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HANSARD 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 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI begin by saying how much I respect the sincerity of colleagues who believe that the Bill will help address some of the difficult challenges that our country faces. I know many…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for interrupting at that point, because I have two suggestions that I think would be good for growth. The first is to ask the British Investment…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI agree. That is my plea to the Treasury Benchers: There is still time to withdraw the Bill and come back with something better. These issues should be tackled head-on. It is…09 Jul 2025HANSARDDriven Grouse ShootingThose are very good questions, and there are a number of private resources that we could attend to. The Environmental Audit Committee did work on nature capital in the last…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDriven Grouse ShootingI just feel that the hon. Gentleman is putting his head in the sand. Yes, there are more fledglings, but does he know what happened to them?30 Jun 2025HANSARDDriven Grouse ShootingCan the hon. Member remind me which Government brought in a partial ban on peatland burning?30 Jun 2025HANSARDDriven Grouse ShootingIt is interesting, because what we get depends on who we speak to, which shows there is space for more research. I have spoken to ecologists and specialists who say there is no…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDriven Grouse ShootingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Mrs Harris, and I thank all the Members who have spoken in the debate so far. It is fair to say that I will take a slightly…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUnder-18s Sunbed Ban11. Whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the ban on the use of sunbeds by under-18s.17 Jun 2025HANSARDUnder-18s Sunbed BanAccording to Cancer Research UK, 86% of melanoma skin cancer cases are preventable. My constituent Charlotte, who has stage 4 melanoma, is leading a campaign alongside Melanoma…17 Jun 2025HANSARD Disabled People in PovertyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) for securing this debate. It is clear from some of…17 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsThe acting actual Minister. I congratulate him on his first time at the Dispatch Box. I was really heartened by some of the things he said, but once again, I want to make sure…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsYes, I agree completely that there is huge pressure on young people in migrant families to provide such services. There is also pressure on young carers who are migrants as well,…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsI am pleased that my hon. Friend has made that point, because London Councils itself has previously described this issue as a “direct cost shunt resulting from central government…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. That statistic makes a stark point. He also makes a strong point about why the Government should consider these issues in the…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsIt has been really helpful to hear from other Members on a number of issues. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) spoke about the inconsistency in local authority…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsYes, I agree. My hon. Friend makes an important point that we have choices. This is not inevitable, and the upcoming strategy is an opportunity that will hopefully allow us to…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsThat is absolutely right. I will come on to the review later in my comments, but I thank my hon. Friend for putting that on the record. The IPPR and Praxis estimate that around…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsI thank the hon. Member for his contribution, but I want to push back a bit on his comments about what I was implying. There is a net contribution from migrants—we know that to be…11 Jun 2025