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HANSARDReoffending on ProbationWill the Lord Chancellor outline the steps being taken to recruit and retain probation officers, and to ensure that they have manageable caseloads and that their morale is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI thank the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing this important debate. As Members across the House have rightly highlighted, dementia remains one of the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareThe hon. Lady is absolutely right: we need to take urgent action, and earlier. There are now cases of people having got dementia even as early as the age of 50 without knowing…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareOne in four hospital beds are occupied by someone living with dementia, and there is a 50% higher hospital readmissions rate for those who have dementia than the general…03 Jun 2025HANSARDReoffending on Probation3. What steps her Department is taking to help to reduce reoffending by people on probation.03 Jun 2025HANSARD Arms and Military Cargo Export Controls: IsraelThe exports have included items such as bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is completely conceivable that…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Arms and Military Cargo Export Controls: IsraelA report in The Guardian last month suggested that despite the suspension of key arms export licences to Israel back in September, UK firms have exported thousands of military…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI am grateful to the Lord Chancellor for her statement and for commissioning the sentencing review. Does she agree that this Government are now taking action, whereas this time…22 May 2025HANSARD Broadband and Mobile Connectivity: Rural AreasMy constituency of Wolverhampton West is residential, densely populated and urban. The area of Tettenhall has lots of elderly constituents, many of whom do not have a mobile…21 May 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillOnly this weekend, I was discussing with a district Crown prosecutor and another Crown prosecutor the backlog in our court system, and they expressed strong concern about the…20 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI have heard the argument that the Supreme Court interpreted the meaning of “sex” within the confines of the Equality Act 2010—I have inquired further into this as a member of the…19 May 2025HANSARD Pubs and Community FundingThe hon. Member has given an account of all the different pubs in her constituency, but these kinds of stories are happening across the country. In my constituency, we have the…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I begin by expressing my full support for the trans community…19 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillLike my hon. Friend, I found the decision to vote for the Bill on Second Reading a difficult choice, as it was for many, but it was to improve the current situation and to have…16 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseDuring the previous 10 years or so, one student has died every four days in England and Wales due to suicide. Members of this House have previously put questions to Departments on…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsOn a recent visit to Featherstone prison near Wolverhampton, I came across several prisoners who had been recalled, and who were waiting up to a year to have their cases…15 May 2025HANSARD Youth ServicesSome 93% of young people who have attended a youth centre say that it has made a positive difference to their lives. They have come away happier, healthier and more confident in…15 May 2025HANSARDCoroner Services: West MidlandsIn May 2024, more than 6,000 inquests in this country had been delayed by more than a year. As the hon. Gentleman appreciates, each of those inquests represents a grieving family…15 May 2025HANSARDCoroner Services: West MidlandsI am grateful to the hon. Member for allowing me to intervene again. Apart from him, I think I am the only Member from the west midlands in the Chamber; my constituency is…15 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI am sure that I am not the only Member of this House who is getting increasingly frustrated by the number of discussions that we have where we say the same things over and over…14 May 2025