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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. Will the shadow Minister clarify whether it is the Conservative party’s position that we should criminalise…01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to follow on from that point about assault on a retail worker. In relation to what you said, Minister Davies-Jones, and what we heard in evidence about equivalence with…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Returning briefly to mandatory reporting, as I understand it, the reference in clause 45(2) to “a relevant police force or a relevant local authority” is directly from the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Sexton, I want to go back to what you were saying about the administrators and moderators aspect, and needing to look at people in the chain. Could you talk a bit more about…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q Returning briefly to police accountability, you already expressed support for what the Minister said about amending some of the restrictions, in terms of the thresholds for…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend. I trust the Minister will expand on that when she comes to wind up the debate. As I said, public health policy must be based on evidence…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillIt is a pleasure to follow some of the speeches that we have heard so far. I rise to support new clause 11 and the package of related amendments that the Government have tabled to…26 Mar 2025HANSARDCancer StrategiesWill my hon. Friend outline how she is working in partnership with the Welsh Government to improve cancer and health outcomes? Could she try to help me understand why on earth, in…12 Mar 2025HANSARD St David’s Day and Welsh AffairsDiolch yn fawr, Madam Deputy Speaker. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Ceredigion Preseli (Ben Lake) and my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West and Islwyn (Ruth Jones),…27 Feb 2025HANSARD St David’s Day and Welsh AffairsVery briefly.27 Feb 2025HANSARD St David’s Day and Welsh AffairsI wholeheartedly agree with and support my hon. Friend’s intervention, and I look forward to hearing more about it in her speech. Of course, the route out of poverty is through…27 Feb 2025HANSARD St David’s Day and Welsh AffairsI will simply say that while I may agree with some of what the right hon. Lady said today, it is still inexplicable to me that Plaid Cymru would vote against an extra £1.5 billion…27 Feb 2025HANSARDHIV Testing WeekIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) for his speech…13 Feb 2025HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I want to focus on what he said about the progress being made in delivering compensation for victims and their families. I recently…13 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate in Government time to discuss the importance of sport in the community, and particularly of sustainable community-focused programmes? That is particularly…13 Feb 2025HANSARDPrevent: Learning ReviewFirst, I want to put on the record my sympathies for Sir David’s family and friends. As a new MP, I did not have the privilege of knowing him, but I vividly remember the day he…12 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsI thank the Minister for his response to the urgent question. I listened carefully to the concerns of the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) about the deal. If those concerns…05 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsThank you, Mr Speaker. Apologies. Will the Minister reassure me, as he has in his response and in countless statements before, that when the treaty comes before the House,…05 Feb 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I join the Minister in congratulating everyone involved in the Bill, including the Clerks and everybody behind the scenes. On the question of history, I think I recall from our…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I appreciate the shadow Minister’s zeal in desiring to see this Bill on the statute book as quickly as possible,…30 Jan 2025