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HANSARD Young Cancer Patients: Experiences and OutcomesI am grateful to have had the opportunity to secure this important debate on a subject that matters deeply to me in my role as parliamentary champion for the Teenage Cancer Trust,…13 Apr 2026HANSARD Young Cancer Patients: Experiences and OutcomesIn view of the time, I will continue, if my hon. Friend does not mind. These are not marginal figures. They represent the overwhelming majority, yet despite a clear NHS commitment…13 Apr 2026HANSARD Young Cancer Patients: Experiences and OutcomesI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. This is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, and it is right that we use this moment to shine a light on a group that is…13 Apr 2026HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Growth ZonesFourteen years of Conservative economic decline saw jobs and opportunity leave places such as my constituency of Mansfield, and AI now presents a chance to turn that around. How…18 Mar 2026HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Growth Zones3. What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI growth zones on regeneration in Mansfield.18 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsI am pleased to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. People in my constituency and, I think, right across the country are clear: they want an immigration system that is…17 Mar 2026HANSARDProductivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsDoes the hon. Member recognise the fact that, in 2010, productivity in the east midlands was at 92% of the national average, but by the time the previous Government left office it…17 Mar 2026HANSARDProductivity and Economic Growth: East MidlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. We must confront honestly the challenge of productivity in the east midlands remaining well below the UK average,…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsIt is important to recognise that position, and it is important that transitional arrangements are put in place for people who entered the country absolutely legally. Crucially, I…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Rural RoadsResponsibility for maintaining roads in my area sits with the Reform-led Notts county council. It is all talk and no action and, frankly, residents are tired of excuses,…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Immigration ReformsI have met many people living in my constituency—workers from west Africa and from Asia—who make that case to me. I have written to the Home Secretary to support that case, and I…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Child Maintenance ServiceWe have all received casework on this subject. I often find that what I can only term incompetence by the CMS enables non-resident parents to shirk financial responsibility—at the…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Technology SovereigntyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I want to speak about technological sovereignty from an east midlands perspective. Too often, Westminster debates are…10 Mar 2026HANSARDUnemploymentWill the Secretary of State outline what exactly the youth guarantee means for young people in my constituency of Mansfield?09 Mar 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseMany former mineworkers in my constituency are entitled to receive a set amount of solid fuel per year. As few homes now rely on coal, some have requested a payment in lieu from…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Funeral Premises: Environmental Health InspectionsA grieving family in my constituency contacted me last year. They said that their deceased father, who had been left in the care of a local funeral home, had been stored in such a…03 Mar 2026HANSARD Sherwood Forest: TourismOn Robin Hood, would my hon. Friend join me in celebrating the legacy of former Mansfield Woodhouse resident Major Hayman Rooke, who discovered and is associated with the Major…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. My constituency is part of the rural county of Nottinghamshire. Many of my communities are feeling the impact of…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Sadly, on Christmas day my constituent Beryl Barrett passed away after tragically falling into an unrepaired pothole. I am sure that the whole House will join me in sending my…21 Jan 2026HANSARDSchool and College Assessments: Integrity4. What steps she is taking to help ensure the integrity of school and college assessments and examinations.19 Jan 2026