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HANSARD Pride MonthIt is a privilege to speak in this debate. I rise with personal pride as Macclesfield’s first openly gay Member of Parliament, and with real pride at how far Macclesfield and the…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyI congratulate my right hon. Friend. With over 5,000 Macclesfield jobs dependent on AstraZeneca, I welcome the health data research centre, the slashing of trial times and the…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Pride MonthMy hon. Friend has worked very hard on the issue of compensation for LGBT veterans because of the disgraceful way they were treated by the British state, which has been raised at…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Political PrisonersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It sometimes seems that the full glare of publicity is needed to make any progress with a case; I am thinking particularly of Nazanin…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Political PrisonersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) on securing this important…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Businesses in Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I commend the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) for securing this important debate. Rural businesses are a…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Businesses in Rural AreasI agree that we should be open-minded about such measures, just as I was open-minded about taking interventions—although that may change. On that point, I want to celebrate the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims of Sexual Abuse9. What steps her Department is taking to help support victims of sexual abuse.03 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims of Sexual AbuseOn the last Government’s watch, the backlog of Crown court cases rose to record levels, leaving too many victims, including those in Macclesfield, to wait years for their day in…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Roadworks: CheshireI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of roadworks on communities in Cheshire. It is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I am grateful to…21 May 2025HANSARD Roadworks: CheshireMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. It is affecting my constituents and his. He has also been working tirelessly to get that road…21 May 2025HANSARD Roadworks: CheshireI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the point. Constituents mention the issue of night time works to me, but perhaps I will let the Minister comment on that in a little more…21 May 2025HANSARD Roadworks: CheshireI agree with my hon. Friend. She is more than welcome to move to Cheshire, but I suspect her residents will not let her, because I know she is a really good champion for these…21 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. As other colleagues have pointed out, the sky did not fall in when these reforms, also passed in so many other countries across the world,…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I rise in support of the petition, and more broadly in support of the rights and dignity of transgender people in the…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and why we should be extremely worried about what is happening to our record on LGBT rights. In him, his constituents have an excellent champion…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI completely agree with my hon. Friend. She makes a good point about how urgent action is needed. Almost all Members have touched on the recent UK Supreme Court ruling, which has…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationWhere I agree completely with my hon. Friend is that this debate—as has been pointed out already—has become incredibly toxic. We are seeing, with Reform and others, an attempt to…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationMy hon. Friend makes that point extremely well. It is so depressing to hear of the fear that many of our constituents up and down the country have expressed to us, and the…19 May 2025HANSARDGavi and the Global FundIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes Central (Emily Darlington) for securing the debate. I want to speak…15 May 2025