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HANSARDSupport for BusinessesChelmsford has a vibrant night-time economy. Just last Sunday, I spent the evening at a fabulous local music venue called Hot Box, right in the heart of my constituency. Venues…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital Exploitation of Women and GirlsAbsolutely, and that has always been the case. Equally, we need to learn from the fact that it has always been the case and not be surprised when these things happen. We must not…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital Exploitation of Women and GirlsThere are so many aspects to this problem. What we, the parents, saw in the fledgling days of social media is not at all what our children are seeing now. We need to recognise…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital Exploitation of Women and GirlsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick) for securing this very important debate. All of us here…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Women’s Safety: Walking, Wheeling, Cycling and RunningMy hon. Friend’s intervention is very timely. My Chelmsford constituency is in Essex, and Essex police has just announced that it feels it will have to scrap numbers from the…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillAs the Holocaust begins to fade from living memory, it becomes ever more vital that the next generations continue to be properly educated about it, and that the victims are…20 Jan 2026HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Manfred Goldberg went on to say, “Last month I celebrated my 93rd birthday and I pray to be able to attend the opening of this…20 Jan 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Non-consensual Sexual DeepfakesI welcome the statement, but an idea has been advanced by some that X moving Grok to a premium service somehow means that those at X are blinking, and I think that is for the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentI would like to start by saying a big thank you to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, to Mr Speaker and to all your Deputy Speaker colleagues for all your hard work over the year. I also…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. I warmly welcome the Government coming before the House with this much-anticipated violence against women and girls…18 Dec 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls Strategy(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the violence against women and girls strategy.15 Dec 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls StrategyI stand here today disappointed—disappointed that women and girls continue to be unsafe in Britain in 2025, and disappointed that the strategy has been delayed three times this…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsI am sure the whole House agrees that women’s safety is of paramount importance. In my constituency, the city council has helped to develop a women’s safety charter, with local…10 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLike many Members across this House, my team and I deal with casework about special educational needs on an almost daily basis, so I welcome the announcement that from 2028 the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDImmigration Reforms: Humanitarian Visa RoutesMy constituents in Chelmsford, which has a sizeable BNO population, are concerned about the issues that the hon. Member has just raised. As for the question of economic migration,…25 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI am sure that all of us across the House can agree that a key aspect of dealing with the asylum system is to deal with the crisis of the backlog, which is enormous. The Home…17 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI recently met the Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse, also known as CARA, which supports thousands of victims and survivors of sexual violence across Essex, including in my…05 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe British Council is in dire financial straits. If it disappears, so will the invaluable soft power that it wields. Will the Foreign Secretary commit to meeting the chief…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPrisoner Release ChecksThe trial, sentencing and mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu all took place in the heart of my constituency, and it is entirely unacceptable. First, I thank Essex police, British…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Black History MonthIt is an honour and a privilege, although also slightly daunting, to follow the Mother of the House, the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott), who…23 Oct 2025