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HANSARDDraft Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026In my constituency, we have already paid dearly the price of waste crime and seen its impacts on our city and the surrounding area, so I really welcome this measure. I think most…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The Department for Education has recently released new guidance for local authorities on the role of family hubs. It describes a significant departure from conventional…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDDigital Safety: ChildrenI welcome the Government’s position on this issue. We know that the technology is capable and present. I have spoken to those in the UK developing it, but it is being realised…08 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportThe report identifies the importance of the home learning environment, a dry term that recognises that children do not grow up in isolation but are in rich relationships, and that…02 Jun 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI agree with so much of what my hon. Friend is saying. We need to be ambitious, and we need to be looking at the big picture and fixing systems as well as situations. Like her, I…19 May 2026HANSARDRoyal Mail: PerformanceMany people in Worcester are very frustrated by the delays in the Royal Mail service, which are impacting their healthcare and their access to money. However, having spoken to…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Palliative CareI thank my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) for leading on this topic. I have seen palliative care fail. My mum, Alison, had ovarian cancer. She died…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Palliative CareMy hon. Friend is entirely right. We need far better integration across those services. I was heartbroken to see that the palliative care that my mother was receiving seemed to…05 Mar 2026HANSARD Sustainable Aviation Fuel BillA few of my colleagues have been offering jokes. I was not able to prepare detailed remarks, so I hope they will forgive me if I just wing it. [Laughter.] Although we have…03 Mar 2026HANSARD Kinship Carer IdentificationSometimes, a child’s birth parents cannot look after them. Around 100,000 children in the UK are looked after by the state, and most of us are familiar with the concepts of…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Kinship Carer IdentificationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising good cases and good examples that we might like to follow. I also appreciate his having spoken to me beforehand about his…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Kinship Carer IdentificationIt is true that there is a real diversity in the situations of kinship carers, both in the causes of people finding themselves caring for young people and in the legal structures…23 Feb 2026HANSARDDraft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026I am very pleased that the Government have taken this approach of listening carefully, responding and trying to build a solution that is manageable and predictable, with a phased…21 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.13 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsPatients in Worcester are struggling to access urgent care. Far too many are falling through gaps in our system, with devastating consequences and huge amounts of double work, and…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Families in Worcester are trapped in damp and mouldy homes. Disabled tenants are stuck without facilities and access, and repairs are going unaddressed—all because Platform…12 Jan 2026HANSARDGas-fired Power Stations3. What estimate he has made of the cost of building new gas-fired power stations.06 Jan 2026HANSARDGas-fired Power StationsThe National Energy System Operator’s clean power 2030 plan relies on unabated gas power stations, without a clear plan for their decarbonisation after 2030. The forthcoming…06 Jan 2026HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. At its birth, the internet was envisaged as a great advancement in a free society: decentralised, crowdsourced and…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealI thank my hon. Friend for his remark. He is entirely right. In my own experience of engineering products, very critically, for safety, it was incumbent upon us to be fully open…15 Dec 2025