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HANSARD High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillI certainly recognise the picture that the hon. Member is painting. In Bristol we have 47 high streets and local centres. Some are thriving, but it has been very difficult to…26 Jan 2024HANSARD High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillI thank the hon. Member for giving way. I was interested to hear what he said about the importance of preserving the history and legacy of our communities. On one of the longest…26 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon System: Compensation for Sub-postmastersI, too, have a constituent who, although she was thankfully not prosecuted, was forced over a period of more than a decade to pay back thousands of pounds every year, and it…25 Jan 2024HANSARDScottish EconomyThe former right hon. Member for Kingswood and Government net zero tsar, Chris Skidmore, said that what businesses and investors need from the Government is certainty, clarity,…24 Jan 2024HANSARDScottish Economy6. What recent steps his Department has taken to help support the Scottish economy.24 Jan 2024HANSARDMidwifery and Maternity ServicesI thank the Secretary of State for that response. The Royal College of Midwives estimates that there is a shortage of around 2,500 full-time midwives working in the NHS. I know…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMidwifery and Maternity Services10. What steps she is taking to increase the recruitment and retention of NHS midwifery and maternity staff.23 Jan 2024HANSARDChildren Not in School: National Register and SupportOne reason why children might drop out of the school system and, as my hon. Friend says, go under the radar is because they have had a parent sentenced to imprisonment. The…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. This week the Riverside unit in my constituency, which treats young people with severe eating disorders, had to close temporarily because of concerns about its ability to…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Lease-holders at Orchard House in my constituency are in an unsafe building with known defects. They have been issued with a remediation order, but the freeholder is simply…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of Practicerose —22 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareI am glad the Minister said that, because I have a specific case from my constituency that I wish to raise. It relates to the parents of a two-year-old and a nine-month-old baby.…22 Jan 2024HANSARDHousing Developers: Information on Associated InfrastructureA recent freedom of information request revealed that only a third of the housing infrastructure fund has actually been spent, which leaves £2.9 billion unspent. The National…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeI was going to make exactly the same point, but since I am on my feet I will ask about scope 3 emissions within the supply chain. Increasingly, because supermarkets need to reduce…22 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesHaving shared a constituency border with the former Member for Kingswood for 14 years, I know that he was genuine in wanting what was best for his constituents. He knew that a…16 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNow that we have the Home Secretary here to answer for himself, can he tell us whether he is aware that the police are receiving more than 560 reports of spiking every month, and…15 Jan 2024HANSARDReducing MigrationThe Home Secretary talked about people coming to UK universities to study. Many people also come to our universities to carry out ground-breaking and economically important…15 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Free School Meals: Children with SENDI thank the Minister for giving way. My involvement in this is partly informed by constituents writing to me, but also as the aunt of a child whose neurodiversity means that she…10 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryAs a neighbouring MP, I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning Claire Hazelgrove, our candidate in Filton and Bradley Stoke, who is doing tremendous work on this. I have done a…09 Jan 2024