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HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) for securing this debate from the Backbench Business Committee, of which I am a member, and for her eloquent…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Phone TheftFurther to the intervention from the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), does my hon. Friend agree that public awareness is not where it should be? It worries me to see…03 Jul 2025HANSARDIVF Egg Donation: Young WomenIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important debate at short notice from the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Recruitment: North-east EnglandI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on his fantastic speech. To take a slightly different angle, does he agree that our many cadet units across the region,…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Recruitment: North-east EnglandMy hon. Friend is giving a marvellous speech. On that subject, will he commend all the veterans’ charities that work across our region and the support provided by volunteers,…25 Jun 2025HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: ChristiansThousands of Palestinians, including children, are detained by the Israeli military. Reports of mistreatment and torture date back to UNICEF’s 2013 report on children in Israeli…22 May 2025HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: Christians2. What support the Church of England is providing to Christians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.22 May 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeAs well as facing uncertainty about the future of the grant, churches in my constituency are finding it hard to cope with the rise in revenue costs, which include the cost of…03 Apr 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme4. Whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on proposals to extend the listed places of worship grant scheme after 2026.03 Apr 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy3. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of Great British Energy funding on Northern Ireland.02 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI thank the Secretary of State for investing in Battle Hill primary school in the ward in which I live, where I was proud to be a school governor for 20 years. Does she agree that…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGreat British EnergyAbandoning the 2050 net zero target shows that the Tory leader has learned nothing from her party’s historic election defeat. Does the Minister agree that Northern Ireland has a…02 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. During a recent walkabout in Wallsend with Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner, Susan Dungworth, and the North Tyneside cabinet member for community safety, Karen…31 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group for responsible vaping, I have followed the progress of the Bill closely. I will speak to new clauses 4, 6, 7 and 15, as well to…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI add my condolences to the shadow Leader of the House. Polly Pocket is still going today—my granddaughter is a Polly Pocket fan, and my daughter still has all of hers. Will the…20 Mar 2025HANSARDInvestment: Newcastle Upon Tyne East and WallsendWith the town’s access to the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, a cluster of advanced manufacturing firms and an expanding energy skills academy, more of Newcastle upon Tyne…04 Mar 2025HANSARDInvestment: Newcastle Upon Tyne East and Wallsend7. What steps she is taking to encourage investment in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.04 Mar 2025HANSARDRail Services: Open Access OperatorsIt is an honour to speak in this debate under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) on securing this…06 Feb 2025HANSARDEHRC: Code of Practice5. When she expects the Equality and Human Rights Commission to publish its revised code of practice for services, public functions and associations.05 Feb 2025HANSARD Children’s Social Care: North-east EnglandOn that high note, will my hon. Friend also commend North Tyneside council, which for the second consecutive time has been awarded “outstanding” for children’s services by Ofsted…05 Feb 2025