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HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I commend the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for the way in which set out the debate. It is a…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. She is right to say that it could be one or the other but, currently, we have no clear path to understanding how and when we will have…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionIn talking about decriminalisation, we now have a model in Northern Ireland that brings the idea into practice. Does my hon. Friend have any evidence that end-of-term abortions…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionThe Minister is making a really important case. Underlying all our legislation is regulation, which ultimately is how the law works. That regulation is not, I think, under debate…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionThe hon. Gentleman is making an important point about not having misinformation. Would he agree with me that we have to be very careful not to conflate deregulation with…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionMy hon. Friend is making an important case that she believes has a great deal of strength in terms of the matter not being viewed as part of a human rights argument, but does she…28 Nov 2022HANSARDCriminal Justice System: Support for VictimsThe best way to support victims is better criminal law. The Government have done much to tackle violence against women and girls, but the law still fails anyone who discovers a…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansOrder. I plan to move to the Front-Bench winding-up speeches at 3.58 pm, so if the final two speakers split the remaining time between them, we will get both of you in. You have…17 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsCrown dependencies and overseas territories are an important part of the Commonwealth. The UK Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, on behalf of the Government, provides…08 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Dental ProvisionI welcome the shift in responsibility for NHS dental services in my area to my local Hampshire integrated care board. That will bring a real improvement by focusing on local…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustI will call Jack Brereton to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the…01 Nov 2022HANSARDReligious Education in Modern BritainOrder. I remind Members that it is courteous to those present for the debate to ask questions, not make statements. If any Member wishes to make a speech, please catch my eye.01 Nov 2022HANSARDReligious Education in Modern BritainWe now move on to our last two speakers before I call the Front Benchers at 10.37 am. Perhaps the two gentlemen could split the time between them, so that we can get everybody…01 Nov 2022HANSARDIntimate Image Abuse9. If he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the potential merits of including the recommendations by the Law Commission on…18 Oct 2022HANSARDIntimate Image AbuseThe Law Commission’s report says there are gaps in the law on online intimate image abuse that “mean that harmful, culpable behaviour is not appropriately criminalised and victims…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThis may be the intervention that another Member was about to make. The protests around buffer zones affect about 10% of clinics, but it is estimated that they affect up to 50% of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerIn the last four weeks, the facts are that the global economic conditions we face have worsened. [ Interruption. ] The Opposition may not want to acknowledge it, but that is the…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI am deeply grateful to my right hon. Friend for her excellent statement. These are issues that are of concern to my constituents, especially the issue of primary care. I welcome…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenIt is with great sadness that I rise to pay tribute to Her late Majesty the Queen on behalf of my constituents. The late Queen was held in the highest esteem in my constituency…09 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsFollowing Mr Speaker’s announcement, I join other hon. Members in passing on my warmest wishes, on behalf of the people of Basingstoke, to Her Majesty the Queen and her family. I…08 Sept 2022