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HANSARD Business of the HouseAt a recent football match in the Sheffield and Hallamshire women’s football league, a young woman was seriously injured following a collision with a male player—a trans woman—on…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresOne of the principal arguments against reducing the number of care worker visas is the shortage of workers in the care sector, and of course there is a shortage. However, in the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationFollowing the Supreme Court ruling, the Government announced emergency legislation to address the issues mentioned in the judgment. I welcome the proposed new treaty with Rwanda,…27 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration6. What steps he is taking to tackle illegal migration.27 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate on the Media Bill. I wish to focus narrowly on part 4, which sets out the provisions on public service broadcasting and gives Ofcom powers…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Media BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is exactly why I am calling for the BBFC to have a much greater role in this Bill, but also for that role to be extended to the regulation…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI welcome this Bill, which fulfils a manifesto commitment and restates and protects the Government’s foreign and trade policy prerogatives by preventing local authorities and…25 Oct 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will follow on from the remarks made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), who talked powerfully about the impact of online pornography, particularly…12 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy hon. Friend is completely right. The impact of not taking responsibility for protecting children has to go to the very top. Lords amendment 105 would compel Ofcom to submit its…12 Sept 2023HANSARD RSE Curriculum: Northern Ireland SchoolsThe hon. Lady is giving an excellent speech. Does she agree with me that it is not only contrary to the spirit of devolution—education is, of course, a devolved matter—to impose…12 Sept 2023HANSARD RSE Curriculum: Northern Ireland SchoolsWhat legal authority does CEDAW, a committee of unelected officials from other countries, have over UK law? In what other point of UK law does it have the authority to tell us…12 Sept 2023HANSARD RSE Curriculum: Northern Ireland SchoolsAs I said earlier, the hon. Lady is making an excellent speech, and I entirely agree with her that parents should have the power to make the final decisions about what are…12 Sept 2023HANSARD RSE Curriculum: Northern Ireland Schoolsrose—12 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support. What he says is entirely correct. The key to this does, of course, lie in the implementation. One of the capabilities of the BBFC is to…12 Sept 2023HANSARDFinancial Education in SchoolsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew) securing a very important debate and on his compelling speech; he has made some brilliant arguments, which I…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTuition Fees: Social MobilityThe new Labour dream of 50% of young people going to university has left many saddled with debt, a third of graduates unable to find graduate jobs and more than half of graduates…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Lung Cancer ScreeningMy constituents in Penistone and Stocksbridge will warmly welcome this initiative to diagnose cancer earlier but, as many hon. Members have said, we also need to reduce the…26 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage MarketOne of the biggest challenges facing our country is the inability of young people to afford to buy a home because of inflated house prices. Although recent interest rate rises…13 Jun 2023HANSARDLegislative Definition of SexWhen the Equality Act was passed in 2010, few doubted that Parliament’s intention was that sex should mean biological sex: either male or female, recorded at birth—an immutable…12 Jun 2023HANSARDLegislative Definition of SexFurther to that point of order, Mrs Cummins. In response to the hon. Member for Livingston (Hannah Bardell), I was making the point that the vast majority of sexual predation is…12 Jun 2023