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HANSARD No Recourse to Public Funds: HomelessnessI beg to move, That this House has considered No Recourse to Public Funds and homelessness. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I point hon. Members to my…16 Dec 2025HANSARD No Recourse to Public Funds: HomelessnessYes, it is more challenging to provide support in rural areas, but there is also huge pressure on cities as well. As I mentioned earlier, the financial burden that falls on…16 Dec 2025HANSARD No Recourse to Public Funds: HomelessnessYes, I think that that is a very valuable solution. It is one that we discussed in the last debate we had on children. This is an issue that affects children profoundly;…16 Dec 2025HANSARD No Recourse to Public Funds: HomelessnessThat is a very timely intervention, as we consider our aims to reduce violence against women and girls. As we know, many women are trafficked and suffer sexual abuse and sexual…16 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI congratulate the Secretary of State on her statement. Following my debate in June, I welcome the recognition of children with no recourse to public funds as part of the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and actions. If we achieve peace, as we all hope, the efforts to rebuild Ukraine cannot be only about infrastructure. They also have…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I thank the Secretary of State for his clear leadership, which is in stark contrast to the shadow Secretary of State. I was dismayed to hear her comments, which offered a complete…25 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI place on record my sincere thanks to the Secretary of State and Ministers for the constructive, open and thoughtful way in which they have engaged with me and my hon. Friend the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyYes, we have a broken system, but does the Home Secretary really believe that people having to flee violence, war and persecution means they have won a golden ticket if they are…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Israel-Palestine Conflict: Government ResponseI thank the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee itself for the report, which I thought was very helpful and insightful. I share the concern that the Chair…30 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI associate myself with the Prime Minister’s condemnations of the horrific antisemitic terrorist attack on the Heaton Park synagogue and the arson attack in Peacehaven. The Prime…14 Oct 2025HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings) for securing this debate. I prepared a much…14 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingDoes the hon. Lady agree that it could seem counterintuitive to the public for new testing to be illegal and to require the Secretary of State’s intervention, and for testing in…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBaby LossIt is a privilege to speak in the debate, and I thank the co-sponsors and the Backbench Business Committee for allowing it to happen on the Floor of the House today. I also thank…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingI thank my hon. Friend for outlining the argument so well. Badger culling has proved to be ineffective, unscientific and inhumane. Does she agree that we should not see an…13 Oct 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI wonder whether my hon. Friend agrees that, as employers have told me, increasing the qualifying period will make the UK less attractive to international talent. That is…08 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI welcome the Bill and commend the Deputy Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner), for her leadership in bringing it forward. For too…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyI thank the Minister for her action. Steel remains a key part of the South Yorkshire industrial and economic strategies. Can she reassure the House that workers’ wages and…02 Sept 2025HANSARD Orgreave InquiryIt is a privilege to be in the Chamber today to hear that we are finally getting the inquiry that has long been campaigned for by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, the NUM…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI want to pull up the shadow Minister on the ADHD statistics. Will he recognise that women were not recognised as having ADHD for many years and thus there is a backlog of women…09 Jul 2025