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HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI quite agree. I have spoken to lots of people who have undergone conversion practices, often pushed by their parents. Almost none of them has said to me that they want their…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThe right hon. Gentleman says he does not understand or has not heard scenarios in the debate that would be covered by the Bill but are not covered by existing legislation. I give…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillFirst, the Minister has to recognise that the Bill will be brought into force in Scotland or Northern Ireland only if there is the consent of the legislators and Ministers in…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillIt is clear in the exemptions that individual prayer is not caught by the Bill, but if Members feel that that is too thinly defined, we could thrash it out in Committee. Can the…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI do not agree with much of what the right hon. and learned Member is saying. She must recognise that we do legislate in the House for things other than harms. For example, we…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI will come to the hon. Gentleman’s point and will suggest an amendment that might, if he were to allow it to proceed in Committee, make him feel happy and resolve the situation.01 Mar 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Recommendations1. What progress he has made on considering the recommendations of the second interim report of the infected blood inquiry.29 Feb 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: RecommendationsMy constituent Mark Ward, a haemophiliac, contracted HIV after being given contaminated blood at the Royal Free Hospital. He was 14. He is now 54, and it is four and a half years…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI rise to support amendments 17 and 19, and to speak to my amendments 22 and 24 on energy efficiency tests and amendments 23 and 25 on the energy charter treaty. Let me start with…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillBecause if we sign more licences while we are still part of the energy charter treaty, the Minister is binding the hands of future generations. If we withdrew from the energy…20 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024The Minister makes good points and this is a welcome devolution deal. Will his Department consider the alternative devolution offers that other counties have put forward? At the…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Ministerial Severance: ReformMy right hon. Friend has mentioned many Secretaries of State. We also had a short-lived Prime Minister, who is entitled to some payments for the rest of her life. Should we not…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMental Health Support: Secondary Schools10. What steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of mental health support in secondary schools.29 Jan 2024HANSARDMental Health Support: Secondary SchoolsWhen I was a young person, we had a counsellor in our school. It helped many people, not for the long term but through short-term interventions that put people on the right track…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe hon. Gentleman is talking about energy policy being directed by other people. Does he share my concern about our continued membership of the energy charter treaty, which means…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI put that very point to the Secretary of State in our Select Committee, and her response was that because almost all our oil is exported out of the UK for processing, we do not…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Child Support (Management of Payments and arrears and fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend makes a very good point about the need to know the details of the Government’s research. When the parent who should be paying is self-employed, or employed via a…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Free School Meals: Children with SENDIt is an honour to follow all the previous speakers. I will follow on from that mention of Brighton and Hove. Brighton and Hove is slightly, but not hugely, above the national…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Free School Meals: Children with SENDWill the Minister give way?10 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Abby Lane, in my constituency, has contacted over 30 dental practices. Not one is accepting her and her one-year-old child, who…09 Jan 2024