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HANSARDChina Spying CaseI am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way and for bringing us back to where he started. He started his speech by suggesting that the Government were intervening unduly in…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseWill the hon. Lady give way?28 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI welcome the Government’s full review of parental leave as part of our promise to make work pay. It will reshape the vital support that new parents are offered in Britain, so…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayWhen I met Stephen at my street surgery, I also got the chance to meet Edie, an energetic, enthusiastic young girl running around with her sister, recovering well from her…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy right hon. Friend knows how ambitious I am for improving connectivity from Bracknell to Heathrow airport. Heathrow’s proposals say that it is exploring the option of promoting…22 Oct 2025HANSARDFinancial InclusionA key part of financial inclusion is supporting young people to be included and ensuring that they have essential skills, including financial literacy. Has the Minister spoken…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Mandatory Digital IDMy hon. Friend raises the Online Safety Act. Some of my constituents have raised concerns about identity checks to access material online. Would it not have been far easier to…21 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Let me first declare that I chair the all-party parliamentary group for schools, learning and assessment and the APPG on social mobility. Businesses, schools and young people…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Ada Lovelace DayAs my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (Lizzi Collinge) and many others have so expertly touched on Ada Lovelace’s story, I thought I might—with your indulgence,…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsAs the right hon. Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat) emphasises so emphatically, across the whole House we are appalled by the actions of the Chinese state. I want to go back to…16 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI warmly welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, particularly his commitment to seeking a lasting, long-term peace in the region, because Israel will not be secure and the…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland TroublesAs the Secretary of State knows, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, and we have been very engaged in this issue, not least because of the ruling of our courts…14 Oct 2025HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour7. What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour.15 Sept 2025HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourI thank the almost 500 constituents who responded to my summer road safety campaign. One of the top issues raised is the use of antisocial off-road bikes. I warmly welcome new…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Official Secrets ActI have raised with the Security Minister on several occasions the fears of the Hong Kong community in Bracknell and across the country, and today is just another reminder of the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportEarly intervention is exactly the issue at play here. The reality is that for many families in my constituency who have managed to acquire an EHCP, it has come only after…15 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI welcome my right hon. Friend to his place. I also welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Dr Ahmed) to his place as life sciences Minister in the Department of…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Suicide PreventionIt is an honour to take part in the debate, which was so powerfully opened by my hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme (Lee Pitcher). I am grateful to…11 Sept 2025HANSARDQatar: Israeli StrikeA man-made famine in Gaza, increased settler violence in the west bank, and now this attack on sovereign Qatar: I fear that these are not the actions of an Israeli Government…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWill the right hon. Member give way?09 Sept 2025