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HANSARDHospital Building ProgrammeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) on securing this important debate. I am…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusAnyone can submit an application, as we saw in Ilkley, where it was not the local authority that submitted the application; it was our hard-working, dedicated campaign group that…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Thames in Oxford: Bathing Water StatusThe hon. Lady mentioned the River Wharfe in Ilkley, which she rightly says is the first river in the whole of the UK to be awarded bathing water status. I want to congratulate the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDCondition of School Buildings7. What steps his Department is taking to help improve the condition of school buildings.01 Nov 2021HANSARDCondition of School BuildingsIlkley Grammar School in my constituency has a roof prone to leaking, has internal damage and is in desperate need of repair. Last year, the situation got worse, with the roof…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt seems to me that we are hearing the same old speeches from the Opposition. I want to pick up on a point made by the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant), who is no longer…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAlthough bonfire night is fast approaching, many of my constituents are plagued by fireworks being let off at all hours of the night throughout the calendar year. I have even had…28 Oct 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) on securing this important debate. His…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Airedale General Hospital, in my constituency, is made predominantly from aerated concrete, which is known for its structural deficiencies, and is in desperate need of a…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsI want to make a very quick point. When I was referring to my constituency, where we saw Keighley police station moved out of the centre of town and relocated, with a new police…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I wholeheartedly agree with the points she makes. She kindly made reference to my hon. Friend—if I may say so—the Member for…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordMy right hon. Friend makes a worrying and accurate intervention, because that is absolutely the case. Most of the young girls we are talking about, as I will come on to later in…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI thank my hon. Friend for her kind intervention. As representatives, we are all elected to do the very best for our community and call out the difference between what is right…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for making those points. We must never forget who is at the centre of this debate and who is experiencing these horrific, vile…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordThis is a very delicate subject and I am acutely conscious of that. I must admit that I am nervous talking about it, but we have to address these issues. Every community across…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI absolutely agree with the points my hon. Friend makes so eloquently. Let us be absolutely clear: I have had to bring this debate to the Chamber because, as a representative of…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordMy hon. Friend makes a valid point. We need to understand the scale of the problem across the Bradford district, and I will come on to that later in my speech. Only this summer,…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for his kind intervention. He eloquently makes a crucial point: the leader of Bradford Council is in a unique position to trigger a…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordLeaders of any organisation have a responsibility to do the right thing. It is unfortunate that Bradford’s children’s services department has been on the watch of not only the…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation: BradfordMadam Deputy Speaker, I thank you and Mr Speaker for granting this urgent debate on child sexual exploitation in Keighley and across the Bradford district. Child sexual…26 Oct 2021