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HANSARDHomelessness: FundingIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. Before coming to this place, I worked on the frontline of homelessness policy at the charity St Mungo’s and also in…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI begin by expressing my gratitude to the Chancellor for her clear commitment to transforming the lives of my constituents. Over the past few days, she has set out a plan for…01 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Bill not only provides vital protections to the workforce, but gives businesses the certainty they need to grow our economy?05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful point. Does she agree that exploitative zero-hours contracts are a huge problem for workers and that banning them is a big step, so we should…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Houses in Multiple Occupation: Planning ConsentIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Steve Yemm) for securing this debate. In my constituency,…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, Reform-led Kent county council reneged on the £500,000 agreement it made with my local authority, Medway council, to maintain operations at key tourism and investment…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. A Channel 4 “Dispatches” documentary recently went undercover at an ambulance centre in my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. It showed exhausted staff working under…21 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyI thank the Minister for the context and the responses he has provided so far. Jhoots in my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham has provided an incredibly poor service, not…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionI thank the Secretary of State for everything he is doing to transform water companies across our country. My residents in Gillingham and Rainham have suffered astronomical hikes…21 Jul 2025HANSARDAccess to GPsI welcome the Government’s commitment to restoring the family doctor, and the recruitment of 1,700 additional GPs nationwide, but my constituency has yet to benefit from that.…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAccess to GPs4. Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the additional roles reimbursement scheme to include GPs.17 Jun 2025HANSARDDefence Spending: WalesThe strategic defence review will make Wales and the rest of the UK safer at home and stronger abroad, just as it will my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. Does the Minister…11 Jun 2025HANSARDDefence Spending: Wales3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government’s increased defence spending on Wales.11 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI rise to speak as a member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, and in support of new clause 50. For too long, affordable housing has become a catch-all…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful point, which we have discussed on the Select Committee. Does she agree that to reach the target of 90,000 social homes a year, we must set…09 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this important debate. Access to cash is important, but it is only one part of the story. The…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAs if this situation could not get any worse, we now have damning reports that Israeli fire is killing Palestinians trying to access aid at militarised distribution centres that…04 Jun 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI thank the Minister for his statement on this deeply concerning matter. Given that he has already highlighted the friendship that this country enjoys with both Pakistan and…07 May 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that given that the SNP has failed to run vital services in Scotland, we should not give it control of a border?25 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI recently visited the hygiene bank in Medway in my constituency. Its volunteers provide essential hygiene products to people who need them, restoring their dignity and…24 Apr 2025