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HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of reducing the stigma associated with suicide. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell, in this…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that encouraging example of how taking steps to reduce the stigma around suicide can have a positive impact, and how we need a community…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaMy hon. Friend makes an important point about how specific groups and particular sectors can be impacted. Just under an hour ago I was having a conversation with my friend Diana…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaMay I say what a privilege it has been to have this debate today, not least because it has given me an opportunity to highlight the work of my friend and constituent Philip Pirie?…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Police ReformIn my constituency of Richmond Park, our policing force has been decimated. We used to have three police stations, and now we have none. The next nearest police station is facing…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesDoes my hon. Friend agree that interest rates shot up in the way he has just described as a direct result of that mini-Budget three years ago, and that that is precisely why the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe hon. Gentleman will be happy to hear that 53.3% of Richmond Park voters voted for me to be their representative, so I was, in fact, elected by the majority of my constituents.…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThey are different kinds of work with different work patterns, requiring different skills and experience. I am not entirely certain what point the hon. Member wants me to respond…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe point has been made on a number of occasions that it is always possible for employers to make mistakes in their hiring—for people to not be the right fit for the job. There…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThere is a balance between the employer and the employee. If the fit is not right, it is better for both sides that the employment is brought to an end, and that the employee is…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIt is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) and hear her passionate advocacy for this Bill. The Liberal Democrats support many of…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMay I finish the point? If people are choosing from a list of five people, it is likely, under the first-past-the-post system, that the winning candidate will receive less than…05 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. There are many parts of the Employment Rights Bill that we are happy to support. However, there are some bits—04 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Trade Act 2021 (Power to Implement International Trade Agreements) (Extension to Expiry) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. The Liberal Democrats strongly opposed the Trade Act 2021, as it failed to provide sufficient parliamentary…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsMy hon. Friend represents his constituents and their businesses in North Norfolk so admirably. He is absolutely right about skills, which neither Conservative nor Labour Members…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI am very grateful to take advice from the right hon. Gentleman as to what I should and should not include in my speech. What I would say is that it is always targeted pots of…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Businesses all across the country, including in my own constituency of Richmond Park, have reported similar massive increases in their business…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsThe Liberal Democrat plan aims to halve energy bills within the decade by scrapping the link between gas and electricity prices. We have a positive plan to make a real difference…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker: what action are they going to take? While the last Government did so much damage to our high street businesses, the Labour Government’s national…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are talking about high streets, but there is a much wider issue across the entire economy about the workforce. If we can get solutions to…04 Nov 2025