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HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentMadam Deputy Speaker, as we prepare for the longer summer recess and reflect on the past year, I want to extend my thanks to you and your team, and to Mr Speaker and his wider…16 Jul 2026HANSARDUkrainian Refugees16. If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement.13 Jul 2026HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesI echo my hon. Friend’s comments. If I may, I will approach this question from the other side. The lack of certainty is challenging for Ukrainians who are looking to return to…13 Jul 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseI associate myself with your remarks, Mr Speaker, and the remarks by the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House of both congratulations and condolences. On the…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Payment SchemeThe Minister is right to point out that although we—I think across the House—welcome his work and diligence, and that of the previous Government, on the scheme and recognise the…06 Jul 2026HANSARDNeuropsychiatric Conditions: PANS and PANDASThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your very kind remarks about Albie and others in today’s debate. A number of themes have been discussed by the hon. and right hon. Members,…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNeuropsychiatric Conditions: PANS and PANDASI beg to move, That this House has considered the diagnosis and treatment of Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNeuropsychiatric Conditions: PANS and PANDASAs always, the hon. Gentleman is ahead of the game; I was going to mention this. I am very much looking forward to the guidance, but we need to ensure that it is understood and…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNeuropsychiatric Conditions: PANS and PANDASThe right hon. Member may recall the debate we had in a previous Parliament on this subject. The Minister at the time gave the commitment that she would ensure that GPs and other…25 Jun 2026HANSARDNeuropsychiatric Conditions: PANS and PANDASI am sure the Minister can address that in her closing remarks. We absolutely need to ensure that. As the right hon. Member has said, amoxicillin might be one of the antibiotics…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel TariffsLike other Members, I have met businesses in my constituency that will be severely impacted by what is being proposed in agriculture, and they do not want to put additional costs…17 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I understand that the FCDO sent representatives to Afghanistan to meet women’s organisations a few weeks ago, so may I seek assurances about the safety of those women’s…16 Jun 2026HANSARD Legacy of Jo CoxI did not serve in this Parliament at the same time as Jo Cox, but I have served here at the same time as my friend, the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater). I recognise…11 Jun 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseI associate myself with the remarks of the Leader of the House and the shadow deputy Leader of the House on the knife attack in Belfast this week. I also thank the Leader of the…11 Jun 2026HANSARD Secondary Breast CancerIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. Some people, both in this place and outside of it, say that politicians are out of touch, that they do not care and…11 Jun 2026HANSARD Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, and to speak on behalf of the Liberal Democrats today. As the Chief Whip of my party, I seldom get the opportunity to…10 Jun 2026HANSARDMohamed al-Fayed: Alleged AbuseAlongside the hon. Member for Lichfield (Dave Robertson), I was present at the meeting with the Prime Minister last week. I welcome the Minister to her place and thank her for her…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseI start by echoing the comments made by both the shadow Leader of the House and the Leader of the House in relation to the murder of Henry Nowak and the comments made by his…04 Jun 2026HANSARD Relationship between Social Security Scotland and the DWPIn addition to all your work in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and so much behind the scenes, you are also a constituency MP. Like me, like the Minister, and like the other…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Relationship between Social Security Scotland and the DWPI agree with the hon. Member, and it is important to remember that on many occasions we are talking about our most vulnerable constituents. No doubt there is an onus on us as MPs,…02 Jun 2026