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HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI am grateful for that intervention. I am thrilled—I have seen you listening intently, and it is wonderful to have you here today, Heidi. I will draw to a close, but I believe we…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI thank my hon. Friend for his contribution not just in that intervention, but in his speech. I loved the Shakin’ Stevens stories. I defer to his expertise as a former children’s…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillAbsolutely. That is so important. When I reel off this list, if I can get through it, Members will understand why it is so important. I have seen my little sister battle for…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI completely agree. Rhys earns £9 an hour—he is far richer than me, because he has no outgoings—but he enjoys his job and he feels fulfilled by it. Schools such as The Shrubberies…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI completely agree. I have spoken to other parents who have discovered upon their child’s birth that they have a child with a disability about their fear, and about the loss of…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI am blessed by having great colleagues in this Chamber. Alice fell pregnant aged 15. As she was so young—we had no Down syndrome in our family and there is a common belief that…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) on all of the work that he has done. I see that team Freddie…04 Feb 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell). It is quite an achievement to secure a Bill with no amendments and cross-party support, and with everyone…04 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI am saddened by the characteristic doom and gloom on the Labour Benches. We should be welcoming confirmation that we will be turbo-charging every single part of the UK, including…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Waste Industry: Criminality and RegulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I appreciate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) securing a debate on this important…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), my constituency neighbour; we are…01 Feb 2022HANSARDLow-quality University CoursesIt is not just the quality of courses that the Department and my right hon. Friend are working on; it is also the experience of students. Will she give an update on what steps she…31 Jan 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI only wish I was as beautifully dramatic and exciting as my right hon. Friend when I spoke. I am conscious that I am reading a list to the Chamber, but it is an important list…26 Jan 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI applaud the Government for the energy they are putting into trying to improve our connectivity. There are undoubtedly still notspots in my rural constituency. Having Zoomed…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Cyber-flashingI thank my hon. Friend for all that she is doing. As we know that most cyber-flashing is sent from anonymous accounts, making it scarier, particularly when the perpetrator might…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Early Years EducatorsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) for initiating this debate today. To be debating this issue in Childcare and Early Education Week is really…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the part about masks. I hope that they never, ever return in our schools. Sadly, it felt to many of us who were concerned…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Midwives in the NHSIn late November, midwives, doulas, families and healthcare professionals across the country marched in their thousands. They powerfully set out their concerns about the issues…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Midwives in the NHSI could not agree more, and I thank my right hon. Friend for everything she has done for early years provision. When we think about the early years and the importance of giving…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Midwives in the NHSIt would be interesting to hear from the Minister on that. Midwives and some of the marchers have suggested talking about financial payments, but there also needs to be a culture…17 Jan 2022