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HANSARD Business of the HouseI, too, welcome the new Chaplain, Mark Birch. I also pay tribute to Lily Ebert, who dedicated her life to ensuring that the horror of the Holocaust can never happen again. I am…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure every Member of Parliament in this House will want to thank the citizens advice bureaux for the work they do across the country in providing our constituents with so…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLinda Maloney sounds like a wonderful woman who served her community in St Helens brilliantly over a long period. It is a very welcome reminder of the important role that our…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend might attract some other attention to Bawtry, now that he has said how many bras are on display. He raises an important issue about Breast Cancer Awareness Month…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am delighted to congratulate the Cheshire county under-17 squad on successfully reaching the 2024 USA netball open championships—what an achievement. Netball is a fantastic…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Member raises an important matter about a public appointment, the specifics of which I will not get into now, as to do so would not be appropriate. Home Office questions…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAs I know from my own constituency, this matter is raised with Members regularly by further education colleges. The Government have paused the planned defunding of those…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for that important question. She is absolutely right: diabetes is one of those illnesses alongside which people can live long, healthy and happy lives if…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLike my hon. Friend, I am a regular user of Avanti West Coast services and Stockport station. I hope that Avanti’s reliability will be spot on this afternoon so that I can get…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend describes a familiar story. The woeful state of the infrastructure within our NHS and the capital and digital assets are matters of huge importance and great…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her birthday wishes and welcome her to her new role. She, too, is a member of the Modernisation Committee, and I very much enjoyed our exchanges at our…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI commend my hon. Friend on her campaigning for an art gallery in her constituency and on all the campaigning she is doing to bring attention to Bournemouth West and all that it…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for that question on Holmfirth, where I recently went for a short staycation. What a beautiful Yorkshire town it is. It is a lot more than its reputation as…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAccess to appropriate drugs freely on the NHS continues to be raised with me and the Health Secretary, who was in his place as my hon. Friend asked that question. I am sure that…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for that question. He will be aware that in the short time we have been in Government, there have been two statements to the House on the infected blood…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises an important technical matter, and I will certainly look into the progress of that statutory instrument. Given that she has such expertise and diligence in…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseNICE’s agreement to the use of drugs on the NHS is a very topical issue that comes up in the Chamber, including at business questions, many times over. My hon. Friend might want…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for once again raising the important issue of expression of freedom of religion or belief for all. I certainly will ask the Foreign Office to raise…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat a wonderful issue to raise in business questions. I wish the residents of Bath, and everybody across this country, good wishes in celebrating the fabulous work of Jane…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is a disgrace that towns such as Aldershot still need food banks and that food poverty is still so prominent. That is a key issue for the Government and part of the work of our…12 Sept 2024