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HANSARDSEND Provision: Kent5. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in Kent.02 Mar 2026HANSARDSEND Provision: KentI recently hosted a constituency SEND roundtable with education leaders and officials from the Department, where teachers stressed yet again that years of underfunding and…02 Mar 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins) for securing this debate. Almost a decade…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGender Questioning: Guidance in Schools12. What recent progress she has made on publishing guidance for gender-questioning children in schools.19 Jan 2026HANSARDGender Questioning: Guidance in SchoolsThe Secretary of State told the House that the guidance for schools would be published by the end of 2025, yet here we still are without the guidance anywhere to be seen. There is…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPuberty Suppressants3. What discussions he has had with King’s College London on the compliance of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations…13 Jan 2026HANSARDPuberty SuppressantsThe United States Department of Health and Human Services’ peer-reviewed report found that harms from paediatric medical transition are significant, long term and too often…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCommercial Sexual ExploitationCommercial sexual exploitation is the exchange of money, goods or services in return for sex acts. It is a form of violence against women. Inquiries by the all-party parliamentary…08 Dec 2025HANSARDCommercial Sexual Exploitation8. What steps his Department is taking to help prevent job seekers and welfare claimants being subject to commercial sexual exploitation.08 Dec 2025HANSARD HMP Downview: Female PrisonersWill the hon. Lady make it clear again for anyone watching this debate that what she is saying is that those biological males—fully intact biological males—housed on the women’s…24 Nov 2025HANSARDArchbishop of Canterbury: Appointment ProcessAs my hon. Friend will know, it has been a really difficult year for the Church, and for Canterbury cathedral in particular, with the death of our beloved Dean Emeritus Robert…16 Oct 2025HANSARDArchbishop of Canterbury: Appointment Process7. What steps the Church of England is taking to help support the appointment process for the next Archbishop of Canterbury.16 Oct 2025HANSARD Independent Water CommissionSouth East Water’s Broad Oak reservoir in Canterbury, which will also serve your constituency, Mr Deputy Speaker, is not due to open until 2033. Will my beleaguered residents and…21 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWestminster is once again buzzing with the latest U-turns, speculation and briefings over the Chancellor’s policies on the winter fuel allowance and the two-child benefit cap.…20 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.20 May 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. By parliamentary standards, this may not be an enormous petition, nor has it attracted almost 3 million signatures,…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but there are plenty of things that the Labour Government seem to be pushing through that were not in the manifesto. The people now…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Gender Critical Beliefs: Equality Act 2010I thank the right hon. Gentleman so much for raising that important point. Just for speaking up, I, a left-wing member of the Labour party, have been called a Reform member and…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Gender Critical Beliefs: Equality Act 2010I beg to move, That this House has considered gender critical beliefs and the Equality Act 2010. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. The Equality Act, passed…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Gender Critical Beliefs: Equality Act 2010I thank the hon. Member for his point. I agree that all of those beliefs should be—and are—protected under the law. Our desire to be kind, inclusive and accepting are worthy and…11 Mar 2025