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HANSARD Indices of Deprivation: EnglandMy hon. Friend is being very generous with his time. Not only do seven of the 10 most deprived areas appear to be in Blackpool, but all 10 of the top 10 are in coastal…18 Dec 2025HANSARDJane AustenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I rise to speak in this debate simply because I love Jane Austen and all her works. We commemorate her in this debate,…18 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessDoes my right hon. Friend share my concern that, in the run-up to Christmas, NHS staff will be having to change their Christmas plans to cover emergency shifts as a result of this…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I was interested in him suggesting that it was Labour’s principles that are causing the problem. Which bit of our plan for small and…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI am grateful to the Government for the fact that Ramsgate in particular is benefiting from the Pride in Place fund. More widely, on the matter of seasonal work, which is vital…10 Dec 2025HANSARDNEET Young PeopleI welcome the commitment to free apprenticeships for small and medium-sized enterprises if they take on under-25s, which was announced in the Budget, and I also welcome the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsMy right hon. Friend will acknowledge, as he already has done, the importance of stability for families and businesses across this country. What we have called fiscal headroom is…01 Dec 2025HANSARDGambling DutyI congratulate my right hon. Friend and, indeed, the Chancellor on making the decision to tax online gambling in particular. The fact that people effectively have a casino in…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI am interested to know whether the hon. Lady welcomes the fact that the youth guarantee will benefit hundreds of young people in the Ynys Môn constituency. It will give free…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsMay I confirm that the right hon. Gentleman is then perfectly happy for children to continue to live in poverty while we try to reform the welfare benefit system?26 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I am sure the Secretary of State would not necessarily like me to remind him that it is 16 years since the first COP he attended with me, which was significantly less successful…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI support my hon. Friend in his advocacy of new clause 29. The Minister mentioned that the Bill should be a floor on ambition, not a ceiling, and I am keen to seek reassurance on…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend will be aware of the appalling environmental pollution incident at Camber Sands in East Sussex last week. A few days later, we also had huge sewage dumps in…13 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI thank my hon. Friend for that contribution. Other consequences of the past 14 years for our high streets include retail crime. I am sorry that the right hon. Member for…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI agree with my hon. Friend. It has been striking in my community to see the local social energy of our businesses, particularly in Ramsgate, coming together to help tackle…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI am grateful, in particular, to see the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart) back in his place. I was particularly struck by the significant intellectual…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. I am interested in her acknowledgment that we have made specific progress in dealing with the botched Brexit deal left as part of…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI emphasise the importance of the pride in place programme for places such as Ramsgate, where the vacancy rate in the high street has been an appalling 24%. We were left with the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDInternational Baccalaureate: Funding in State SchoolsI congratulate the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) on securing this debate. Dartford grammar sounds much like Dane Court school in my constituency, which offers…29 Oct 2025