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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn that point, will my hon. Friend give way?13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the hon. Lady not feel that the provisions in the Bill already have safeguards? Also, and most importantly, does she not feel that putting a family through a coronial process…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?13 Jun 2025HANSARDHumanist MarriageIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. Marriage is one of the most profound commitments we can make. It offers us a lifelong partner to grow with, a loving…12 Jun 2025HANSARD GibraltarI used to live in Andalusia, close to the Gibraltar border, so this issue is very close to my heart and I congratulate the Foreign Secretary on the deal. The people of Spain,…12 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentIf I had known it was your birthday, Mr Speaker, I would have brought you down a Chorley cake, but never mind. As you know, my constituency hosts Heysham 1 and 2 nuclear power…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentI very much welcome raising the threshold for the winter fuel allowance. As I am sure the Minister knows, the threshold was at the heart of my concern about means testing,…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesIt is clear to all that the actions of the Israeli Government are morally abhorrent. I welcome the further sanctions announced by the Secretary of State two weeks ago, but I plead…04 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Prevention is always better than cure. When I sat on Lancashire county council’s health scrutiny committee, we took evidence that showed that…22 May 2025HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryNHS dentistry has been a recurring theme for me both before the election and since, as I know is true for most colleagues, which is why this Labour Government have made it a…22 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThis deal is very welcome, particularly for my farmers in Morecambe and Lunesdale. When I was a young person, I benefited from a year in New Zealand and a year in Spain. Can the…20 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I had intended to speak about new clauses 1 and 10, but I will restrict myself to new clause 1 for the sake of time. New clause 1 says: “No health…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am mindful of time, so I will continue. Why, then, would we now choose, as a House, to hide from patients information about their options? For so many years, people have been…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very mindful of time, so I will finish with this point. Colleagues may wish to look at the NHS constitution, which says: “You have the right to be involved in planning and…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I will expand on this, but that is exactly why good medical practice requires all options to be on the table. Patients should not be…16 May 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: Disabled PeopleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. Many of my constituents have contacted me with serious concerns about the proposed changes to PIP. Putting aside the…07 May 2025HANSARD Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryAs I reflect on VE day and the celebration of victory over fascism in Europe, it strikes me that the war effort was one of common endeavour by ordinary people such as my grandad,…06 May 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateI thank the Minister for his statement. I appreciate that the Minister cannot comment directly on sanctions, but he knows that I have privately urged him to consider further…06 May 2025