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HANSARDSEND Provision: South-east EnglandI thank my fellow Surrey MP for his thoughts. Last year, nearly half of Surrey’s high needs block of £122 million was spent supporting SEND places at non-maintained independent…15 Jul 2025HANSARDSEND Provision: South-east EnglandDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is very difficult to measure accountability in these schools? Where does accountability sit, and how do parents know that their children are…15 Jul 2025HANSARDSEND Provision: South-east EnglandDoes my hon. Friend agree that we do not fix a financial problem by giving away a right? For many parents and families battling the system, an EHCP is the only protection that a…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Rare Cancers BillI thank the hon. Member for all her advocacy on the issue. She makes an important point, which was made previously: rare cancers are not rare for the victims and their families.…11 Jul 2025HANSARD Rare Cancers BillI once more thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) for all he has done to bring the Bill forward. We, along with thousands of families throughout the UK, all…11 Jul 2025HANSARD Actions of Iranian Regime: UK ResponseThe Iranian regime is utterly committed to destabilising the middle east and exporting terrorism globally, and under the auspices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeMay I invite the Secretary of State to congratulate Burhill primary school in Hersham, which I visited this morning? It has been re-awarded for excellence in wellbeing for the…07 Jul 2025HANSARD West Bank: Forced DisplacementPalestinian children have a right to education and to the chance of a decent future, as all children do. A total of 84 west bank schools are under threat from pending demolition…02 Jul 2025HANSARD West Bank: Forced DisplacementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) for securing this important debate. For the almost six decades…02 Jul 2025HANSARD Water Safety EducationI thank the hon. Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) for securing this important debate today. As we have heard, every year in the UK, more than 200 lives are lost to…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Water Safety EducationI thank my hon. Friend for bringing attention to vehicles going into the water. In my constituency, the Thames provides our border with London, so it stretches along the entire…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI had meant to speak to my amendment 120 today, but that intention was superseded by the Government’s movement on this, which I really welcome. It will close a loophole so that it…18 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillThe mandate, which we welcome, calls for only 22% sustainable jet fuel usage by 2040, while the Chancellor has said that she wants a third runway in use at Heathrow by 2035. That…11 Jun 2025HANSARDUSAID Funding PauseIt is indeed an honour to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Melksham and Devizes (Brian Mathew) for securing this important…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe president of the International Committee of the Red Cross has said that in Gaza, “humanity is failing”. What is happening in Gaza surpasses any acceptable legal, moral or…10 Jun 2025HANSARDUSAID Funding PauseThe right hon. Member makes an excellent point, which I will come to later. USAID modelling suggests that the actions of Trump and Musk could result in 28,000 new cases of…10 Jun 2025HANSARDUSAID Funding PauseDoes the Minister agree, though, that after receiving a note from the Labour Government saying there was no more money left, the coalition Government increased the aid budget to…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentIn my constituency, over 15,500 pensioners lost the winter fuel allowance, of whom 5,000 were over 80. Would the Minister like to apologise to the gentleman who wrote to me who…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister has heard the Palestinian people’s desperation. He has heard the desperation in this Chamber. What new pressure will he bring to bear on Israel to open the aid…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAs the Minister has acknowledged, Israel’s alternative aid scheme is dangerous, unworkable and profoundly insufficient. There is aid waiting on the border—UK aid that my…04 Jun 2025