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HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentBedford.02 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the ongoing discussion on assisted dying, one point on which we all agree in this House is the urgent need to improve palliative care. I therefore welcome the Government’s…25 Mar 2025HANSARDEthnic Minority People: Discrimination14. What steps she is taking to help end discrimination against ethnic minority people.19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. I welcome the Government’s ambitious growth plans for the Oxford-Cambridge arc, which promise to reverse years of decline and transform the eastern region by driving…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEthnic Minority People: DiscriminationI was pleased to see the Government’s announcement of the newly established race equality engagement group, chaired by Baroness Doreen Lawrence, a tireless campaigner against…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI agree with the Government that welfare reform is necessary, but many of my constituents are very worried about the removal of support on which they rely. Fourteen years of…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank all those who signed the e-petition that led to this important debate. I have long supported the WASPI…17 Mar 2025HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend’s views. The WASPI women support pension equity, but not the disruption of their retirement plans by Government maladministration. There…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyBedford hospital once had a gold-standard home-birth service, but in recent months it has been run down within the wider trust due to unfilled vacancies. Many of my constituents…30 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational InvestmentI am honoured to have been appointed as the UK trade envoy to Pakistan. Given the growing financial pressure on UK universities, with several leading institutions announcing job…30 Jan 2025HANSARDInternational Investment7. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK in attracting international investment.30 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI have consistently called for new investment in the eastern region, and nothing is more exciting than the proposal to build a Universal Studios theme park—the first of its kind…29 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI trust the Government will do all they can to ensure that the ceasefire leads to a lasting peace—a peace based on a two-state solution that addresses the root causes of the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy deepest condolences go to the family and friends of 17-year-old Thomas Taylor, who was fatally stabbed in Bedford last week. Bedfordshire has some of the highest knife crime…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The East of England ambulance service NHS trust remains at the highest escalation level—level 4—as call handlers in Bedford remain under immense pressure after responding to…07 Jan 2025HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI thank the 543 constituents in Bedford and Kempston who signed the petition to recognise the state of Palestine immediately. Does my hon. Friend agree that after a year of…16 Dec 2024HANSARDDental Training Places: East of EnglandMany of my constituents in Bedford are struggling to get an NHS dentist. I am also hearing from those who have tried to book an appointment only to discover that they have been…19 Nov 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I am pleased to say that the provision for children with special educational needs in Bedford and Kempston has…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Compensation7. What progress she has made on responding to recommendations on compensation made by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in his report on changes to women’s state…07 Oct 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: CompensationI have long supported women in Bedford born in the 1950s who have been failed by the DWP. We must do right by the WASPI women, some of whom are struggling to make ends meet. Will…07 Oct 2024