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HANSARD Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB LegacyI beg to move, That this House has considered the legacy of Team GB’s performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics. What a summer of sport we have been treated to! The Olympics, sadly,…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB LegacyI totally agree. It is lovely that the hon. Gentleman has had the opportunity to celebrate those Northern Irish athletes at their homecoming. That is really magic and I look…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB LegacyMy hon. Friend is completely right. It is fantastic to see the velodrome in Newport in her constituency—it is a gem. In fact, if she does not mind, I would like to see one in…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB LegacyJim, I’ll drop you a text. I had not picked up a tennis racket since I was a child, and the only reason I played tennis as a child was that it was the nearest place I could go to…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB LegacyI thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. It is such a shame that we have only 30 minutes for the debate, because I think we could have filled this place and everybody could…03 Sept 2024HANSARDEuropean Political Community8. What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of discussions at the European Political Community.25 Jul 2024HANSARDEuropean Political CommunityCan the Minister outline more about the additional support offered at the European Political Community summit? What impact is that expected to have?25 Jul 2024HANSARDBarnett FormulaI welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to needs-based funding for Northern Ireland. Does he agree that how funding is allocated and how further revenue might be generated…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Commercial Sexual ExploitationGiving someone money, accommodation, food, a job or other services on the condition that they perform sex acts is sexual exploitation and abuse, yet the global trade in sexual…23 Jul 2024HANSARD Commercial Sexual ExploitationI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I know that the Minister is listening and will likely agree with her, as I do. Multimillion-pound pimping websites have been allowed…23 Jul 2024HANSARD Commercial Sexual ExploitationThere have been huge advances in the battle for women’s equality in recent decades, but on some issues, we have gone backwards. Chief among them is commercial sexual exploitation.…23 Jul 2024HANSARD Commercial Sexual ExploitationI thank the hon. Member for his contribution, because, having been a shadow Minister for Northern Ireland and from working with Women’s Aid in Northern Ireland, I know that this…23 Jul 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOn Tuesday, I was fortunate to visit Team Wales Business Club at the Principality stadium, where I met some fantastic, resilient young sportspeople: Alys Thomas, Poppy Ellis, and…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI associate myself with the comments of the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts), because the women’s residential centre she speaks of happens to be in…18 Jul 2024HANSARDWomen and Girls in SportI draw attention to my recent appointment to the board of Llanelli Scarlets. I pay tribute to both Front Bench teams for the cross- party work in this House, because women’s and…23 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Private investors are queuing up to make billions of pounds of investment in the green industries of the future, but under this Government, that money has flowed abroad. Under…21 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseBefore coming to this place, I was a modern foreign languages teacher— I taught in Wigan and south Wales. I absolutely loved it and took so many pupils overseas to give them that…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportThis issue is very close to my heart, and I thank the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) and the Backbench Business Committee for the opportunity to speak…16 May 2024HANSARD Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory GuidanceSeven years ago, before I came to this House, I spent 20 years teaching, some of the time in the north-west of England and some of it in Wales. I knew, as a modern foreign…16 May 2024HANSARDPublic Confidence in Victim SupportRapists, domestic abusers and stalkers cannot be convicted if trials are not going ahead, and victims are dropping out after being made to wait years for justice. Where is the…14 May 2024