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HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingWill my hon. Friend accept from me the congratulations of the people of Leeds, who value Martin House Children’s Hospice in Wetherby so highly? Many people in Leeds will look to…30 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanAnother day, another outrage from an Israeli Government, who are treating the international community, international law, the UK Government and, above all, Palestinian lives with…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWealth tax in the Autumn BudgetI rise to present a petition on wealth taxes in the autumn Budget, further to a corresponding online petition signed by over 50,000 people. The petition states: The petition of…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityMy hon. Friend mentions his local water company. People in Leeds and Yorkshire feel ripped off, and it is no wonder, as Yorkshire Water has just announced its intention to…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillI have listened with interest to what the shadow Minister is saying about people being entitled to go all the way to an employment tribunal hearing from the moment they take up…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Taxi Licensing: Deregulation Act 2015I thank my hon. Friend for allowing so many interventions and for securing this important debate. Taxi drivers in my constituency and elsewhere in West Yorkshire really suffered…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have to start with reflections on some of the speeches from Conservative Members, although…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonIn the past few days alone, Israel has burned people alive by bombing a tent camp at a hospital, killed children by bombing a school and fired on UN peacekeepers. We have had a…15 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastToday, as we remember all those killed in the 7 October Hamas attack and all those killed day after day in Israel’s war on Gaza and now Lebanon, the case for peace, the…07 Oct 2024HANSARDPatrick Finucane MurderThe state collusion in the murder of a human rights lawyer in front of his wife and children is an incredibly serious matter that chills us all, so I very much welcome the…11 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionMy hon. Friend is exactly correct, and I am delighted that she has put on record the contribution of teachers of the deaf and the situation in terms of their recruitment. The…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionI very much agree with the right hon. Gentleman, who makes the point—among other points—that this is a holistic issue: unless we solve all the interconnected root causes of the…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionMy hon. Friend makes that point very well on behalf of his constituents in the Wirral, and I completely agree. What a trauma! It is trauma piled upon trauma, as parents are forced…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionThank you, Mr Betts, for calling me to speak, and I thank all hon. Members who have taken part in the debate today. Given that demand to speak has exceeded supply today, I…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionMy hon. Friend puts it very well; I could not agree more. There is an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, so many of the key services that we had in our…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionI beg to move, That this House has considered SEND provision. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I am delighted to have secured this debate and to see…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionThe hon. Gentleman puts it very well indeed. This crisis is a result of many factors, which others will no doubt give more detail on in today’s debate, but at its core is the…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionI will, and then I will make some progress.05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionMy hon. Friend makes his point well and passionately. He is correct; that is what parents and people who work in our schools have been saying to me. I will highlight some of the…05 Sept 2024HANSARD SEND ProvisionI thank the hon. Member: that is a very important point, and I certainly agree. I will turn later in my speech to the subject of the tribunals. When we look at the statistics on…05 Sept 2024