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HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI know why Dame Rosie is smiling: she thinks that I have possibly attempted to fit my Second Reading speech into this response to new clause 1. If I go down the road of energy…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillWithout question. We had some success with our tobacco control plan, but progress has stalled. We cannot ignore the pandemic, as the Opposition Front Benchers sometimes try to,…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillAnd corporation tax, as my hon. Friend says from a sedentary position. If we believe in prevention—and, as I say, I believe that those on the Front Bench do—we need to have the…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI was not planning on speaking, but there are a couple of points that I would like to put on record, as a former Health Minister. I will not revisit the debate on the leadership…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI add my voice to those who have welcomed my right hon. Friend to his role. I think he will do a good job. Here is what is worrying me. Yes, we want work to pay, but we also want…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I warmly welcome the Secretary of State to her role and wish her all the best. Her predecessor talked about a new cancer agenda. Could she…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessMay I ask the Secretary of State to clarify a point about park home owners in Winchester, who obviously live under one business owner—the park home owner—and people who live in…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenMadam Deputy Speaker, I concur with what you said after listening to our new sovereign King. What a privilege it was to sit here together in this House of Commons Chamber and…09 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsIt is very kind of the Prime Minister to give way to so many sensible Members. Today is clearly a big intervention, and the Government are, as she promised, wrapping their arms…08 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI congratulate my fellow Hampshire MP on her new role. She will be aware that junction 9 of the M3 is a key piece of road infrastructure in our part of the world, from the docks…08 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionCountries around the world and other parts of the UK are battling historical infrastructure constraints that mix storm water with foul water. Does the Secretary of State agree…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsI speak as the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on HIV and AIDS. Due to ignorance about HIV and a lack of understanding about how it is transmitted, many people…19 Jul 2022HANSARDBTEC QualificationsI am fortunate to have Peter Symonds College in my constituency. It is one of the biggest in England and it educates about 4,500 young people. Many of its students progress to…18 Jul 2022HANSARDBTEC QualificationsFurther to my earlier intervention on the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova), if the Government wish to proceed with this, they have the right to do so—if they can…18 Jul 2022HANSARDBTEC QualificationsAs usual, my hon. Friend is making a very thoughtful speech. In Hampshire, we have a tertiary system: we have big sixth-form colleges and very few sixth forms attached to state…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingIt is really good to hear from my right hon. Friend, given his experience. I know that this is a very difficult debate. I lost both my parents when I was 46. I watched both of…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAffordable and Accessible ChildcareI thank the Secretary of State and his excellent Minister for their drive for quality in this sector. Those of us on the all-party parliamentary group on childcare and early…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryWe are talking about GP and dentistry services today, but the wider primary care family includes community pharmacy and ophthalmology, the vast majority of which are not NHS…21 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesThat was interesting, but my constituents are not really interested in the greatest hits of the left bank on the Opposition Back Bench. They are not interested in the enemy within…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?15 Jun 2022