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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]In my constituency, we are and will always be proud of our club, Morecambe FC. Just one week ago, Morecambe lost a match and, unfortunately, confirmed our relegation. I was…28 Apr 2025HANSARD Intellectual Property: Artificial IntelligenceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Frith) for securing this important debate. The question about…23 Apr 2025HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship for the first time today, Ms Butler. As I have two minutes, I will be very brief. The persecution of Christians was brought to my…08 Apr 2025HANSARDTransport Connectivity: North-west EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh and Atherton (Jo Platt) for securing this important debate. My…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTransport Connectivity: North-west EnglandDoes my hon. Friend agree that some of the benefits of HS2 have been masked by the name High Speed 2 and that one of the main benefits of HS2 is actually capacity, which we…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI accept wholeheartedly the amount of parents of children, particularly with SEND, who have been absolutely failed by our system and by 14 years of Conservative Government. What I…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformWe know that helping people to stay well and manage long-term conditions or disabilities is almost always cheaper in the long term. Can the Secretary of State tell me how she will…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAs a member of the Bill Committee, I have had detailed oversight of the measures in the Bill. They are vital for safeguarding children across the country, as well as supporting…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillDoes the hon. Gentleman accept that my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, to whom he referred and who has actually worked in schools as a teacher, might have…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI acknowledge the complexity of that case and that the absolutely unacceptable failings before Sara’s death were abject across many organisations. However, she was removed from…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?18 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillThe measures in this Bill are very much needed by my constituents. One of the first pieces of casework I dealt with as an MP was of young children riding recklessly around on…10 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. In Morecambe, the Shrimps are an integral part of our community. They bring together people from all backgrounds who…06 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and Governancerose—06 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. In Morecambe, the football club is a community hub that we cannot afford to lose. We have the Shrimps Trust, which is a democratic and…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesIn Morecambe, local organisations have come together to try to tackle antisocial behaviour. I met with Safe Morecambe to give my support and to find out more about what they are…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Mr Twigg. In my constituency we have some villages, such as Dent, where 40% of the homes are second homes or Airbnb-type…25 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my puzzlement that, given that the independent national inquiry covered so many types of child sexual exploitation—so many horrors that have been visited…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the question of schools having a faith element, being run by a Church or by any faith group, is different from the question of whether, in…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)However I am very clear the evidence I am quoting is on the second of those. I would happily provide the right hon. Gentleman with the sources of evidence, should he like to…06 Feb 2025