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HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI will—very much so. I have been terribly unlucky, by the way, having suffered a severe head injury as a result of a road traffic accident and, like the hon. Member for Rhondda,…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for making that point. The hon. Member for Rhondda talked about the understanding that we need in the welfare system and the expertise that…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseT.S. Eliot said: “Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree”. That was brought home again this morning when the Environment Agency predicted that many coastal areas, including…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryThe hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) made an incredibly important contribution—as my hon. Friend is doing—highlighting that many people become involved in alcohol,…09 May 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Monetary Penalties and Refusal to Renew an Access and Participation Plan) (England) Regulations 2019This instrument speaks of disadvantage and under-representation. Among the challenges faced are those confronted by disabled students and people with disabilities who are seeking…08 May 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Monetary Penalties and Refusal to Renew an Access and Participation Plan) (England) Regulations 2019I have rarely received such a comprehensive and persuasive response to an intervention. I reassure the Committee that the Minister did not know I was going to make it, which makes…08 May 2019HANSARDDraft Higher Education (Monetary Penalties and Refusal to Renew an Access and Participation Plan) (England) Regulations 2019I do not intend to delay the Committee unduly, Mr Hosie—not that you would allow me to. On that point, the key is the structure and nature of courses. Birkbeck’s success—the hon.…08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Funeral FundMy hon. Friend knows—as do you, Mr Speaker—that, inspired by the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris), I have been a champion of this fund and have indeed highlighted…01 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Funeral FundI want the Minister to know that my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), myself and, I hope, the hon. Member for Swansea East, will be…01 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWhen the French potentate Napoleon described our kingdom as “a nation of shopkeepers”, doubtless he had in mind the panoply of family grocers, butchers and bakers that once…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseA number of NHS clinicians have quit the gender identity development service clinic over ethical and safety concerns. They state that they were “often under pressure to refer…11 Apr 2019HANSARDPublic LibrariesIn that spirit, Mr Speaker, Marcel Proust said: “There are perhaps no days of our childhood that we lived as fully as…the days we spent with a favourite book”. Getting children…11 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I recall, in bygone years, the fun my father had completing his pools coupon. That stands in stark contrast with the sinister attempts of corporatist, globalist gambling firms…11 Apr 2019HANSARDPublic Librariesrose—11 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionWill the hon. Lady make it absolutely clear whether she and the Liberal Democrats want to honour the result of the referendum and leave the European Union, or whether they want to…29 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseTwo hundred thousand nurses have left the NHS in less than a decade and there are 42,000 vacancies, which is 12% of the nursing workforce. Notwithstanding a small number of…28 Mar 2019HANSARDSupporting Disabled People to WorkI know that you, Mr Speaker, regard the report by the all-party group on acquired brain injury, “Time for Change”, as required reading. I hope the Minister will, too. It sets out…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseW. B. Yeats said: “Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure…but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.” We should therefore all have more to smile about, because the UK…21 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will speak briefly, Mr Hanson, by way of an alternative to intervening on the Minister, because it will give her more opportunity to reflect on what I have to say, and I only…18 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On that note, and without wishing to detain colleagues on the Committee unduly, I happily give way to my hon. Friend.18 Mar 2019