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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is waiting for Treasury allocations to be made that would allow the start of a public consultation on our new hospital in Basingstoke,…20 Dec 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for his commitment to look at this matter before the Bill reaches the House of Lords. Can he just clarify to me that it is his intention…14 Dec 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportUnless I am mistaken, no other stages of the Bill will come before the House where this can be discussed. Either it will be done or it will not. I had hoped that the Minister…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI want to build further on that intervention with regard to building out. In my constituency, many of those who have built out and built houses have not done so to the required…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI rise to support the Bill. I thank the Minister and her colleagues for engaging with Back-Bench colleagues on our concerns, particularly with regard to the way in which housing…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the Minister for her words, which are incredibly helpful. Not many constituencies are like Basingstoke, which has built 150,000 houses in the last five decades. Can the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDCommonwealth CountriesOne way that we strengthen relations with the Commonwealth is through the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, which the Government work with in the UK. You, Mr…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI want to build on my hon. Friend’s point about affordable housing. In my local authority area, more than 1,700 affordable homes have been built in the last four years, which is…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point, but there needs to be a way of having arbitration when there are points of concern. I can understand that, but it has to be done with the…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesMy right hon. Friend is making some very good and important points, and I hope that those who are listening to the debate may come up with a mechanism whereby we can review some…12 Dec 2022HANSARDInternational Human Rights DayOrder. Stick to the subject.08 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for his commitment to look at this matter before the Bill reaches the House of Lords. Can he just clarify to me that it is his intention…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI rise to speak to the seven new clauses in my name and those of right hon. and hon. Members from across the House. The Government have kindly said publicly that they are minded…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillGiven the complexities of the Bill, and given the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s other responsibilities, will my hon. Friend join me in saying there should be a…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. In the past 40 minutes or so, he has demonstrated the complexity of the changes that are being proposed for the Bill, and he has done a very…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillUnless I am mistaken, no other stages of the Bill will come before the House where this can be discussed. Either it will be done or it will not. I had hoped that the Minister…05 Dec 2022HANSARDWomen in the WorkplaceSexual harassment disproportionately affects women in work. Back in 2020, a Government survey showed that half of those who reported sexual harassment at work were asked to sign a…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillMy right hon. Friend talked about the importance of public services; many of us in this House have been talking in particular about the provision of abortion services in Northern…29 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 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government funded 128 new special educational needs places at the Austen Academy in Basingstoke, which opened about a year ago, but a new, permanent academy trust is needed to…28 Nov 2022