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HANSARDRape Victims: Privacy RightsRecently, I was able to visit the Gwent rape investigation unit and see what an excellent job the police officers there are doing. However, can the Minister explain why the…20 Feb 2024HANSARDRape Victims: Privacy Rights19. What steps his Department is taking to protect the privacy rights of rape victims in criminal justice processes.20 Feb 2024HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Potential ExtensionIt is important that the hon. Gentleman stresses the point about mothers and children, who are the primary group of people coming to this country. In Newport West, we have a…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKIt is good to participate in this debate, but it is not good to recognise the thousands of job losses coming down the track and the devastating effect that will have on our local…23 Jan 2024HANSARDFuel Poverty18. What estimate she has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is always interesting to follow the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh). I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to the amendments tabled by my right…16 Jan 2024HANSARDFuel PovertyI listened very carefully to the answer the Minister gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), but I am still none the wiser, so I will ask again: can the…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill My new hon. Friend is quite right: we must ensure that we future-proof the Bill today. I am not convinced at the moment that the Government are completely sympathetic to all our…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I am grateful for the opportunity to speak from the Opposition Benches on the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill. We have tabled amendments inspired by Labour’s track record…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (Instruction)I am grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly in the debate on the instruction. I should be clear at the outset that I do not intend to detain the House any longer than is…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I beg to move amendment 2, page 1, line 16, after “goats,” insert “(da) alpaca,”. This amendment would add alpacas to the definition of livestock covered by the Bill.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I do not wish to detain the House any longer than strictly necessary. I welcome the speed with which we have gone through the Committee stage this evening, but it beggars belief…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I do not want to detain the House for any longer than is strictly necessary. This is an important Bill, and I welcome its relatively speedy journey through the House. It beggars…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I am not sure I know the answer to those questions, and I would be grateful if the Minister answered them in his winding-up speech. The…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum SystemI thank the shadow Home Secretary for securing this debate. This emotive issue affects every one of us, which is why we need to be open, honest and up front with the people of the…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillIf you will allow me, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to start by paying tribute to my right hon. Friend Mark Drakeford MS, the First Minister of Wales. Mark announced that he was…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his interest, knowledge and expertise in this area, but the science is disputed. We will continue to listen to all sides of the scientific…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue; I look forward to that discussion in Committee. Making changes through private Members’ Bills is not leadership. Rather than…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy hon. Friend must have read my speech and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), because we certainly want people to go further and faster. As the…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI thank the right hon. Lady for her intervention, but I am not sure that it is relevant to what we are talking about today. We introduced the Hunting Act 2004 and the landmark…18 Dec 2023