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HANSARD Palliative CareI am grateful to the Minister for her speech, but we have heard throughout the debate that 100,000 people are not getting the care they need. One in three people needs additional…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Palliative CareWill the Minister give way?05 Mar 2026HANSARD Environmental Protection and BiodiversityThe power of the speech by my hon. Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) must resonate around Whitehall and warn the City, developers and all who seek…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Education Secretary’s commitment to inclusion, but many children in York are not in school because of the disciplinary processes run by multi-academy trusts and the…02 Mar 2026HANSARDStudent Loan Repayment PlansI have spoken to the students’ unions at York St John University and the University of York, as well as many graduates, who have told me that a student loan does not even cover…25 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorUnaccountable power must not hide, privilege must not be protected, money must be accounted for and elite networks of men operating here and overseas must meet their reckoning for…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI am really grateful to the Minister for what he has said. Although the prosecuting authorities will clear up the criminal matters, the implications go way beyond that. What…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate and for the pertinent points he is making. Does he agree that the Minister should work with the Health Secretary to ensure…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. Clinicians have been targeted by arrests, torture and bullets, and 1,700 have been killed. Hospitals, clinics and ambulances…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemI absolutely am. I heard that evidence too. That passage for the whole of the Palestinian healthcare system must be opened. Even now, aid cannot enter Gaza. In four days’ time, 37…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Foster Care: Recruitment and RetentionFeedback from foster carers in York has highlighted the differential in the sums of money they receive for Staying Put and for foster caring, which makes it really difficult for…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Foster Care: Recruitment and RetentionCould the Minister say a little more about how foster carers from within families will be handled in this process? That is really important. Also, how will the reunification…24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKOur duty in this place is to build bridges, not walls, and yet, since the Brexit vote, we have seen our country pull itself apart day by day because the disruptors who caused the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDAndrew Mountbatten-WindsorI do agree with the hon. Gentleman, because I know that journalists have been up through the night poring over the Epstein files and digging deep to hold power to account. Our…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Social and Affordable Housing14. What steps he is taking to help increase the proportion of social and affordable housing in new developments.23 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Social and Affordable HousingYork Central will create 12,500 new jobs and 3,000 new homes in phase 1, which will be before the planning committee in May. Just 20% is allocated to affordable housing, but there…23 Feb 2026HANSARDLabour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office ReviewWe expect integrity from our journalists and we expect integrity from our Ministers. In the light of the fact that 109 MPs received funding from Labour Together, can the Minister…23 Feb 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressPalantir is a client of Global Counsel, which was Peter Mandelson’s PR agency, and clearly Palantir has benefited from lucrative contracts from the Government. Will the Minister…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillBefore the House are four new clauses to the legislation. They set out a pathway through which we can generate data, particularly around the welfare cap, which we know holds back…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillThere could be no greater cause for a Government than to lift children out of poverty, which is why I very much welcome the removal of the two-child limit. However, the Joseph…23 Feb 2026