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HANSARDEngagementsQ9. The thoughts of the people of East Worthing and Shoreham are with His Majesty, too. The Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted that, since taking office, attendance at the…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsI declare an interest as co-chair of the all-party group on mindfulness, who wrote part of the report, which I am delighted she is reciting. More than 300 parliamentarians have…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During Prime Minister’s Question Time there was a distinct sense of déjà vu when the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper), whom I…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Mindfulness in SchoolsOn this specific point—and it is good that something constructive is coming out of this whole ghastly episode of Brianna Ghey, with the great work that her mother is doing—does…07 Feb 2024HANSARDFraud and Economic Crime: ProsecutionIs the Solicitor General aware that the Home Affairs Committee is currently looking at the whole issue of fraud and finding a huge problem with everything from romance fraud to…01 Feb 2024HANSARDHorticultural PeatUK peatlands store over 3 billion tonnes of carbon, which is more than all the forests in the UK, France and Germany combined. The Government were right to bring in proposals for…01 Feb 2024HANSARDHorticultural Peat4. When his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of horticultural peat.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024Again, my hon. Friend reinforces my point. I think we have done better on the provision of beds for that intensive care, although there are still not enough of them, but we have…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I will give way one more time. I have one more point to make and then I will finish.30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Family nurse partnerships were another great success story, for which he can take part of the credit. There are various ways of providing that…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024Yes, I am!30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024There is something in that, and people from better-off backgrounds may have recourse to the private sector as well, but the point is that the illness impacts on everybody,…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024I had not intended to speak, but there appears to be an opportunity to do so, and I am not one to pass it up, so I will make just a few comments. I declare my interests as per the…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Children’s Mental Health Week 2024The hon. Lady is being very generous with allowing interventions. I agree with much of what she has said, particularly in regard to early intervention. I was the Children’s…30 Jan 2024HANSARDFalling Pupil RollsAs the Secretary of State knows—we share a local authority—when it comes to calculating demand for secondary school places, West Sussex gets a D-minus. One of my districts is…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongIt is not just peculiar; it is outrageous. We have good examples of where the States has not only talked tough but followed it through with consequences and I think gets greater…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongThe hon. Lady is leaping ahead. If she will exercise a little patience, I will come to endorse entirely that point, and beef it up a bit. In response to those being named in the…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongI would never let a minute go to waste, Mr Twigg. I thank everybody for taking part in the debate. There has been a great degree of cross-party consensus, because we all recognise…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongI waived my right to reply, but will the Minister accept a challenge? Everything that she has said endorses just about everything that I have said, but there are no consequences.…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Human Rights in Hong KongI am grateful to my right hon. Friend and fellow China sanctionee. I am not sure whether I should have declared that at the beginning; it is not a quite a registered interest, but…23 Jan 2024