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HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewFollowing a number of emotional meetings with desperate families in Batley and Spen, I can confirm that the Secretary of State was absolutely right to say that people have lost…29 Mar 2022HANSARDPhysical EducationI thank the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson) for securing this debate. It is not often I get really excited in this place, but today is one of those days. This is a…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Private Rented Sector HousingI apologise for not being here at the start of the debate due to other commitments. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is not just those in private rented accommodation who find…15 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Will the Minister join me in congratulating all the girls who took part in the FA’s “let girls play” biggest ever football session last week? Will he update the House on the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn the issue of children’s mental health, does the Minister agree that children with ADHD and autism have found the last two years even more stressful than usual? A…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineThis is indeed a timely debate. While our attention is rightly focused on the devastating events in Ukraine, an immediate crisis in one part of the world should not prevent us…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) and I, as co-chairs of the all-party parliamentary group on tackling loneliness and connected communities,…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsAs a relatively new Member of this place I am coming to this frankly unbelievable scandal much later than many of my colleagues. However, I recently met a former postmistress in…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation by Organised NetworksI welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on a deeply traumatic but very important subject, which cannot and should not ever be ignored. I thank my hon. Friend the…23 Feb 2022HANSARD 2002 Gujarat RiotsI thank my hon. Friend for his important intervention, and appreciate his support on this matter. I have spent recent years since the murder of my own sister making the case for…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK ResponseAs we have heard and seen in the utterly heartbreaking scenes on our TV screens every night, urgent humanitarian aid is absolutely essential, but people in Afghanistan also…09 Feb 2022HANSARD 2002 Gujarat RiotsI beg to move, That this House has considered the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Gujarat riots. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I am grateful for the…09 Feb 2022HANSARD 2002 Gujarat RiotsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree 100% with what he has said. We have to learn from the past, and far too often events are not acknowledged and the past is…09 Feb 2022HANSARD 2002 Gujarat RiotsI thank my hon. Friend, and I agree absolutely with him. We have to ensure that we find a way, wherever possible, to live peacefully. I will talk about that in more detail…09 Feb 2022HANSARD 2002 Gujarat RiotsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for meeting me earlier to discuss these events. Once again, let me make it clear that I am not seeking to make a judgment from…09 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthOn 11 January 2016, the then Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a revolution in mental health treatment. At that time, I was working as a lecturer at Bradford College, and would…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Constituents in Batley and Spen who contact me regarding issues they are having with PIP, universal credit and other benefits mention the complexity of both the application…07 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI thank the Secretary of State for meeting me recently to discuss this subject. Sadly, it was a virtual meeting so we were unable to share a packet of Fox’s biscuits together—they…02 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren with SEND: Access to Specialist SupportLast week, I met a fantastic local ADHD—attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—support group, who detailed to me the many delays that children are facing in receiving diagnoses…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Women’s FootballI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) on securing this important debate on the experiences of women in football. It is a real honour to…26 Jan 2022