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HANSARDServices for People with AutismMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. This is one of the many aspects of this challenge that makes life very difficult for the families of children with autism, and we…21 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown), who made her case with great power and passion. I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for…21 Mar 2019HANSARDServices for People with AutismIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann). I congratulate the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) on opening today’s debate, and I…21 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI welcome what the Minister has said today. As she described to the House, the Select Committee is currently looking at climate change. Rightly, today’s focus is on humanitarian…20 Mar 2019HANSARDBangladeshIt is clear that the conditions are not in place for the safe voluntary return of Rohingya refugees to Burma. Did the Secretary of State have an opportunity to discuss with the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSyriaI welcome this statement. We can all be proud of the UK’s substantial contribution to humanitarian relief in Syria and neighbouring countries. I want to ask the Minister two…11 Mar 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerAn important part of our soft power is our commitment to tackling global poverty and to international development. Will the Minister therefore take this opportunity to reaffirm…26 Feb 2019HANSARDGlobal Education for the Most MarginalisedIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I join my colleagues in congratulating the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) on securing this debate and…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingProgress on the formula would be very welcome, particularly to meet the point that several hon. Members raised about areas with high deprivation. Can the Minister respond to my…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered the funding of Merseyside Police. It is, as ever, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I am grateful to my hon.…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingThere is no doubt that the nature of policing is changing and that technological innovation is providing opportunities, but I think that bobbies on the beat are still a…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingI thank the Minister for her response, and I thank my hon. Friend the shadow Minister and hon. Friends from across Merseyside for their contributions to what has been a…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingI thank my right hon. Friend for that important intervention. We have seen an increase in shootings on the Liverpool side as well, and he is right to emphasise the real risk to…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am sure her constituents say to her as mine do to me that there is that sense of having to make an increased contribution, yet not seeing an…19 Feb 2019HANSARDYemenThe Stockholm agreement is indeed very welcome, but the Minister is right that it is also fragile. One of the features is the World Food Programme supplies, to which it is hard to…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Local Government FinanceIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill), who made a thoughtful, reflective contribution to today’s debate. The publication of the…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsMy hon. Friend makes an important and powerful point on behalf of his constituents, and he anticipates the next part of my speech. In Liverpool—this is happening in other parts of…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Maintained Nursery SchoolsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan). She and my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) demonstrate the powerful…31 Jan 2019HANSARDVenezuelaThe Maduro regime has clearly been a disaster for the people of Venezuela, with the humanitarian catastrophe, as we have heard, and the appalling abuses of human rights documented…28 Jan 2019HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Border Security BillI thank the Minister for his response, particularly for what he has said about the potential for review and the ability perhaps to make additions at a later stage. I also thank…22 Jan 2019