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HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance ReductionsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) on securing the debate. I refer hon. Members to my…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Sudan: Government SupportI am grateful to the hon. Member for securing this debate. When I read the transcript from the International Development Committee, I was struck by the contribution from Liz…04 Nov 2025HANSARDCare LeaversMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. Tomorrow I will be hosting York’s director of children’s services here in Parliament to talk about York’s care journey, which has been…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackWith LNER headquartered in my constituency, I have written to David Horne, the managing director, to offer my support to him and pass on my best wishes to his crew. I put on…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Connected and Automated VehiclesI am grateful to the hon. Member for looking into this subject. It is something we all have to learn a lot about. The University of York has the Institute for Safe Autonomy, which…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for his speech. Will he ensure that there is a matrix over the Government’s objective that measures inequality in family life and ensures…27 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiving sick and disabled people agency and drawing on lived experience sets the only path to getting policy right, so that they can access work appointments and get out of their…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Hobhouse, and I congratulate the Petitions Committee and all the petitioners on bringing this issue forward for debate. I will home…27 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health and HoardingI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for securing tonight’s debate. I have met York’s Community Bees, who have developed strategies for supporting people in the community. They…22 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health and HoardingMy hon. Friend is being incredibly generous with her time. Community Bees in York has helped 600 people over the past seven years. It has a lot of expertise, not just in how to…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessI am grateful to my hon. Friend not only for his incredible work to advance employment rights, but for securing today’s debate; I refer to my entry in the register of interests,…22 Oct 2025HANSARDMental Health and HoardingI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. From listening to, meeting and engaging with those from York Community Bees, I know that their big cry is for funding. These people…22 Oct 2025HANSARDEnding HomelessnessIt was Rowntree’s work on poverty in York that gave rise to the 1919 Housing Act, which addressed homelessness. It is in this rich tradition of social reform in York, and in order…21 Oct 2025HANSARDNHS ReorganisationLikewise, in York, children and adolescent mental health services are just not working for children, who are left on waiting lists often with no management or treatment. In order…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Mandatory Digital IDThe public did not vote for this, and the country cannot afford it. When we look at the Government’s stated purpose, there is also no evidence behind it. If we are looking to…21 Oct 2025HANSARDCreative Copyright2. What steps she is taking to help protect creative copyright, in the context of further advances in AI.16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYork is a kind and welcoming city. Following the recent wave of intimidation, racism and violence perpetrated by a few which has rocked our city, I have launched the York Unity…16 Oct 2025HANSARDCreative CopyrightDaisy May Johnson is an exceptionally talented author of children’s books in York, but her work has been scraped and reproduced by generative artificial intelligence. She has not…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEducational Assessment System ReformIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) on securing today’s debate. The assessment system…15 Oct 2025HANSARDEducational Assessment System ReformI am grateful for what the hon. Member is saying. As well as widening inequality through the current assessment system, which we know occurs, does he not agree that it also…15 Oct 2025