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HANSARD SnaresIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. Given my long-standing interest in improving animal welfare standards in this country, it will be no surprise…09 Jan 2023HANSARD SnaresWill the Minister give way?09 Jan 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillLike my hon. Friend, I thank the Petitions Committee and the petitioners for introducing this important debate. Many of our constituents will have signed the petition, and from…05 Dec 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillMy right hon. Friend has been a strong advocate for animal welfare improvements over many years. Although it is infuriating that it has taken so long to get some things through…05 Dec 2022HANSARDShark Fins BillI congratulate the hon. Lady, my friend, on introducing this important Bill, and of course congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on resuming her place at the Department for…16 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionWith my other half working in local radio as a presenter, I need to declare a personal interest in this issue. However, my support was strong long before we met, because I have…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSuicide is the biggest killer of under-35s in the UK, with more than 200 school-aged children taking their own life every year, including two, very sadly, in my constituency in…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsPoor mental health costs the economy £118 billion per annum, obesity-related diseases cost the NHS £6.5 billion every year and ill health in England’s most deprived communities…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Cross-Channel Migrants: Manston FacilityMy right hon. Friend the Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) has asked me to say that he would have been here but he is at a meeting in Manston as we speak. In order to…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Contact in Care SettingsOrdinarily when we stand up in the Chamber, we say that it is, for example, “a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend,” but given the very powerful speech from the hon. Member for…27 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022Will my right hon. and learned Friend the Minister join me in congratulating and thanking the many volunteer crew in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, for which Tower…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenI rise humbly and with great sadness to pay tribute to Her Majesty the Queen on behalf of my constituents. The outpouring of love and respect for her is heartfelt and genuine,…09 Sept 2022HANSARD Urgent and Emergency CareNational headlines do not often reflect the hard work of those in our local hospitals. Although there will be—indeed, there have been—cases of unforgivable waits, will my right…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdatePubs, grassroots sports clubs and an indoor play centre are examples from the local hospitality and leisure sector that have been in touch with me in the past few weeks to…05 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are becoming more aware of how poor lifestyles, including with respect to diet, physical activity and stress, can contribute to an increase in the risk of cancer. Research is…19 Jul 2022HANSARDBadger CullingI beg to move, That this House has considered Government policy on badger culling. As always, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. After many years of…13 Jul 2022HANSARDBadger CullingI agree. I appreciate that it is very easy for us as Back Benchers, without the controls of the Treasury, to always call for extra funding, but I do think there is real merit in…13 Jul 2022HANSARDBadger CullingI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. One of the sad things about the badger cull debate is that it has been quite divisive: two groups have been pitted against…13 Jul 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police ServiceMay I place on the record my thanks to the Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Tom Pursglove), who, as victims Minister, recently met a constituent of mine…29 Jun 2022HANSARDBrazil: Violence against Journalists and ActivistsIt is thanks to journalists and environmentalists such as Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira that record deforestation, mining and logging, predatory fishing and drug trafficking have…21 Jun 2022