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HANSARDGender Self-identificationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Mundell. According to the Rainbow Map, which ranks European countries based on their legal and policy…19 May 2025HANSARD Youth ServicesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon East (Natasha Irons), a fellow ageing millennial, for securing this debate. I speak not only as a parent who would love to see…15 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) for securing this debate, and…14 May 2025HANSARDBritish Nationals Murdered Abroad: Support for FamiliesSome aspects of the cases that the hon. Gentleman is eloquently describing are sadly very similar to those in the case of Rob Spray, from my Cannock Chase constituency, who died…12 May 2025HANSARDBritish Nationals Murdered Abroad: Support for FamiliesI thank the Minister for the open and sensitive way in which she is responding to the debate and for sharing the experiences of the family of her constituent Nathan. I am familiar…12 May 2025HANSARDEducational Opportunities in Semi-rural AreasI absolutely agree, and my hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. Often, the premium in semi-rural areas is very real. I will finish by saying that children and young people in…07 May 2025HANSARDEducational Opportunities in Semi-rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your esteemed chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) for securing the debate and…07 May 2025HANSARD Staffordshire: Cultural ContributionIt is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Ms Furniss. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham) for securing the debate. It has been a real…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPupil Referral Units13. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for pupil referral units.28 Apr 2025HANSARDPupil Referral UnitsI recently visited Chaselea alternative provision academy in Cannock and met headteacher Mr Archer, who told me that it receives £8,300 less per pupil than the average for PRUs…28 Apr 2025HANSARD Coalfields Regeneration TrustI thank my hon. Friend for giving way, particularly given that he is another Staffordshire MP. As he has heard me say before, the Museum of Cannock Chase in my constituency, which…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) for securing this debate. Just a few weeks ago, I…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Coalfields Regeneration Trustrose —22 Apr 2025HANSARD Easter AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to speak in this Easter Adjournment debate, and I wish everyone a happy Easter and a restful break. I rise to speak about the British Coal staff superannuation…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Road MaintenanceStaffordshire has the worst roads in the country. I do not have definitive proof of that, but it is something that my constituents in Cannock Chase tell me every time I am out…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Road MaintenanceI thank my hon. Friend. I think it is no coincidence that in Staffordshire we went from having no Labour MPs before the election to having nine out of 12, and that so many of us…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Road MaintenanceI am happy to give way to my Staffordshire colleague.07 Apr 2025HANSARD Adoption BreakdownI thank the Minister for setting out the measures the Government are taking, which are very welcome. Returning to the conversations I had with my social worker, one of the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. My constituent Paul Dadge was iconically photographed rescuing a badly burned survivor of the 7/7 bombings. What thanks did Paul get? His phone was hacked by a newspaper…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Sport: PE in SchoolsI thank my hon. Friend and almost constituency neighbour the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham) for securing this debate on such an important topic. When we talk about access to…03 Apr 2025