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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask what success is and what it looks like. Is success giving my consumers greater choice and lower prices, and my businesses ensuring that the UK is an attractive…13 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and Supportrose —07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportI was incredibly upset by the shadow Minister’s suggestion that I do not care about mental health. As someone who has suffered with mental ill health in the past and spoken in the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportAs you and my hon. Friend the Minister are aware, Madam Deputy Speaker, there has been a tragic, historic issue of in-patient mental health deaths in Essex—it goes back to…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportThe hon. Gentleman has said that the Government’s amendment bears no relation to the reality of what people are seeing. In my speech I mentioned the creation of a brand-new…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportMy hon. Friend is completely right about online bullying. It is so important therefore that we get the Online Safety Bill through—it must not be delayed too much, although there…07 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportIt is incredibly helpful to have my hon. Friend’s detailed experience in this debate. Why does psychosis get missed out?07 Jun 2023HANSARDAfghan Women and GirlsI thank the hon. Member for raising this really important topic. I apologise, as I cannot stay long. On the subject of education, a point made to me by a number of Afghan women…06 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. When I spoke earlier, I should perhaps have referred to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I am an unpaid…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyI absolutely agree that what is right for one place may not be right for another. I would just like to point out that the purpose of all my suggestions is to enable local…05 Jun 2023HANSARD New Housing SupplyChelmsford, my constituency, has a vibrant community, excellent schools, low crime rates and a popular city centre, and is an easy commute to London. It is also the home of the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI wish to speak about the Government amendments and amendment 15. As colleagues will know, I spent many years as a British Member of the European Parliament, representing UK…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman. Many of my constituents are also concerned about the rise in food prices. Does he agree that we need to be careful that our…24 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitAmong many other achievements this weekend, may I thank the Prime Minister for ensuring that education did not drop off the global agenda, and that the communiqué reaffirms the…22 May 2023HANSARDPublic Bodies and VATMy right hon. Friend is making a really important point. Chelmsford College in my constituency provides an outstanding education to young people from all over Essex, providing…17 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo Chelmsford GCSE students, Louis and Mason, have been engaged in a citizenship project on our justice system and reducing reoffending rates. Given that we know employment can…16 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure that the whole House will wish to congratulate my right hon. Friend on her role in the coronation. She is an emblem of dignity, poise and girl power. Her bluey-green…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineI thank my right hon. Friend for his very sobering statement. The sheer scale of atrocities against civilians is horrific: it is heartbreaking that over 23,000 civilians have been…11 May 2023HANSARD SudanI agree with my right hon. Friend that getting a ceasefire is vital. On behalf of the all-party parliamentary group on Sudan and South Sudan, I thank him for coming to the meeting…02 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The humanitarian situation in Sudan is extremely serious and is spreading to affect neighbouring countries, as many thousands of people are fleeing Sudan. Many of those…02 May 2023