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HANSARDRegional Transport InequalityGiven your warning, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will not give way. Accessibility upgrades such as lifts, ramps and reliable step-free routes must not be treated as optional extras in…11 Sept 2025HANSARDRegional Transport InequalityI am glad to be speaking in this debate, because far too many of my constituents are being held back by our transport system. On rail, Rugeley Trent Valley, just over the border…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Biosecurity at the Border: Britain’s Illegal Meat CrisisOn the Committee’s visit to the Port of Dover, we heard that many seizures of illegal meat include scales and tills—clear indications that the meat would be sold commercially.…11 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. My constituent Connor Edwards lives with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and craniocervical instability, which, in his words, means his head is slowly falling off his body. Having once…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Neurodivergent People: EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I am pleased to have the chance to speak on the importance of supporting neurodivergent people into work. I will focus my…09 Sept 2025HANSARD Neurodivergent People: EmploymentWhen we approach things such as welfare reform—this is probably also true of SEND reform—it is always bound to cause anxiety for people. We absolutely have to be mindful of that,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundI thank the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Alison Bennett) for securing the debate. I begin by declaring that as a family, we will begin using the adoption and special guardianship…04 Sept 2025HANSARDAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. When my husband and I were going through the adoption journey and had our training and information evenings, the post-adoption support…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Pavement ParkingI thank the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire). Pavement parking was regularly raised with me during my five years as a councillor before coming to this place, but…03 Sept 2025HANSARDDiabetes in SportI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) for bringing forward the debate, and for so brilliantly setting out the challenges, but also the opportunity…03 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: CeasefireThe world has watched in horror as humanitarian aid has been blocked from reaching Gaza, leading to a famine that is claiming the lives of those who survived the bombs. Meanwhile,…02 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: Ceasefire16. What steps he is taking to help restore the ceasefire in Gaza.02 Sept 2025HANSARD Eating Disorders: Prevention of DeathsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I would like to draw on the time that I spent working at the brilliant Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership trust.…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is a privilege to speak in this summer Adjournment debate—named, of course, in honour of Sir David Amess. Sir David understood the quiet power of Back-Bench MPs in this House…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryI thank the Minister for her statement and for launching the inquiry, thus keeping our manifesto promise. In coalfield communities such as mine, many former miners still bear the…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Gene EditingThe right hon. Gentleman is making an important point about the potential for gene editing or precision breeding. Does he agree that one of the clearest examples of its promise is…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionThe Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has heard unbelievable statements from 10 major water companies. We also took a long, hard look at Ofwat, as Sir Jon Cunliffe…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeThank you. I really appreciate that from my hon. Friend. I think that everybody who puts themselves forward to be an adopter or a foster carer does so with a huge amount of…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeIt is a privilege to contribute to today’s debate on giving children the best possible start in life. As a father, this is an issue that matters deeply to me, not just politically…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEducational Attainment of BoysMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will come on to many of the issues that he refers to. He represents a community with a demographic that is similar in many ways to my…10 Jul 2025