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HANSARD Endometriosis Education in SchoolsI am most grateful to the hon. Lady—my hon. Friend; we have done a great amount of work on this together. This is truly a cross-party effort, also involving the hon. Member for…21 May 2024HANSARD Endometriosis Education in SchoolsI am most grateful to my right hon. Friend the Minister for his response; he is outlining a very clear path to improvement. Will the education about endometriosis, polycystic…21 May 2024HANSARD Endometriosis Education in SchoolsIt would be remiss of me not to mention the fact that endometriosis continues for many people after the menopause. It is not a disease just for women who menstruate; it can…21 May 2024HANSARD Endometriosis Education in SchoolsOn the hon. Lady’s point, I am rather concerned about reports in the press about schools not allowing girls to use the toilets, saying that they have period passes and that they…21 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI am more than grateful to my right hon. and gallant Friend for making that point. He is held in high esteem in this House, in Parliament and in the outside world for the role…02 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am proud of the work that I and colleagues across the House did, along with our dear, departed friend Sir David Amess, to raise the issue of endometriosis, a terrible disease…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate at a crucial time. I do not think it an exaggeration to say that the current situation is a tinderbox and on knife edge, to mix…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansJust to illustrate where we are with Russia, Dodik gave the highest order of Republika Srpska to Putin.02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansEveryone is grateful for the service that my right hon. Friend gave to the world. He experienced and witnessed trauma to try to bring about that peace and, in doing so, had to…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns), the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, for securing this debate at such a critical time. In…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI am bringing my comments to a close, and my right hon. Friend has absolutely summarised the point that I am trying to make. I am on the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, I am the…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansWill the hon. Member give way?02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansThe hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) also made that point. He was about to sit down so sadly I could not intervene on him. The hon. Member for Cardiff South and…02 May 2024HANSARDSecurity in the Western BalkansI am listening carefully to what my hon. Friend is saying. We must be very careful not to allow recent history to repeat itself. President Obama made it crystal clear that if…02 May 2024HANSARDDefence SpendingI absolutely welcome this very important investment in defence. As my right hon. Friend says, the world is a changed place, and I am sure that he would agree that defence is…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI applaud the Government’s efforts to try to sort out the Gibraltar-Spain border. I am sure that I speak for the whole House when I say how encouraged I was by the agreement…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Earlier, I asked a question relating to Gibraltar, and I feel that it would be remiss of me not to bring the House’s attention to my entry…18 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his holistic view of the situation in Israel, Gaza and, of course, Iran. May I say how glad I am that he has…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaA lot of points will be made today arguing that responsibility for the ceasefire lies purely with Israel, but that is simply not true. A ceasefire must take place on all sides.…26 Mar 2024HANSARDDefence ProcurementMay I take this opportunity to also place on record my thanks to the Minister for Armed Forces, my right hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Wells (James Heappey) for all the…25 Mar 2024