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HANSARD Pubs and Community FundingThe hon. Member makes me feel slightly less guilty for reeling off all the pubs in my constituency; now I am not alone in advertising all those amazing pubs. I absolutely…19 May 2025HANSARD Pubs and Community FundingObviously I do not know the details of that specific case, but I agree that we all have a collective responsibility to look after these important community assets. Before I bring…19 May 2025HANSARD Pubs and Community FundingI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Absolutely, those things apply to clubs and to any premises where we might listen to live music —they apply to so many places. I…19 May 2025HANSARD Pubs and Community FundingI thank the hon. Lady for that contribution. I would welcome any clarity from the Minister about that. In Redhill, we have an amazing pub called the Garibaldi, which is a…19 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will not because I do not have much time. I will move on to the lack of a best interests test in the Bill, which my new clause 16 seeks to remedy. Patient autonomy is of course…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry, but I do not have much time and I wish to get through my points. How can we be happy with a process that does not exclude such reasons? Instead of providing the…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is a privilege to speak in this place on such an important Bill. Having been part of the Committee that scrutinised it line by line, and, on some occasions, word by word, for…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI would love to give way, but—16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise, but I do want to get through my speech. It is important to make the point that someone suffering with anorexia, or indeed any mental condition, is not intended to be…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree, and I will come to that point in more detail in the second half of my speech.16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for making that point; he is absolutely right. I have tabled amendment 80, which would bring the Bill back to its original intentions. It would…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe evidence is clear that palliative care does not get better when assisted dying is introduced; we heard that in the Bill Committee. We should absolutely look to address…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe key point is that we need to improve palliative care. We are spending so much time and effort focusing on this Bill rather than doing the thing that would actually help more…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI wholeheartedly agree. There is much to discuss today and there is little time, so I will start at the beginning of the Bill, at the point at which the criteria for eligibility…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will therefore speak to my new clauses 17 and 18, which would provide important protections for hospices, which are currently lacking in the Bill. New clause 18 makes it crystal…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and I agree. In the interests of time, I will make some progress. The current situation, whereby fully funded palliative and end-of-life care is…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI completely concur.16 May 2025HANSARDPavement ParkingI thank the Minister for her response, and I am really pleased to see that she is committed to addressing pavement parking. It is absolutely essential that it is addressed for my…15 May 2025HANSARDPavement Parking12. When she plans to respond to the consultation entitled “Pavement parking: options for change”, published on 31 August 2020.15 May 2025HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentThanks to everyone who has attended this important debate today, particularly the hon. Members for Wolverhampton North East (Mrs Brackenridge) and for Tipton and Wednesbury…07 May 2025