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HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestThat is a fantastic point, and it again reinforces the local need for finding solutions. As in Bracknell Forest where cars are already parked on grass verges because of the lack…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestI am delighted to have secured this Adjournment debate on an issue that might not be right at the top of the political agenda, but affects the lives of hundreds of people in my…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestThat sounds like an excellent campaign. I have to say that I have not necessarily identified that issue in my part of Bracknell Forest, but perhaps the hon. Gentleman and I could…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestAbsolutely. That again goes to the point about local solutions being important. I thank the Government for their work on reforms set out by the National Energy System Operator to…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestI thank my hon. Friend for that insightful intervention. In Bracknell Forest, we have few permit parking zones, because they simply would not work for our community. The point…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestAbsolutely. My hon. Friend’s point about the challenge around schools is well made. We all want to see more young people and families walking and cycling to school, but in some…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell ForestMay I say what an honour it is to be intervened on by the hon. Member? I will take his suggestion and flip it on its head. I feel that local solutions are the best way to tackle…04 Jun 2025HANSARDThames WaterAs Thames Water dumped sewage into the Cut and the Blackwater in my constituency, the Conservative Government washed their hands not in it, but of it. This Government are acting…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillThe Minister is absolutely right. We have to have that zero tolerance approach, not only because it is right for our service personnel who sacrifice so much and for their…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareThe hon. Member is absolutely right that respite care is important. In my constituency, Sandhurst day centre offers fantastic respite care, allowing people with dementia to stay…03 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingBracknell Forest has seen a spate of tool thefts recently. Tool theft is a double whammy: traders have to fork out thousands for new tools, all while they are out of work. I have…02 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Policing2. What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing in Bracknell Forest.02 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I really recognise the point that the hon. Gentleman raises. Under the Conservatives, Bracknell Forest council saw bus miles per head fall from 10.9 to 6.3 miles—a reduction of 42…02 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I was just curious why, if buses are so popular and important, as he rightly says, so few of his Back-Bench colleagues are lining up to…02 Jun 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsI declare an interest, as I was a primary school governor right up until the election and I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for schools, learning and assessment.…22 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill: Legislative ScrutinyWe did look at whether the process for assessing people was appropriate, and that issue came up. It is one where the individual’s human rights are exercised, and we must strike a…22 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill: Legislative ScrutinyMy hon. Friend makes a really good point. It is vital, as we have seen across health, education and the justice system, that we get back to having a laser-like focus on early…22 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill: Legislative ScrutinyAbsolutely. We heard through our reporting of families being in real distress, particularly where a child is in treatment and where treatment is happening a long way away from…22 May 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill: Legislative ScrutinyIt is an honour to present to the House the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ report into the Mental Health Bill. As Members will know, the Joint Committee is a cross-party body of…22 May 2025