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HANSARDMaternity and Neonatal CareSafe maternity care depends on adequate staffing, and we on these Benches have been calling for better recruitment and retention of staff in women’s health services for a long…21 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Public Sector Renewable Energy UseBy prioritising partnerships with schools, we will help to protect their budgets. I draw the Secretary of State’s attention to schools in Maidenhead, and specifically Furze Platt…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am glad that the Secretary of State has mentioned trade unions, because that allows me a moment to return to his earlier point about banning fire and rehire. In July, the…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Gentleman says that a 48-hour time period is unacceptable, yet the Bill does not specify what time period would be acceptable. Does he have an idea in mind of what that…15 Sept 2025HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourLocal youth provision goes hand in hand with a decrease in antisocial behaviour committed by young people, with even something as simple as a ping-pong table in a closed shop able…15 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackAs has been said, Jaguar Land Rover is not the first British household name this year to experience cyber-attacks. In a recent Business and Trade Committee meeting, the chairman…09 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI wonder whether the Minister could help me out, because I feel that I might be having a dream about some strange alternative reality where the hill that the modern Conservative…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPeople SmugglingWill the Solicitor General commit to working across Cabinet to publish the number of people smuggling cases that have collapsed before trial over the past five years, and the…04 Sept 2025HANSARDWater Company Executives: AccountabilityThe public will have been pleased to hear recently about the bonus ban for water company bosses, but they would have been equally surprised to hear that a water company boss in…04 Sept 2025HANSARDLeasehold ReformLeasehold residents of Marlborough House in Maidenhead found that their developer had entered liquidation, leaving £250,000 in section 106 payments outstanding, as well as massive…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWill the hon. Lady give way?09 Jul 2025HANSARDTrial by Jury: Proposed RestrictionsLast year, I was on a jury. We all know that we need to get the court backlog down, but my experience at Reading Crown court was that the availability of jurors really is not an…09 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster spoke about the cyber-attacks on household names. The Business and Trade Committee heard evidence this morning from the chair of Marks &…08 Jul 2025HANSARDPrivate Contractors: Justice ServicesIn 2013, Serco was fined £68.5 million for overcharging the Government for electronic tagging, but it was still awarded the new £200 million contract in 2023. Given the Secretary…08 Jul 2025HANSARDPrivate Contractors: Justice Services3. What steps she is taking to ensure that private contractors delivering justice services are held to account.08 Jul 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThe right hon. Gentleman mentioned new technology, such as AI and the expansion of our legal toolkit, but very little about the legal safeguards and domestic checks and balances…24 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyBusinesses have told me how important it is to have a front door for public finance. The strategy references Innovate UK, the British Business Bank, the National Wealth Fund, UK…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have raised with Ministers before my concerns about the closure of St Mark’s walk-in urgent care centre in Maidenhead. Frimley ICB has confirmed yet again that it will not…17 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Having Stoke tableware in my home, I completely understand the argument that the hon. Member is making, so will she join me in the Lobby in voting for new clause 4, to support UK…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]The Minister talks about protecting consumers. That is exactly what new clause 2 would do by making them aware when a product gets smaller but the price remains the…04 Jun 2025