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HANSARDFarmers: Mental HealthMy right hon. Friend knows that my constituents Andy and Lynda Eadon lost their son as a young farmer to suicide. Will he join me in thanking the Eadons for all the work they have…12 Jan 2023HANSARDChannel 4Happy new year to you, Mr Speaker. I warmly welcome what my right hon. Friend has said. Is not the key point that Channel 4 operates in a distinctive niche in the broadcasting…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Online Safety BillI am afraid I cannot agree with the hon. Lady that the fines would be a drop in the ocean. These are very substantial amounts of money. In relation to individual director…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI rise to speak to amendments 1 to 9 and new clause 1 in my name and the names of other hon. and right hon. Members. They all relate to the process of categorisation of online…05 Dec 2022HANSARDHS2: Compensation3. What steps he is taking to help ensure those people adversely affected by HS2 are compensated fairly.24 Nov 2022HANSARDHS2: CompensationI welcome my hon. Friend to his new responsibilities and offer him my sympathy that one of them is HS2. He will know that for those who find themselves in the path of this…24 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI hope my right hon. Friend is wrong, but the Government have to consider it for exactly those reasons. It would be not only wrong but profoundly embarrassing if the United…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillIn view of the time, I will only briefly say something about three areas of the Bill. First, amendment 14, in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Online HarmsIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, Mr Dowd. I follow a number of excellent speeches. The most excellent was from my right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian…26 Oct 2022HANSARDChild Protection Online5. What steps her Department is taking to protect children online.20 Oct 2022HANSARDChild Protection OnlineI welcome what my right hon. Friend says about the imminent return of the Online Safety Bill. She knows that children and their families have already waited far too long for the…20 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI welcome the short-term support for energy costs that the Government are pursuing. I also welcome their focus on longer-term growth, but does my right hon. Friend agree that…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome my right hon. Friend to her new responsibilities. I welcome, too, that at the last Prime Minister’s questions, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister confirmed that the…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenIt is an honour to have this opportunity to offer my condolences and those of my family and constituents to His Majesty the King and the royal family, and to pay tribute to Her…10 Sept 2022HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my right hon. Friend on her appointment and recognise her determination to address the many urgent and difficult challenges that face us now. Would she accept that…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Covid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered covid-19 vaccines and the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair for this debate, Sir Edward, and I…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Covid-19I am sorry to hear about the hon. Lady’s constituent and I agree with her. It is important that we do something differently for what she rightly says is a relatively small number…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Covid-19Yes, I agree entirely with my hon. Friend, who puts it very well. It is important not just that we have the right scheme—I do not believe yet that we do—but that, as he says, when…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Covid-19Yes. Again, I agree with my hon. Friend, who puts her point very powerfully. It seems to me that there is an opportunity for the Government to do better, and I hope that my hon.…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Covid-19As ever, the hon. Gentleman is making a lot of sense. He will have heard me say that the Government have a choice: they can either reform the VDPS or they can deal properly with…06 Sept 2022