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HANSARDNon-violent Drug-related Offences: Prosecution4. If she will take steps to reduce the number of prosecutions brought for non-violent drug-related offences.19 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-violent Drug-related Offences: ProsecutionAs drug-related deaths are now at record levels, particularly because of the increase in synthetic opioids, I believe that we need to look again at supervised drug-consumption…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI will not be able to speak to all the amendments that Members have worked so hard on and that I have supported so many times by putting my name to them, but the Members know that…18 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI rise to speak to amendments 4 to 8 on child criminal exploitation. I thank the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) and the hon. Member for Isle of Wight…17 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillDoes the Secretary of State agree that this Bill has a missing half, which could cut aviation emissions by demand management, and that at the very least, if there is to be public…11 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthIn the city of Brighton and Hove, my constituents tell me they need more and cleaner buses, and more reliable trains and stations without barriers to people with children, older…04 Jun 2025HANSARDWeddings: Humanist CelebrantsI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I understand that Ministers are focused on wider marriage reform, but there is a much quicker and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDWeddings: Humanist Celebrants11. If she will take steps to allow humanist celebrants to conduct legally binding weddings.03 Jun 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate under your wing, Mr Mundell. I too thank John Baic for launching this petition and congratulate him on getting enough signatures to…19 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will speak only briefly, as I spoke in favour of the Bill on Second Reading in November, my name is on it, and I have long supported the campaigns to change the law, including…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry, but I am on my last paragraph. Those measures are effectively barriers to helping eligible people make their own choice for when and how to die at the end of all they…16 May 2025HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-FattahI thank the Minister for his response. Members of the family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah are again in the Gallery today, and his mother Laila has now not taken food for seven months. I…13 May 2025HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-Fattah14. What recent progress he has made on helping to secure the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.13 May 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: Assessment ReviewLast Wednesday, the Prime Minister told me that cutting back on PIP eligibility was in line with post-war Labour principles, but more and more Labour Members are saying that that…12 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to new clause 15, but I also want to associate myself with the many right hon. and hon. Members who have spoken up for our creative industries. Our most talented…07 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. VE Day marked the end of horror in Europe. Afterwards, our post-war expansion of welfare benefits was something truly principled from Labour. Given the real fear felt by…07 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillTo return to the intervention from the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans), it is difficult for some to realise that with these guidelines, the definition of “normal”…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI associate myself with every single thing that the Mother of the House has just said, because I could not possibly live up to it. I genuinely believe that this Bill will…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThis is—30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillYes, of course.30 Apr 2025