area that the shadow Minister represents, has a housing waiting list of 1,341 homes sought. That is up 400 since he was elected in 2019.…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillWill the shadow Minister give way?11 Dec 2024HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillI completely understand that we are asking people to consider something that they have never experienced or had to consider, but is that not what we do with fire regulations?09 Dec 2024HANSARD Plan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentListening to Conservative Members, one would think we were left a golden legacy. Despite that halcyon legacy, it is no wonder the Conservatives were resoundingly beaten in the…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsWill the hon. Lady give way?04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxConservative Members talk about being friends of the farmers but for the past 14 years they were not. It shows how little they care that only 18% of their parliamentary party is…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWhy is the right hon. Member so dismissive of DEFRA, which is a fine Department whose work those of us who believe in the countryside value? I wonder why he was not so loud when…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWill the right hon. Member give way?04 Dec 2024HANSARD Home-to-School Transport: Children with SENDIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing this debate. While she has personal and…03 Dec 2024HANSARDMen’s Violence against Women and GirlsI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate, and for the way it has been conducted at the end of quite a long day. I have been a proud champion of the White Ribbon campaign…29 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThree women a week commit suicide because of male violence against women, two women a week are killed by their current or former partners, and nearly four in 10 girls attending…28 Nov 2024