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HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI completely agree that there is an urgency to this issue, and the strength of feeling out in the country among not just parents but children themselves shows that we should take…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. Updated advice from the nations’ CMOs is so important because it can cascade through health systems to guide professionals and…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI welcome the Minister’s intervention, and I am glad to have boxed off those five. There are moments when politics falls behind the public mood. The process and traditions of our…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillThe hon. Member will know, as many in this House do, that private Members’ Bills are often a shot in the dark. From the beginning of this process, my aim has been to have a…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI will get to that in my speech. I am keen to get on to those points, and I will address the questions the hon. Gentleman has asked. The Smartphone Free Childhood campaign has…07 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeWill the Minister give way?24 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. The debate so far has done a really good job of summarising lots of the reasons why I chose to bring forward a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeI thank my hon. Friend for his work on this issue in his constituency. He is absolutely right. Micro-experiments and anecdotal feedback from members of the public, who have signed…24 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Media Use: Minimum AgeI and a number of colleagues have had fairly extensive dialogue with Ofcom over the past few months about some of the detailed points, and there are two important gaps in the…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLast year, the Government announced an extra £1 million for boosted antisocial-behaviour patrols across Cumbria, which was extremely welcome. Since then, we have seen a huge…13 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsShortly after the election, the new Government announced £4.3 million for a new community mental health hub in Whitehaven. Unfortunately, the local mental health trust followed…11 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesI thank all Members who were involved in bringing forward this debate, including my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee). The coastal coalfield of west…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesThe hon. Member’s intervention was perfectly timed, because I was about to say that it is in these communities that the easy soundbites of populists can take hold. I will answer…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillDoes he agree that provisions in the Bill for measures such as regional care co-operatives, which would agglomerate services—bring them together—across local authorities, to do…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI completely agree. I have a huge amount of respect for the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), who shared his comments a while ago, but if he and…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI completely agree that we need to do an awful lot more to support the recruitment and retention of foster carers. Ministers have shown reforming zeal with this measure to provide…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill my hon. Friend give way?08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI welcome this Bill because it is a chance to make progress on resetting the children’s social care system in England, and that is where I will focus my remarks. Children’s social…08 Jan 2025HANSARDPlanning Reform8. What recent progress her Department has made on planning reform.02 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning ReformMy constituency is fortunate enough to have a number of potential projects that are ripe for investment, including the Port of Workington and energy projects for new nuclear and…02 Dec 2024