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HANSARDGirls’ Access to EducationWith 129 million girls out of school across the world, may I congratulate my right hon. Friend and the FCDO on putting girls’ education at the heart of the women and girls…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureI thank my right hon. Friend for raising such an important issue. Of course, the largest amount of Russian frozen assets are those of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.…14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureWill my right hon. Friend give way?14 Mar 2023HANSARDRussian Assets: SeizureMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent point, but I draw his attention to another source of funds. There are increasing stories that the Wagner Group may be using gold stolen…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWe are very lucky to live in a country people want to escape to, not a country people want to escape from, and we should all be mindful of the words we use. I support the Bill’s…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankI massively congratulate my hon. Friend and His Majesty’s Government on this news. I spent three years of my life pushing the post-crash banking recovery and resolution frameworks…13 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayThe issue of spiking has, unfortunately, been coming up in my constituency. If the perpetrators are to be caught, it is important for victims to come forward quickly and provide…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayAs a fellow Essex MP, may I also give a shout-out to Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jane Gardner, particularly for her work on the Southend, Essex and Thurrock domestic…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s Dayrose —09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI agree that this must not become an epidemic, so I would like to draw the hon. Lady’s attention to some of the work that has been done in this area in Essex, under our police,…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI am sure my hon. Friend will be interested to know that the theme of this year’s Commission on the Status of Women meeting at the UN was “Women and the impact of technology.” I…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DaySorry, have I missed the point?09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI would just like to point out to my hon. Friend—who I really value and who is saying some great things—that I do not think it is contraception that has led to many of the…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayWill my hon. Friend give way?09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayThis is exactly the point. Educating girls creates benefits for the girls themselves and for the whole society—not just greater economic growth, through women being able to go out…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is absolutely wonderful to be back in the House today—if I am a bit bleary, it is because I have just got off the all-night redeye and have had only a couple of hours’…09 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth and Wellbeing Services: East of EnglandMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that the money for infrastructure that comes from developments needs to go to every sort of infrastructure that our households need. I was…01 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth and Wellbeing Services: East of EnglandIn my part of Essex, great work is already being done on levelling up. For example, it was never possible for people to get IVF in Mid Essex due to lower levels of funding, but…01 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth and Wellbeing Services: East of EnglandI thank my right hon. Friend for leading the debate. One of the challenges we have had in my part of Essex for many decades is the difficulty of recruiting doctors, in part…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolAs a Member of this House who was born and raised in Omagh, may I send my love and prayers to DCI John Caldwell? In my hand I have my Omagh school notebook from when I was six.…27 Feb 2023