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HANSARDCOP29I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. My constituency is at the mercy of climate change, as the floods showed at the weekend. It is deeply frustrating for many of my…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillOne of the first things the coalition Government voted to do was to scrap the Building Schools for the Future programme, which impacted schools in my constituency including Calder…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe Stop School Cuts campaign website estimates the combined school cuts since 2010 in Thirsk and Malton, the shadow Minister’s constituency, as more than £70,000. Will he point…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertThis weekend, much of my constituency was under a severe flood warning. Businesses, roads and homes were flooded. We were luckier than in previous years in terms of severity, but…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseA constant theme in my casework inbox is rogue private parking companies and their intimidating behaviour. Just this month, my constituency office has returned over £200-worth of…21 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsToday, the United Nations has said that virtually no aid has got into Gaza for the past 40 days. This winter, hundreds of thousands of people face malnutrition or worse. Can the…21 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareIn my time as a councillor and corporate parent, nothing was more distressing than the complex safeguarding issues that we had to deal with, and nothing more enraging that seeing…18 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareDoes my hon. Friend join me in welcoming the Opposition’s new interest in social care? Does she further agree that the problems that social care faces owe more to the previous…14 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the right hon. Member remind me how long a parliamentary term is and therefore how long we have to implement our manifesto?12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Billrose—12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI appreciate that the right hon. Gentleman is not a doctor, but could he explain the biological process by which someone inherits expertise?12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes an important point about the need to govern responsibly and reasonably, whatever one’s majority. While I was sitting here, I was interested in his…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceMy constituents in Calder Valley are also sick of the performance of Northern Rail. In July, the Department for Transport issued a breach of notice to Northern Rail, because of…11 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am proud to stand up on behalf of my constituents in Calder Valley and thank this Government for the Budget delivered by our Chancellor—a Budget that rebuilds the country and…06 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?05 Nov 2024HANSARD Independent Water CommissionMy constituents do not think that Yorkshire Water is doing a good job. Last year, sewage was discharged into the River Calder 4,125 times. The same year, Nichola Shaw, the boss,…23 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis week is Flood Action Week. In Calder Valley, where we have had several major floods in the last 15 years, my constituents are all too aware of flooding and its impact;…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareI am glad that this debate has been called. Across the House, stories of failings in primary care are too familiar and, frankly, too distressing. The Darzi report makes it clear…16 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman talks movingly, comparing our evolving and changing constitution to art, but are the measures set out in the Bill not just the latest in the evolution of that…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Universities: Freedom of SpeechUnder the Office for Students’ draft guidance, some universities have said they will have to revoke their adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition…10 Oct 2024