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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I agree with everything my hon. Friend says, and I suspect he is a better musician than I am.12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]And cassettes.12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case, as ever, and I agree with much of what he is saying. Does he agree with me that we should be ready to point out where those who…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The Minister got the memo. AI is giving the creative sector indigestion, frankly, and this is the problem we are facing, so aiming for a smoother future through collaboration is…12 Feb 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationI thank the Minister for her statement and her even-handedness, both in stating the British Government’s position on increased aid to UNRWA and in confirming that there can be no…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesIt has been heartening to hear colleagues underscore the significance of the creative industries. The Chancellor of the Exchequer identified them as one of the eight drivers of…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituents Mandy and Bernie, along with many other homeowners in Bury North, are facing serious issues with Residential Management Group. Despite dutifully paying their…23 Jan 2025HANSARDAuditory Verbal TherapyIt is pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Mrs Hodgson) on securing this important…21 Jan 2025HANSARDAuditory Verbal TherapyDoes the Minister agree that, for all the good intentions of ICBs, our healthcare system is atomised, but that if they were to take instruction from guidance provided nationally,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI will not. It is a poverty that has crept up on us faster and faster in recent years, where one mile’s difference between postcodes can mean as much as a seven-year gap in life…08 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am pleased to speak in support of the Bill and wish to speak to the cost of living impact it begins to address. Every child matters: not just political guidance, but an ideal to…08 Jan 2025HANSARD NHS BacklogA happy new year to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. If the House will indulge me briefly, may I begin by wishing my grandmother well? She had a fall last night and broke two of her…06 Jan 2025HANSARD Copyright and Artificial IntelligenceCan the Minister clarify the difference between his term “rights reservation” and previous reports of the Government’s preference for an opt-out system? Those systems have already…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe Bill asks us to make a profound and irreversible decision on the principles of our health service and end of life care. With end of life care funded too often on a shoestring…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNo, I will not. It is possible that we cannot imagine being the victim of coercion, or that as MPs our agency is so baked in to our experiences of living, that we cannot envisage…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThomas White was sentenced to three years for theft of a mobile phone in 2012. He remains in a category A prison 12 years later, having received an imprisonment for public…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe 2014 reforms put SEN rights at the heart of the special educational needs system, but the then Government did only half the job, failing to honour the resources that they had…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. News of the impact of last week’s Budget on schools was greeted with relief in Bury North. The Derby high school is a top-performing school, but its main building dates back…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTaxes on Working PeopleIn Bury North, child poverty rates are at 43%, densely populated in three of our nine wards: Bury East, Redvales and Moorside. Does the Minister agree with me that minimising tax…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsIn Bury North, rents and mortgages are still sky high as a direct consequence of the economic legacy of the last Conservative Government. Does the Minister agree that it is no…29 Oct 2024