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HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsDiplomacy is the best way to prevent and de-escalate risk and ensure long-term security. What discussions took place on how to escalate the focus on diplomacy in the middle east…26 Jun 2025HANSARDScience and Innovation Funding6. What steps he is taking to distribute funding for science and innovation.25 Jun 2025HANSARDScience and Innovation FundingYork and North Yorkshire is a national leader in the bioeconomy. BioYorkshire will create 4,000 jobs, as well as start-ups and spin-outs. It requires £67 million to build its…25 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am really grateful for the work of the Education Committee, which is excellently chaired by my hon. Friend. Does she agree that cutting the value of grants to families from the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy right hon. Friend is right to focus on de-escalation and diplomacy. However, we know that the joint comprehensive plan of action did not curtail Iran’s enrichment of uranium,…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyYork Central, our biggest brownfield site, will release 12,500 new jobs in advanced and digital rail and the digital creative sector, as well as in the bio-economy mentioned in my…23 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. With 800,000 people not going to be in receipt of PIP by 2029-30, we have to be honest in this House. We all know, don’t we, that many of those people are just not able to…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday I had the pleasure of hosting people from York Foodbank, one of many food banks in my constituency. It told me that last year it handed out emergency food parcels to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDAnimal Disease OutbreaksI am deeply distressed that the Government are planning to extend the badger cull, because the evidence shows that with good testing and biosecurity, we can bring down rates of…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as a proud member of the trade union movement. No one should go to work with the uncertainty each day that…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI welcome the hon. Member’s intervention. This just goes to show the extent to which our public servants put themselves in harm’s way, often running towards danger on our behalf.…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Disabled People in PovertyThe diagnosis is wrong and the treatment is no cure; all these cuts will do is to displace the cost and displace the problem. It was not disabled people who broke the NHS waiting…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIf this is about safety, then we also have to think about the safety of the baby. In my constituency, a baby had a live birth at 30 weeks’ gestation. Tragically, that baby went on…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI welcome the pace and focus that the Home Secretary has brought to Baroness Casey’s report. She is right to highlight the risk of the online space and the rapidity with which it…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND StrategyGiven the sharp rise in diagnosis in York of children with SEND, we have established a SEND-focused family hub. We are also reviewing other services. I am particularly concerned…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND Strategy12. What steps she is taking to develop a SEND strategy.16 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to speak to my amendment 27. The insufficiencies of clause 25 and new clause 13, and the mechanisms for substance approval, have attracted much criticism as they defy safe…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNo time. There is a lack of consistency of approach and data across jurisdictions on the substances used, how they are titrated and the dosages administered. While ingestion can…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn that point, will the hon. Member give way?13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not know whether the hon. Member has yet had time to read the report from the independent commission on palliative and end-of-life care, which goes into how pain and symptoms…13 Jun 2025