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HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI absolutely join my hon. Friend in praising the Government for putting an end to puppy farming. As we discussed earlier with other concerned colleagues, it is barbaric. So many…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI thank everybody for their contributions, and I encourage them to listen to the most recent brilliant New Scientist podcast, “The World, the Universe and Us”, in which the…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI beg to move, That this House has considered the animal welfare strategy for England. It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell, and to have secured my very first…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who I know is a big animal lover herself—we certainly have that in common—that the welfare strategy will tackle those concerns. I will…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that it is a crucial first step. I cannot understand how anybody in all good conscience can run a puppy farm, but I understand how some…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. As MPs, we are pulled in every direction by many people, and it is hard to be in all places at all times, but the issues that cut…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI did not know that fact, and I am really grateful to my hon. Friend for sharing it. One of the challenges is the lack of profit in farming. I welcome the fact that the Labour…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy for EnglandI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who picked the right moment because I was just about to address that issue. I met vets Kathryn and Keiran Patel in October at their newly…21 Jan 2026HANSARDMobile Phones and Social Media: Use by ChildrenI have recently been asking my constituents what they think about a ban on phones in schools, as well as for their thoughts about social media for under-16s. It was clear that,…20 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI, too, have had lots of constituents contact me about this issue with concern for neurodiverse people, people with mental health issues, veterans with PTSD and animal owners. My…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseIn the village of Overseal in my constituency, retrospective planning permission has been submitted for a Traveller site, where unauthorised work was carried out over a bank…15 Jan 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Non-consensual Sexual DeepfakesLast week I met the brilliant Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, and the MakeLoveNotPorn Academy who, like me and many across the House, believes in empowering people to…12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI have enjoyed working with my hon. Friend on the Labour rural research group. We are so grateful to our farmers for engaging with us and educating us as we have gone along, so…12 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesI thank the right hon. Member for giving way—although he is perhaps slightly less honourable because he has made false accusations about some of my colleagues, who absolutely did…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesI am certainly not disrespecting you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I do apologise if it came across that way. I wish to apologise to the right hon. Member if I have offended him.07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesI suppose so—for inadvertently calling the right hon. Member dishonourable.07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesWould the right hon. Gentleman give way?07 Jan 2026HANSARDPuberty Suppressants TrialTrans people do not wake up at 18 suddenly trans; it starts before then. When we talk about protecting children, it means protecting trans children so that they can transition…17 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAt one second past midnight tonight, the race for the Christmas No. 1 begins. My constituent Andrew Horth, of HorthWorld, will be in that race, with his incredible Christmas song…11 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI will not give way, I am sorry. I am rattling through my speech. Many fear that digital ID could pave the way, however unintentionally, to increased Government surveillance or…08 Dec 2025