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HANSARDRelations with the European UnionI thank my right hon. Friend the Minister for his answer. Given that he leads on UK-EU relations, will he outline how the Cabinet Office will ensure that the new sanitary and…10 Jul 2025HANSARDRelations with the European Union4. What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU.10 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I echo the Home Secretary’s remarks about the 7/7 attacks. Alcaline Transport in my constituency was fined £10,000 after it reported that a clandestine migrant was found in…07 Jul 2025HANSARD West Bank: Forced DisplacementIt is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) for securing this timely debate. We must be crystal…02 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the Minister for her statement and for her engagement. My question is about the co-production proposal. By what mechanism will that be given effect, and how is…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Political PrisonersIt is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) for securing this vital debate.…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Political PrisonersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We must not forget that Hong Kong still, it is said, has a common law system, so Hong Kong must observe the common law and the basic principles…18 Jun 2025HANSARDFarmed Animals: Cages and CratesMy hon. Friend talks about an additional 1p per egg, but does she agree that some sort of financial incentive or financial reason would be an important factor in increasing the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat will have to be worked out; I do not have the answer at my fingertips, but others might. I was pleased to hear my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley say earlier that she…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will press on. Secondly, the amendment attempts to limit the scope of future regulation by barring any changes to the Suicide Act 1961, but that is already covered by new clause…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am essentially finished. I urge hon. Members to reject amendment (b) to new clause 14 in its current form, not because we oppose its aim, but because we can and must find a…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI want to put on record my sincere thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) for the way that she has approached this Bill. Her willingness to listen to…13 Jun 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare in FarmingDoes the hon. Member agree that, through the Government’s programme of planning reform, we must not create any loopholes that could be exploited to facilitate the destructive,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 700014 relating to decriminalising abortion. It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. The…02 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionMy understanding is that the case has been disposed of. Ms Packer was found not guilty of those charges last month, I believe.02 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionI will press on, because I am conscious of the time. Maybe we will come back to this.02 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I come back to what I said to the right hon. Member for Gainsborough: whatever the position at the time of the law’s coming into…02 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionAll right then.02 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionI entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and thank her for her work on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which engages that principle of autonomy. I find it hard to read…02 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionI thank my hon. Friend for that statistic, which I was not aware of. Criminalisation involves traumatisation from the moment of investigation to charge, arrest and all the way…02 Jun 2025