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HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing: EmploymentI agree with the hon. Member on the importance of supporting businesses. We must make sure that we remove obstacles and barriers that hinder growth. I hope that conversation…07 May 2025HANSARDEducational Opportunities in Semi-rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I am sincerely grateful to the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) for securing today’s important…07 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 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am pleased to respond to this…06 May 2025HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential impact of puberty suppressing hormones on children and young people with gender incongruence. It is a pleasure to serve…30 Apr 2025HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesI will speak only briefly. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has spoken. To echo the words of the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Tim Roca), I appreciate the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am grateful for the chance to speak in today’s debate and to be able to give voice to so many of my constituents’ frustrations about how their right to access quality healthcare…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI can confirm to the hon. Member that if the Conservatives were in power, we would be delivering that hospital. I want to be clear: the trust is ready to move forward, and…23 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingI welcome the clear ruling from the Supreme Court, and I thank the Minister for her statement, but I am really disappointed that there was no mention of schools at all in the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDStandard Determinate Sentences: Early ReleaseLast month, the Prisons Minister said that the longest time that an early-released prisoner had been left to wander the streets without an electronic tag was 53 days. However,…22 Apr 2025HANSARDStandard Determinate Sentences: Early Release14. What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the standard determinate sentences 40% early release scheme.22 Apr 2025HANSARD Easter AdjournmentI am pleased to rise today and speak in my first Easter Adjournment debate. I also pay tribute to Sir David Amess, whom unfortunately I never had the pleasure of meeting. Today I…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Sport: PE in SchoolsI am grateful for the opportunity to respond to today’s important debate on access to sport and physical education in schools. I thank the hon. Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham)…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentI am going to continue because of the time. On the concerns about the quality of some higher education provision, the Government have said they are considering changes to the…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentI will in a moment. Such a reform could begin by addressing the unacceptable lack of transparency around the student loan system. The public have a right to know how the system is…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentI suggest to the hon. Member that we need to deal with the situation that we have now, and that her questions should be targeted towards the Minister. We should make the right…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Universities: Funding and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin) for securing this important debate, which could not be more…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Relationship Education in SchoolsThank you, Sir Jeremy. I note the reference to a backlash against RHSE lessons due to anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and I want to push back on that. It is not unreasonable for parents to…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Relationship Education in SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) for securing this important debate on relationship…01 Apr 2025HANSARDLooked After Children (Distance Placements) BillI am pleased to contribute to this important debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Jake Richards) on bringing the Bill before the House. I commend him for…28 Mar 2025