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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) BillI am listening with considerable interest. There are a large number of farmers in my area, and some of them are sheep farmers. One of their complaints is that people stray on to…17 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI restrict my interest today to new clause 55, which I tabled. It would set up the offence of child criminal exploitation—in other words, it is Fagin’s law. The essence of the…15 May 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastI suggest that my hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully) gets a new “A to Z”; the journey is not that much more difficult.13 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastI congratulate the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) on obtaining this debate. It is a little interesting that we are having it before we have got the report. We cannot…13 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastI apologise to the hon. Lady. I will write to people who say they do not know where Tooting is to explain, and I will give them a picture of her. I have also got to know the…13 Mar 2024HANSARD Children’s Cancer Care: South-EastKnowing quite a number of consultants at St George’s, if they heard that they were at a standstill position and not building on what they have now, they would be insulted.13 Mar 2024HANSARD Mole Valley Local PlanI thank the Minister and her officials for coming, and I thank her in advance, because I am hoping for an excellent, useful response. I realise that I am picking on a specific…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapI am a little cautious about rising to speak, because like other Members in the past, I have great enthusiasm and a great understanding of the need, but considerable ignorance of…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapI think the right hon. Member might make this rather difficult for me because of my lack of knowledge, but I will give way.22 Feb 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapSorry?22 Feb 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapThank you. The Whip has saved me! I had actually worked it out and was going to bring it up. The other thing that rather kicked my memory was that when I went out to the same…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Mole Valley Local PlanI completely agree with the Minister, and with the reasons why the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety wrote to the council. The difficulty is that there were two…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Mole Valley Local PlanIn broad terms, is it not unacceptable to assume that an exceptional circumstance is the need to increase housing? It certainly was when I was in the Minister’s shoes. Is that…22 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformAs you are aware, Mr Speaker, I have a declared interest in this particular topic. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is aware, dentistry in England is a seller’s…07 Feb 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI absolutely and totally agree with the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine), and I am a bit shocked by this, because it has come up on me. As a teenager, I lived in…25 Jan 2024HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI am very supportive of the policing and criminal justice aspects of the King’s Speech, but being very aware of the time limit on Members, for the benefit of Ministers—from my…15 Nov 2023HANSARD HPV VaccinationsI beg to move, That this House has considered HPV vaccinations. I am delighted to see you in the Chair, Dame Maria. I am also delighted to see the Minister. The subject of the…19 Jul 2023HANSARD HPV VaccinationsAs ever with the hon. Member’s interventions—which are frequent, as we have noticed, and press releases must result from them—he raises an interesting point. I will touch on it as…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureIn September last year, I was lucky enough to go back to visit New Zealand, tone up my accent, learn about the All Blacks and all that sort of stuff. I went to the South Island…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureSorry, but the hon. Gentleman came late to the debate, and I am just about to finish. This, I believe, makes it difficult for Culham to attract and retain its highly important…05 Jul 2023