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HANSARDSmartphones and Social Media: ChildrenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates) on securing this important…14 May 2024HANSARDDefence ProcurementI am delighted that the MOD has confirmed the procurement of additional Chinooks, given that RAF Odiham, in my constituency, is the home of the Chinook force. However, it is also…25 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor is seeking to make the tax system more family friendly, including by collecting household data in the years ahead, but…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, 287 children aged between five and 12 were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria. That comes on top of 8,000 Christians who were killed for their faith last year. What…12 Mar 2024HANSARDGibraltar: UK-EU NegotiationsWhat is my hon. Friend’s assessment of the joint declaration signed with the British overseas territories? Does it provide, in his view, the right basis to work with them more…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley), because he speaks straightforwardly about what the real Labour party thinks: that we should have a wealth…11 Mar 2024HANSARDEducationWill my right hon. Friend update the House on the provision of training in SEND during initial teacher training to ensure that more teachers are aware of the support that children…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSupport for Children with SENDWill my right hon. Friend update the House on the provision of training in SEND during initial teacher training to ensure that more teachers are aware of the support that children…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI welcome what my hon. Friend has said. By taking this action, the Government have accepted by default that the arm’s length body model for the Post Office does not work, so will…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]Does my right hon. Friend agree that our leaving the European Union has made it possible to secure these deeper economic and diplomatic ties with some of the fastest growing…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]Does that not prove that by being positive and seeking to engage with partners around the world, we can shape this trade area in line with our geostrategic and trade interests?29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Gentleman give way?29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]Given that the hon. Gentleman recognises that there are opportunities from this deal and that, thanks to the success of our continuity agreement programme, we have trade deals…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxWill the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxGiven that the hon. Gentleman is concerned about fiscal drag, as am I, would he concede that, given that the £325,000 threshold for inheritance tax has been fixed since 2007, it…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxWill the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance Taxrose—17 Jan 2024HANSARD Inheritance TaxI thank my hon. Friend for what he has said. Does he agree that by doing those sorts of things—lifting thresholds, taking people out of fiscal drag and giving more people the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsIt is progress that £27 million of compensation has now been paid to 477 of the 555, and that 47 of the GLO group have received compensation totalling £17 million following the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Parental choice is crucial, is it not? To that end, when will wave 16 of the free school programme open?11 Dec 2023