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HANSARDImmigration UpdateChelmsford is a very welcoming community. We have welcomed Ukrainian refugees, the families of those brave Afghans who stood beside our soldiers, and the Hong Kong Chinese. We…01 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI had hoped that my hon. Friend was going to speak to amendment 70 as well. I just so pleased that we are going through the legislation today, because it is so important for so…29 Apr 2024HANSARDChildren with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesIn Essex, it has been taking far too long for children to get their education health and care plans, so I was pleased to hear that the county council had just recruited 46…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Childcare EntitlementsThe expansion of Government-funded childcare is going to be a major benefit to many families in my Chelmsford constituency, so on the first day of the expansion I went to visit…23 Apr 2024HANSARDGP Retention4. What recent progress she has made on retaining GPs.23 Apr 2024HANSARDGP RetentionChelmsford is a growing city, and it is very good that, compared with pre-covid times, we have more clinicians in our GP surgeries, but we need more surgeries as well. One new…23 Apr 2024HANSARDSudan: Government ResponseThis has been described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in decades, and the war that the world chooses to ignore. Last week, members of the all-party group on Sudan and…22 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. WhatsApp can be very handy, but it can also be very dangerous. Its end-to-end encryption means that even the most vile illegal content, such as child sexual abuse, cannot be…17 Apr 2024HANSARDOnline Safety Act: ImplementationThe Online Safety Act introduced many measures to keep children safe, but given the increased concerns about children’s online safety, does the Secretary of State agree that it is…17 Apr 2024HANSARDOnline Safety Act: Implementation5. What steps her Department is taking to implement the Online Safety Act 2023.17 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI want to go back to the point about consultation. I think that the hon. Gentleman has agreed that, for people who smoke cigarettes, moving on to vapes can be helpful. What he may…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that, largely, the Bill will not affect people in this House but younger people, and that it is therefore incredibly important to listen to their…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThe Bill sets two important principles crashing against each other: on the one hand, the principle of personal freedom, and on the other, the responsibility of a Government to act…16 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateIranian drones have not only been fired towards Israel and Ukraine; there are also biweekly shipments of Iranian drones arriving in Port Sudan for use in the war in Sudan, which,…15 Apr 2024HANSARDSafer Streets FundIn Essex, the police, fire and crime commissioner Roger Hirst has used the safer streets money to pay for CCTV and safety measures in the Bunny Walks, to pay for safety…15 Apr 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyDemocracy is not perfect, but the right to choose who makes the laws that govern us is really precious, and it is really scary to hear that a foreign power might be trying to…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI want to take my hon. Friend back to what she said about investment in childcare. I remind her that this week brings International Women’s Day, and the cost of childcare is such…06 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I thank the Health and Secondary Care Minister for visiting the new medical school in Chelmsford yesterday. This is the first time that students have ever been able to train…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillFor some of my Chelmsford constituents, these provisions cannot come soon enough. One constituent told me how he bought his leasehold flat seven years ago, but now he and his wife…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentIn all the discussions that we have had about military hardware, it is easy to forget the human cost of this war, not least the 20,000 children stolen by the Russians and never…27 Feb 2024