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HANSARDGrassroots SportsI thank the Minister for her response. Last year, in my constituency, the Stevenage Football Club Foundation delivered more than 9,000 hours of activity in grassroots sports and…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports10. What steps her Department has taken to support grassroots sport in Stevenage.16 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Secretary of State to her place. In my first public meeting after my election, residents in Knebworth called for more fast train services. We got some, but there has…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsA key ingredient of economic growth has to be responsible government. People in Stevenage and across the country are still paying the price for 14 years of irresponsible…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I welcome the clean power plan, which the Government published last week, which lays out the route to energy security and lower bills. Will my right hon. Friend provide more…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI totally agree with my hon. Friend that this Government are supporting people across the whole country, including Scotland today, and I really hope the Scottish Government use…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsAnd I will keep it coming until the right hon. Gentleman gets the message. After 14 years of working people footing the Bill, this Government are choosing to spread the load in as…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsAfter inheriting the ruins of 14 years of Conservative failure, this Government have had to make tough decisions to balance the books.04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI say to all Members of this House that people have to see these measures in the round. This Budget will support all our businesses in the long run. Are the Opposition now opposed…04 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren and BereavementI wholeheartedly agree, and I commend John and others who have used their experience to help other people. There is nothing better than a person’s own experience for reaching out…02 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren and BereavementI thank the hon. Member for her intervention. Obviously, there are things that can be done through law. There are things that are done through good practice and guidelines, and I…02 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren and BereavementI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petitions 636718 and 624185 relating to children and bereavement. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris.…02 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren and BereavementThe motion is that we have considered the petitions before us, and I hope everyone will agree that we have considered them well. Let us hope that there will be beneficial progress…02 Dec 2024HANSARDUK Air and Missile DefencesI thank my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee on Defence, and I absolutely agree. We must have interoperability across all our services—not just on land, at sea and in…27 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Air and Missile DefencesIt is pleasure, Mr Dowd, to serve under your chairmanship. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Luke Akehurst) for obtaining the chance to debate this vital matter,…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationIt is rather galling for the right hon. Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (Sir Gavin Williamson) to protest about a hotel in his constituency being used. That is…20 Nov 2024HANSARDDefence Programmes DevelopmentsI very much welcome today’s statement from the Secretary of State. It is rather galling to hear from Opposition Members about cuts, when the previous Government’s biggest cut was…20 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Health and Social Care ReformI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his earlier answer. Last week, I spoke to one of my constituents, Norman Phillips, who has been an unpaid carer for his wife Ros for the…19 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Health and Social Care Reform22. What plans he has to reform NHS health and social care services.19 Nov 2024HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I wish to declare a personal interest: I am a director and trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK…13 Nov 2024