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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have a follow-up question. The Bill introduces a monitoring and review process, including an annual report by the chief medical officer. Do you have any reflections on whether…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Dr Clarke, what are the existing statutory guidelines on end-of-life practice? How are those decisions logged, recorded and monitored? Dr Clarke: The fundamental principle is…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Education, Health and Care PlansOnly 49% of children in Buckinghamshire receive their EHCP plan within the statutory limit, which means that more than half are waiting way beyond that time frame. There are…22 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian Situation4. What steps his Department is taking to support the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.14 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationThe Liberal Democrats welcome the humanitarian support that the Government are giving to Sudan. We also recognise that greater protections are needed for women, children and…14 Jan 2025HANSARDSEN Provision: Funding6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that SEN provision is adequately funded.09 Dec 2024HANSARDSEN Provision: FundingA recent National Audit Office report makes it clear that, without reform, the SEN system is financially unsustainable. The Minister will know that, since 2020, local authorities…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. What steps are under way to recruit and retain more educational psychologists so that children, including in Chesham and Amersham, do not have to wait as long as they…09 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshI could not agree more. This is where I must pick up Carol’s story again. She tried to pursue her claim against her original surgeons through the courts, and she hit on an…05 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing today’s debate. We are here because four years after…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesOther Members have asked about educational psychologists. There is a real shortage right now. Are the Government considering enabling other professionals to undertake some of the…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) for securing this debate…23 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Minister update the House on the grim situation in Sudan? In particular, what pressure is being put on regional actors to stop fuelling the crisis, and what is the UK…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeThe Minister is making the point, rightly, about individual projects that water companies such as Affinity Water have invested in. What is missing is a strategy across the country…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Chalk Streams: Sewage DischargeGiven that one has to go through quite an onerous process to get the SSSI status and that we recognise that chalk streams are rare, does my hon. Friend agree that a recognised…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Sir David Amess Adjournment DebateIt is a real privilege to contribute to my first Sir David Amess Adjournment debate. I did not have the privilege of knowing him, but may I acknowledge and pay tribute to his…12 Sept 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryI welcome the Front Benchers to their places. They will know that the steel industry in Wales is just one of a number that have suffered in recent decades. Last year, the…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that in many local authority areas, such as mine in Buckinghamshire, schools are already oversubscribed, so the places…24 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsI congratulate the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman) on his maiden speech. It is a great privilege to serve in this place, and I welcome him. I also congratulate…23 Jul 2024HANSARDWork and PensionsLast year, I wrote to the Department about a loophole that allows paying parents who earn non-taxable income overseas to avoid making child maintenance payments. For one of my…22 May 2024