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HANSARD Childcare EntitlementsAn increasing number of constituents are coming to me because they are struggling to access childcare when they need it, which is partly exacerbated by staff shortages and…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessWhen I speak to my constituents in Brislington, they tell me they have to wait an inordinate time to get through on the phone to their GPs at the Brooklea health centre, and wait…23 Apr 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient Access19. What steps she is taking to improve patient access to primary care.23 Apr 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaAs I said to the Prime Minister in his statement on Monday, the mother of James Kirby, one of the other aid workers who lost his life while trying to deliver aid through World…17 Apr 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: Business and InvestorsI welcome the Minister to his post. I think he is struggling a little bit to get with the programme, but hopefully he will soon be on message. [Hon. Members: “Oh!”] That was in…16 Apr 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: Business and InvestorsI look forward to hearing the Minister’s predictions of what the curtailment payments will be in the coming year, because they were up for the previous year. In a survey of energy…16 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateJacqui, the mother of murdered aid worker James Kirby, is my constituent. I am sure that she will agree with the Prime Minister’s description of her son as a hero. There is a real…15 Apr 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I did have an e-bike; it was stolen from inside the Houses of Parliament. One would think that there would be nowhere more secure, but…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillMy hon. Friend is right, and she brings me on to my final point. Her borough of Waltham Forest hosts the mini-Holland scheme, which I have cycled around on an e-bike. Each week,…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy right hon. Friend makes a very valid point. Some in favour of trophy hunting argue that it lends itself to supporting conservation in the country, which seems to me an entirely…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillLondon has the Greater London Assembly, a Mayor with devolved powers and Transport for London, so this issue is looked at on a London-wide basis. There is an issue in Bristol with…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillAs a Bristol MP, I suppose I have to apologise for daring to take part in a debate that is primarily about our capital city, but millions of our constituents visit as tourists and…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI was thinking in the context of the right hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Sir David Evennett) saying that he does not have a tube station in his part of Greater London,…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI suffer from hay fever virtually all the year round. I would have thought it would be worse in the countryside, but it is terrible when I am in London. I was in Paris in January…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillExactly—there is very complicated modelling involved. Also, if we can use measures such as these to take some cars off the road, that increases the attractiveness of public…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI was on the Environmental Audit Committee and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee at the time, both of which took part in that inquiry. It was difficult to bring…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI think that is true, and it is also connected with poor housing conditions. We have talked in this place before about the need to ensure that homes are fit for human habitation.…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillThis goes back to what I was saying about the fact that the Government insisted that Bristol had a clean air zone. Obviously that will have a significant impact on people from…22 Mar 2024HANSARD Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) BillI am following the hon. Gentleman’s arguments with interest. In Bristol we have experienced the first year of a clean air zone, which was actually imposed on us as a requirement…22 Mar 2024HANSARDBus Services: EnglandIt has been three years since the Government published their national bus strategy, but we are still waiting for the promised guidance on what constitutes “socially and…21 Mar 2024