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HANSARDTopical QuestionsBoys lag behind girls at every level at school, creating a gender attainment gap that has been in place for some 30 years. Will the Minister meet headteachers and a working group…20 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentI thank my hon. Friend for what he has said so far. He has said that there is not enough evidence of this material. Will he meet me later this week so that I can set out all the…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentI thank the hon. Member for her contribution. I will come back to my speech—I do not want to spoil the flow of it, as it were. From what I have heard, the consensus here is that…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentMy hon. Friend and I are on opposite sides of this argument. I know he does not agree with me. We have, however, both been able to speak to each other on this with respect, which…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentI thank the hon. Member for his speech. I said right at the beginning that I would be speaking specifically about trans, and what I was trying to say is that I believe there is an…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentIt is the T that I am discussing today, but I believe that the sexualisation of our children should stop within schools—all of it. I do not think there is any need for it,…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for his comment. As I say, we agree on certain things, and it is important that we come together. I have a similar…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentSorry, Mr Dowd. I do genuinely believe that there are people out there who are struggling with gender dysphoria, and I think we should treat all these people with respect and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT Contentrose —18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentI thank my hon. Friend. There is so much evidence out there of bad actors in this field, and I will come on to them. I thank the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) for her…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my colleague on the Petitions Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRelationships Education: LGBT ContentThe Department has written to schools, but I have evidence that they are ignoring the guidance. Will the Department write to the producers of this literature and tell them their…18 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024Can the Minister tell me how widely advertised the consultation was? Unfortunately, I genuinely do not believe that it was. As a Member of Parliament, I put a lot of effort into…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I completely agree with my hon. Friend. Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham will all be left behind. We have seen the way in which moneys have been given to the Mayor—it is…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024Sounds about right.06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024This is why we are living in a dictatorship. I need to take this moment to encourage all the people in South Yorkshire, if this goes forward today— [ Interruption. ]06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I want to reiterate exactly what my hon. Friends the Members for Penistone and Stocksbridge and for Rother Valley (Alexander Stafford) have said. I note for the record that all…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. That is the same message that I have been giving out for the last 19 months. The Conservative Mayor in Teesside, Ben Houchen,…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I have just looked at the consultation principles laid out in 2018, which say: “Do not consult for the sake of it.” If we do not take account of a majority of 65%, we are just…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I could not agree more. I just want to reference something that was said about working together to move forward. I have to mention one more time that not one single Labour South…06 Mar 2024