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HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way right at the end. Just like him, I welcome the announcement. As we hear from across the aviation sector, there is much to be championed in…11 Jun 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: Extension6. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the warm home discount to all households in receipt of means-tested benefits on people receiving those benefits.10 Jun 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: ExtensionA very happy birthday to you, Mr Speaker. I welcome the extension of the warm home discount to all households on means-tested benefits from this winter. Many low-income households…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am delighted to have championed additional funding of more than £10 million for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust and over £1 million for Walsall Manor hospital for essential…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsIn July, I came from the classroom to this Chamber. I have seen the harm that poverty does to children, particularly those from families on universal credit who were not able to…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton), whose tenacity in tackling this…05 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI certainly agree. Communities like ours have borne the brunt of these cuts, and we see this playing out on our streets, in our schools and, unfortunately, in the criminal justice…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI will.04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI absolutely agree. I signpost hon. Members to yesterday’s meeting of the Education Committee, where we heard from a representative from the National Union of Students about the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI thank every Member who attended the debate. I am sure the Minister will heed our voices, because we speak for and serve our communities. It is really disappointing that not one…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI agree. Hon. Members will hear more about ICON’s work in my speech, because it paints a picture of our communities. This is a project of national renewal that is designed to work…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend. I speak from personal experience, and I will always champion the excellent work that Sure Start centres did. They were there for me, my neighbours and my…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for disadvantaged communities. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the Minister…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI absolutely agree. If I drive 10 minutes in my constituency, the life expectancy increases by more than seven years, which is shocking. This is not the politics of envy; it is…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who is clearly a champion for families and children in her constituency. Our communities are burdened with deep-rooted barriers—obstacles…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesInvestment has to go where it is most needed. Hon. Members feel strongly about that, which is why we see such representation in this debate. Child poverty in Wolverhampton North…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI, too, thank the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for initiating this important debate, especially because dementia is the defining health and social care challenge…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareLike every Member here, I have many constituents who have explained that navigating such a complex web of health and social care services is absolutely exhausting. For many…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in thanking Wednesfield History Society and all who organised the moving 80th anniversary service for the Lancaster bomber crash, which took…22 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Will my right hon. Friend outline the steps being taken in the forthcoming spending review to ensure that increased defence spending will stimulate economic growth, so that…20 May 2025