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HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister for her encouraging words and I really look forward to working with her to close this gaping loophole. I also thank every Member…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who has used every tool that the House provides to fight this campaign and I am grateful to him for doing that in such a cross-party way. On…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersMy personal position is that when someone carries out such heinous crimes, some of their liberties will be taken away. We need the Minister to look very closely at what those…02 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the Minister for his statement and for his personal interest in this topic. It has been fantastic to see the international community come together to support this region.…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ2. To date, 79 people have been killed on smart motorways. Last January, the Government said they would pause their roll-out. The Prime Minister said:“Smart motorways are…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Smart MotorwaysI am listening acutely to what the Minister is saying. He must be aware that the pause is not impacting the schemes that have already left the drawing board, so smart motorways…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Smart MotorwaysIf we have to stop on the hard shoulder, having those cars racing by is terrifying. If there is no hard shoulder and we are stuck in a live lane, we can see them coming, but we…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Smart MotorwaysI agree with every word the hon. Gentleman says. Just imagine that someone is having a heart attack, their car is breaking down or they have been in an accident, and they then…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Smart MotorwaysI beg to move, That this House has considered smart motorways. As ever, it is a real pleasure to serve under your guidance, Mr Betts. I know that, as the MP for a neighbouring…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCan the Minister explain why the percentage of UK official development assistance marked as significant against the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s disability marker fell…31 Jan 2023HANSARD PIP Breast ImplantsI thank the Minister for engaging with this topic. I am aware that she knows about the field. Can she please explain why, more than a decade ago, both France and Sweden withdrew…30 Jan 2023HANSARD PIP Breast ImplantsI am incredibly grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate, because I do not think the general public know of the risk. But those 47,000 women do know, so does she share…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Steel Industry: Contribution to the UK EconomyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard—for the first time, I think. It is a pleasure to speak in this debate secured by my hon. Friend the Member for…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Steel Industry: Contribution to the UK EconomyI recognise and am grateful for all the support the Government have given and will give to steel, but those are like little Lego bricks. There is not the joined-up strategy that…25 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeI thank the hon. Member for his comments. The Committee went out to Bosnia—to Mostar. We were genuinely shocked by the palpable tension on the streets and the deliberately…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeI thank my hon. Friend and Committee member for his question. Absolutely, obviously, it is the right thing for us to do morally, but early intervention preventing this has…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeI welcome this opportunity to make a Select Committee statement marking today’s publication of the Government’s response to the International Development Committee’s inquiry and…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersNo one can fail to be horrified by the rapid roll-back of rights and opportunities for women and girls. For myself, personally, and for this Chamber, the murder of Mursal Nabizada…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeYes, I am aware that the Government have condemned the violence in the DRC. One of my concerns is that we perhaps need stronger and more public words, as the Rwandan Government…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeI congratulate Members on both sides of the House who began raising these regional issues nine months ago. The Government listened, and I know our diplomats over there have been…19 Jan 2023