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HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesMight my hon. Friend add to her list of questions and ask about the experience of other countries that have looked at these matters? For those countries that have used…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963Or in Spalding.30 Apr 2025HANSARD Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963My hon. Friend will know Socrates famously said that the only thing worth knowing is that we know very little, but we do know that these marbles are part of western civilisation.…30 Apr 2025HANSARDOther CorrectionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You, like me, have long been a supporter of Britain’s nuclear test veterans, so I wonder whether you could advise me. Given that Government…25 Apr 2025HANSARDOther CorrectionsPoint of Order The following extract is from a p oint of o rder on 23 April 2025.25 Apr 2025HANSARDOther CorrectionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You, like me, have long been a supporter of Britain’s nuclear test veterans, so I wonder whether you could advise me. Given that Government…25 Apr 2025HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You, like me, have long been a supporter of Britain’s nuclear test veterans, so I wonder whether you could advise me. Given that Government…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy right hon. Friend deserves great credit for championing the cause of justice and obliging the Government to follow suit, albeit grudgingly. Leaving aside the fundamental…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThe right hon. Lady is right about the moving process or trend that she has described, but the trouble is that it is part of a bigger problem, is it not? It is the problem of…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThe chairman of the Sentencing Council has argued that the sentence should be tailored to the offender, but my constituents—and, I suspect, those of the Secretary of State—think…22 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Wealth Fund: Regional GrowthEconomic policy should benefit all regions of Britain, including rural counties such as Lincolnshire, where we grow a disproportionate amount of the food that feeds the nation.…08 Apr 2025HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansThat we live in a strange age is beyond doubt. The guilt-fuelled self-loathing that poisons so many tiny bourgeois minds extends beyond the disowning of where we have come…08 Apr 2025HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansTo be blunt, we have a lot of influence in Nigeria, so I would go as far as to say, “No trade and no aid until their Government act on this.”08 Apr 2025HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansOf course that is true, but it is not the whole story because the persecution of Christians predates much of that. For example, in the middle east, the Ottoman empire gave licence…08 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsThe very distinction between fact and fiction is being eroded, and I fear that young people’s consciousness of that is being so damaged that we will be unable to navigate the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsI apologise for not being here in the early part of the debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am so moved by what the hon. Lady says. The truth is that the discourse she describes has…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way a second time—it is very generous of him. I think that we should jointly sponsor a Bill, Madam Deputy Speaker—the hon.…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, because he is making a wonderful contribution to our affairs, which is indicative of the beauty of science, about which we hear too…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am listening with intent to the right hon. Gentleman’s contribution. It may be that the Government are more innocent than he suggests and that there is not this hidden agenda he…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]There are three fundamental points to be made about the Bill, and I will make them more briefly than the previous speaker, the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy), although I…01 Apr 2025