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HANSARD SEND and Alternative ProvisionStroud district families of children with special educational needs are exhausted from battling. Schools raise SEND all the time, so more power to the Minister’s elbow for the…06 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wish Ministers had seen me trying to drag a baby, a toddler and a buggy up and down the steps at Stroud station as part of my campaign for accessibility measures. I am…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support (Enforcement) BillI thank the Minister for her remarks and support, and I thank all Members present, particularly those I grabbed in various different places in the Palace to ask to serve on the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support (Enforcement) BillIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I am grateful to you and to all the Committee members for joining me to look at the Bill in more detail. This Bill is…01 Mar 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresI want to talk about radiator sludge, as I went to see ADEY Innovation Ltd, a company in my constituency, where I learned that dirty radiators increase energy bills by 7% and…28 Feb 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency Measures1. What steps he is taking to encourage households to install energy efficiency measures.28 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillIt is an absolute pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (David Johnston), who I genuinely believe could speak for an entire day on this subject and still…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. When we look into how these things work, we see that it is not a debt, but very much an enabler. However, we know that many people feel that it…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Football Governance White PaperMy brother and sister—the whole family—are complete football nuts, so I know from them that, because I do not spend every weekend on the terraces, I should not comment on…23 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?22 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy hon. Friend the Member for Newbury is right, but there is a huge frustration that the laws we have in place are not resulting in convictions. The examples we have been giving…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I have been talking about childcare and coming up with proposals for some time now, but I will try to find new…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPrisoner Skills Development1. What steps he is taking to help prisoners develop new skills.21 Feb 2023HANSARDPrisoner Skills DevelopmentMMC Homebuilding Ltd in Hardwicke is working with inmates from Leyhill Prison to build affordable homes quickly. I have met some of the lads, and they have mastered the skills…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityThis is a point of genuine interest, not a political point. Has Labour costed those policies? I am having lots of conversations with Ministers about this issue. I am really…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Climate Change and BiodiversityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. Climate change is an absolutely huge subject and massively important, particularly for our children’s and…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Climate Change and BiodiversityI thank my hon. Friend, who is my near neighbour. We need to be creative, to be open to ideas and to work together in our fabulous constituencies. The focus from DEFRA is…08 Feb 2023HANSARDOffenders (Day of Release from Detention) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend and my hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness on bringing this Bill to the House. A few years ago, Lord Farmer and Dr Samantha Callan did some…08 Feb 2023HANSARDAutism and ADHD AssessmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I have had the good fortune of working with the ADHD Foundation, thanks to the work of my constituent, Jane…06 Feb 2023HANSARDAutism and ADHD AssessmentsMy hon. Friend is completely right, and he spoke movingly about his own family’s experiences of these conditions. It is incumbent on all of us in this place to try to raise…06 Feb 2023