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HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) on securing the debate on this important…27 Feb 2024HANSARDCoastal Tourism and Hospitality: Fiscal SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on securing today’s debate. It is important…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, we saw the politicisation of the situation in Gaza by SNP Members to engineer an issue within the Labour party—their Opposition day, their right. Labour Members were…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATOn a point of order, Mr Henderson. I neglected to say earlier that I might have an interest to declare, as my husband is a governor of an independent school.21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Henderson. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton South (Andrew Lewer) on securing this important debate.…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATIt is well known that many of our major independent schools such as Eton and Harrow give 100% bursaries to children from disadvantaged areas to give them a chance to skill up and…21 Feb 2024HANSARDRegister of Children not in SchoolIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Christoper. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Meon Valley (Mrs Drummond) on securing this debate. Parents are…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Local Government FinanceI am grateful to the Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), and to the Chancellor for…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportThe situation in Devon and Cornwall is similar to that in Sussex, where an influx of people to Camber Sands can mean that there are 25,000 people on the beach. That obviously…07 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanOn tougher sentences—I know that the Government are bringing in very tough sentences for knife crime—does my hon. and learned Friend agree that it is not just about tough…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanThe Office for National Statistics showed that for the year ending March 2023, Sussex recorded 59 offences per 100,000 people—below the national average of 87 per 100,000. We have…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Illegal VapesIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on securing today’s debate on a very important…16 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Provision and FundingThe Government have taken many positive steps, including doubling high needs funding since 2015, but increased demand for SEND support, together with changes to the code of…11 Jan 2024HANSARDTackling SpikingI congratulate the Minister on tackling this issue and my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) on his persistence in bringing it to her attention. Sussex police…18 Dec 2023HANSARDAuditory Verbal TherapyI beg to move, That this House has considered the provision of auditory verbal therapy. It is a pleasure to speak under your chairwomanship, Dame Maria. There are about 50,000…12 Dec 2023HANSARDAuditory Verbal TherapyI thank the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) for her contribution from the Scottish perspective. She highlighted a whole-child approach both inside and…12 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. The Government are rightly focusing on technical as well as academic education with the new British standard. University technical college sleeves would support the Government…11 Dec 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Impact on Mental HealthA recent study by Magic Breakfast and the British Nutrition Foundation found that eating a healthy breakfast can improve the nutritional intake of the most vulnerable children,…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandIs it not the case that the Scottish Government have consistently strayed outside the limits of the devolution settlements, so it is very difficult to take the SNP seriously as a…29 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI welcome the emphasis in the King’s Speech on improving the life chances of young people through the provision of academic and technical education, which is key to securing high…14 Nov 2023