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HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsCan the Minister assure me and the women and girls of Sevenoaks and Swanley that funding for Kent’s Nightingale court will continue past March next year? Kent’s Crown court case…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I ask him to be mindful—I know he will be—of learning the lessons from other tragic cases, particularly that of Baby P, where we…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMany of my constituents have been in touch to express concern that they cannot register the vaccination status of 12 to 15-year-olds on the NHS app. Can my right hon. Friend…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The Government are taking necessary and precautionary steps to deal with the omicron variant, but can my hon. Friend reassure the House that, whatever happens with this virus,…06 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome the acceleration of the booster programme, but may I ask the Secretary of State to do all he can accelerate the approval by the JCVI of the vaccine for the under-12s,…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI urge my right hon. Friend to increase protections for the green belt in the forthcoming planning Bill. In Sevenoaks we are 93% green belt, yet we are constantly inundated with…29 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI will speak mainly to new clause 1, but I cannot start without paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden) for his work to ban virginity…23 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Home Secretary’s announcement of the new chair of the Sarah Everard inquiry, but, as has been mentioned, even non-statutory inquiries can be very long. Can the Home…22 Nov 2021HANSARDUnduly Lenient Sentence Scheme9. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme in 2021.18 Nov 2021HANSARDUnduly Lenient Sentence SchemeAlong with many in this House, I have become increasingly concerned about unduly lenient sentences for rape, especially in relation to crimes committed against minors. Last month,…18 Nov 2021HANSARDDavid Fuller CaseI thank the Secretary of State for agreeing to the inquiry. For my constituents who have been affected, nothing will ever take away the pain and the trauma, but I hope that it…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. After a long-fought campaign, I am delighted that Orchards Academy has been given the funding to be rebuilt. Will the Minister join me on a visit to Orchards so that he can…01 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.20 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are setting ambitious five-year carbon budgets and we have set out how we are going to meet those, but will the Minister consider setting interim targets to…20 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Last week, a whistleblower told the American Congress that Facebook had repeatedly misled the public about the impact of its platform on children’s health. Does my right hon.…19 Oct 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsWhen we talk about the legacy of the last Labour Government, we must never forget the sky-high rates of youth unemployment that we inherited from them. Will my right hon. Friend…15 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. There is an obvious precedent for this national insurance rise to raise money for the national health service, which is from 2003. Were…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyThis area of social care has not had a happy history in respect of political point scoring, and, unfortunately, we have seen plenty of that today on the Opposition Benches.…08 Sept 2021HANSARDPlanning System ModernisationI listened carefully to my right hon. Friend’s earlier answer, but does he agree that in any future planning reforms we must increase protection for our green belt? In Sevenoaks…19 Jul 2021HANSARDPlanning System ModernisationWhat steps he is taking to modernise the planning system in England.19 Jul 2021