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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. It is terrible what has happened at Reading due to the ownership. The women’s football team have gone from being in the women’s super…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I congratulate my hon. Friend on her excellent campaigning on this issue. Does she agree that Reading football club is at the heart of the community in Tilehurst—in my…28 Apr 2025HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekAbsolutely, and I thank my hon. Friend very much for that intervention. I am very proud to be an out lesbian MP, and I am prouder than words can describe of my family. With the…24 Apr 2025HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekNo problem. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow and Gateshead East (Kate Osborne) for securing this debate: she…24 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesMy constituents living in Beansheaf Grange and Fairfields, to name just two developments in my constituency, recognise much of what the hon. Lady is saying. They tell me about…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road MaintenanceI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for giving way, and congratulate him on the excellent speech he is making. Does he agree that potholes are a costly, dangerous menace on our…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetI welcome the action that the Government are taking to fix our dentistry crisis. In my constituency, only two dental practices accept adult patients, and vast swathes of the rural…01 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Bus Services10. What steps she is taking to improve local bus services.27 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Bus ServicesScores of my constituents, including Carole, have told me they oppose the removal of the No. 15 bus service in parts of Calcot, which has meant they cannot get to work, the…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on a fantastic speech and a great piece of legislation that will turbocharge our plans to restore nature at scale and build the homes that we…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI recently visited the fantastic Tilehurst junior youth club in my constituency, and even enjoyed a stint running the tuck shop. It is so important that people across our country…20 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituents in Burghfield Bridge have suffered for years with the devastating effects of flooding, and are rightly frustrated that nothing is being done. Will the Minister…20 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) on securing this important debate. I echo…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesMy hon. Friend will know that many of the illegal bikes that he is describing in his constituency will cross the boundary into mine. People in Tilehurst and the villages in my…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural Housingindicated assent .25 Feb 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingI beg to move, That this House has considered the provision of affordable rural housing. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I am delighted to have secured…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend that we need more affordable housing in our rural areas; that is what I am seeking to address with this debate. I will focus first on…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingI thank the hon. Member; I agree that this is about keeping generations of families together and I will talk more about that later in my speech. As I said, people have been let…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingI am pleased that the Government are acting to level the playing field for first-time buyers, and I am sure that the Minister will elaborate further on that in his statement today.25 Feb 2025HANSARD Affordable Rural HousingI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. Simply put, these costs price people out of the community. One constituent in Bradfield shared her story with me. Her daughter would…25 Feb 2025