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HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillOne of the most distressing things that I discovered when I was working at Church Action on Poverty and talking to parents of children in poverty was how often mothers went…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillThe Reform policy really is quite something, as I am sure my hon. Friend would agree. In fact, if someone lost their child benefit because of the Reform policy, it would take 345…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillYou’re in trouble now, Madam Deputy Speaker! The Bill will be remembered as one of the proudest moments of this Government’s first term. Before entering this place, I worked on…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAlmost one in three pubs in this country is a tied pub. In Calder Valley, one such pub saw its payments to Stonegate jump from £800 to £1,700 a week, just days after the six-month…29 Jan 2026HANSARD Women’s Safety: Walking, Wheeling, Cycling and RunningIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as chair of the all-party parliamentary…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseA recent proposal, now dropped, for a merger between two multi-academy trusts in my constituency, the Pennine Alliance Learning Trust and the Trinity MAC, led to me getting over…22 Jan 2026HANSARD Arctic SecurityI thank the Secretary of State for the strong statement she has made. I have been disappointed to hear so much politicisation of a national security issue in this House, but can…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) BillI travelled through Manchester Victoria station on the day of the arena bombing and I saw the young people on their way into that concert. They were young, vibrant, excited,…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailAs a Yorkshire MP, I could not be more proud of the fact that it is a Labour Government who are delivering this change. I urge the Secretary of State to look again at the Calder…14 Jan 2026HANSARDNHS 10-year Workforce PlanWhen the Secretary of State was in front of the Health and Social Care Committee, he recognised that we will not solve the workforce problems in the NHS without solving the…13 Jan 2026HANSARDPuberty Suppressants TrialI hope we can all agree that the young people involved should not be used by anyone as a political football. Can my right hon. Friend please assure me that the process and trial…17 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceI declare my interest as an officer of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities team, and as a recovering local government alumnus. We inherited a system in which 40%…17 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. With some victims of sexual assault being told that their trials might not be heard until 2029, what can we do to reduce delays and tackle the backlogs so that victims can be…16 Dec 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls StrategyI commend my hon. Friend for her ongoing work on this issue. I was proud to work with her closely on ending the presumption of involvement for abusers in the family courts. As a…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkMuch like my hon. Friend’s constituency, mine relies on its manufacturing industry, and our apprenticeship guarantees and support will make a huge difference to people there.…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerWere I not sat in a different place, I would be feeling déjà vu, because this appears to be the same debate that we had on the Budget just a week or so ago when I pointed out to…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionWith a 28% pay rise and 4,000 extra specialty training places, it is starting to feel like the BMA resident doctors committee is deeply committed to not taking yes for an answer.…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Having worked on child poverty for over a decade, I have seen at first hand the damage to health, education prospects and life chances that poverty can cause, put at £40…09 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyFrom loss of earnings to poor health outcomes, in 2023 the Child Poverty Action Group estimated that had child poverty continued to rise as it was, it would have cost the economy…08 Dec 2025HANSARDSpeech and Language Therapies14. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that specialist speech and language therapies are available to children with education, health and care plans.01 Dec 2025