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HANSARD Foreign Influence Registration SchemeI thank the Minister, as always, for advance sight of his statement. We on the Lib Dem Benches welcome the further implementation by the Government of the foreign influence…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundI rise as a proud adoptive auntie who has seen for herself the impact of the fund on the most vulnerable children and their families. I also rise as the MP for Christine, a child…01 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsUkrainians in the UK deserve stability after fleeing war, yet almost half report severe stress and anxiety caused by prolonged uncertainty about their visa status. Some 44% have…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPolice Forces: GloucestershireAs the Minister has said, getting more bobbies on the beat in Gloucestershire and across the country is crucial to delivering the frontline policing that our communities deserve,…31 Mar 2025HANSARD Terrorism (Protection of Premises) BillIt is a pleasure to return to the Chamber to consider the Bill. Over recent months, it has been scrutinised in detail at the other end of this building, and I thank colleagues in…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsStepping Hill hospital in Hazel Grove has a huge repairs backlog. Patients are having to park miles away to get to the hospital, corridors have been flooded and there have been…25 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsIt is a pleasure to be back in the Chamber to hear the shadow Home Secretary’s greatest hits of Conservative failures from the last Parliament, whether it be cuts to neighbourhood…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTransport Connectivity: North-west EnglandIt is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) on securing a debate on this important topic for our…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformMany of my Hazel Grove constituents are keen as mustard to get back to work, but they are waiting for either a diagnosis or treatment on the NHS. That is made more difficult…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Stations: Step-free AccessMy hon. Friend is laying out the case very clearly for more certainty about the future of Access for All funding, and the real, crying need for many of our communities to have…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for community theatre. It is a pleasure to present this debate with you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. Community…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I obviously agree with him about the important role that community theatres play in our communities, and I will comment…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point about the perilous state of local government finances, the knock-on impact on assets and services provided by councils, and how councils can…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreI strongly agree. I remember growing up, with this accent, and really welcoming it when somebody sounded like me on the BBC or in a theatre production. It matters to all of us to…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreI strongly agree that assets that are owned and run by the community are a powerful way of empowering that community to deliver what it needs. The Forum theatre is owned by the…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Community TheatreI will certainly join my hon. Friend in congratulating the team in her constituency. Having participated in some bids for lottery funding, I know it is not always an easy process,…12 Mar 2025HANSARDUse of Stop and SearchIt is a pleasure to be in this debate and to have you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) on securing a debate on…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillA great many very important employment-related issues are being discussed, but I rise in support of new clause 16. As it stands, self-employed people are not entitled to statutory…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI do not recall hearing a question from the shadow Home Secretary, but I am sure that he would welcome the matter being further clarified in the legislation. He said at the…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillIt is always a genuine pleasure to be intervened on by the hon. Gentleman, and I am grateful to him for rising to his feet. What I said was that if this was a Lib Dem Bill—I look…10 Mar 2025