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HANSARDOnline Safety BillI rise to speak to Lords amendment 231 on visible identity verification. I will not press the amendment to a vote. I have had several discussions with Ministers and the Secretary…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI want to praise the Rush skatepark team and stars such as Edith Bowman, Tom Smith, Andy Burrows and Katy Pearson for organising an incredible fundraising event at the Sub Rooms…07 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWhat the negative social media debate about all this has masked is the fact that a significant amount of work is being done to create, conserve and improve wetlands around the…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]These solar farms make absolutely no sense to people when we are in a food security crisis, but also, tenant farmers are being ousted. The landowners often live miles and miles…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsThe information that I have from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is that there are no confirmed cases of RAAC in Stroud schools, but three schools are taking surveys…04 Sept 2023HANSARDSkills and Apprenticeships: Funding1. What steps her Department is taking to fund skills and apprenticeships.17 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education ReformThe Secretary of State is right: the Labour party has not just flip-flopped on its position on tuition fees, but is now coming across as not wanting parents and young people to…17 Jul 2023HANSARDSkills and Apprenticeships: FundingThis Government’s schools, colleges and businesses around the country are working hard to show young people that going to university is not the only route to success, and there…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Increasing Employment: TrainingI absolutely do agree, and I welcome the intervention. The reality is that talking about these everyday jobs—jobs that we desperately need in every single one of our…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Increasing Employment: TrainingI have two main points to land. The first is that the best way for someone to get work-ready and improve their life chances is to get a job and progress in the job they have. The…11 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsPlaygrounds are often a godsend for stressed parents. They are great for kids’ development, and they are free entertainment during all these cost of living pressures. Will my…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksI want to give credit to the RSPB for this campaign, but also to the Stroud Valleys Project, which has been a really strong campaigner on this. It does things such as a “Swift…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksI defer to the hon. Lady’s absolutely fantastic knowledge of swifts, and I thank the former aviation Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Robert Courts), for his…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureIn following the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen), I want to say that he and I probably agree that there should not be all doom about the future, and…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureI was not aware of that, but to anyone I meet and to schoolchildren when I go to schools, I say, “Do not lie down in the road, do not glue yourself to stuff and do not get…05 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for wetlands, and as a lover of WWT Slimbridge, which is in my constituency, I was thrilled to learn that the Wildfowl and…29 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am concerned that the UK is being left behind on hydrogen internal combustion engines. The EU and the USA are now recognising hydrogen combustion engines as zero emission, but…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)I woke up this morning and told myself not to talk too much today, but the hon. Lady has inspired me to contribute. I have changed a number of people’s names in my career. As a…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the hon. Lady recognise that Sir Andrew McFarlane, the Head of Family Justice, is already trying to open up family courts and is doing an awful lot on transparency? I think…29 Jun 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageThis is the first time in history that a Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have put the early years at the centre of the country’s growth strategy. I note that an…28 Jun 2023