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HANSARD Mass Transit: West YorkshireI commend the hon. Gentleman for his campaigning on that issue, but I return to the point that we need a comprehensive integrated transport network that links up everything. What…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Adoption and Kinship Placementsrose—20 May 2025HANSARD Adoption and Kinship PlacementsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for allowing me to intervene first. In the Adjournment debate that I held on this subject, the Minister…20 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make some progress. The amendment is not about eroding the careful work that the Bill Committee has done to expand the rigorous safeguards already in the Bill; it is about…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am bringing my remarks to a close. If we believe in dignity, let us ensure it is a dignity that includes everyone; if we believe in autonomy, let us not deny it to those who may…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make a little progress, as I was in the middle of a quotation. It continues: “Unless you are actually affected by something as desperate as MND, you cannot understand what…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that powerful and compelling intervention. We risk creating a two-tier system. We say that we want to fix the status quo because we know that it is not…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. It was really interesting how the debate was conducted on Second Reading and in Committee, and how we were meant to be having that…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI start by thanking the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) for introducing the Bill and for giving me the opportunity to serve on the Bill Committee. I rise to speak in…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe right hon. Member makes a pertinent point about other jurisdictions and the different Bills and conversations around them that they have. I tabled my amendment in order to…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. The amendment is designed to stop our having a conversation about eligibility after this Bill. I want to see a Bill that stops the…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make a little progress. We have gone further than any other jurisdiction in terms of safeguards. Why, then, if we are satisfied that our safeguards are robust, are we…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make progress. Let me speak to the reality of my amendment with a story from a constituent who does not wish to be named. She wrote to me about her brother, who died at age…16 May 2025HANSARDAccountability for Daesh CrimesThe Government could do more to look at, collate and document that information, so that we have something that we can refer back to for similar situations that may, sadly, occur…15 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseA number of weeks ago, I mentioned the inaugural Harrogate town council elections. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating all those who were elected? May we have a…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI have a solar development in my constituency, and there are proposals for a battery storage solution. The hon. Gentleman mentions safety. I am hoping to address that through an…15 May 2025HANSARDAccountability for Daesh CrimesI thank my hon. Friend for that important question. Throughout our discussion, our deliberations and the formulation of the report, the Committee talked extensively about that. A…15 May 2025HANSARDAccountability for Daesh CrimesIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine, and a privilege to speak on this important statement on the Joint Committee on Human Rights report “Accountability…15 May 2025HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseA constituent of mine infected with hepatitis C and under the special category mechanism has written to express their distress that earlier this year supplementary regulations…14 May 2025HANSARDBritish Nationals Murdered Abroad: Support for FamiliesI have been helping a constituent whose relative was murdered abroad over 10 years ago, and it is still an ongoing issue. My constituent tells me that the responses from the FCDO…12 May 2025