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HANSARDAmazon DeforestationIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Moon. I congratulate the more than 100,000 signatories to this petition, because it seems that more and more it is the people outside…07 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationThe hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point. Again, who do we see ourselves to be in the world? Will we support nationalist Governments who, ultimately, when it really becomes…07 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationThe hon. Gentleman has touched on something so important in our current political debate: nationalism is completely the wrong answer to a global crisis. We can solve these things…07 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationDoes the Minister really believe that the young impatient people out there, and the older impatient people, will find what he has said to be a satisfactory answer to all that we…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthAbsolutely. Post-natal depression is hidden, and the NCT’s “Hidden Half” campaign addresses that. Anyone who has been a parent knows that parenthood is not easy. Probably all…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsThe Prime Minister is promising to get Brexit done at the end of the month. But the EU is not going to sink to the bottom of the sea, and today’s exchanges—lasting almost two…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI beg to move, That this House notes with concern the rise in mental ill health among women, with one in five now experiencing common mental disorders and young women the most…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI could not agree more. We need a strategy. More than half of women who experience mental ill health have a history of abuse, meaning that their conditions are rooted in…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate, everybody who has made vital contributions this afternoon and the Minister for her responses. If I could take…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI have been an MP for a relatively short time, and I find increasingly that trying to access services or get universal credit throws perfectly healthy people into mental health…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthThe health visitors in the early weeks when I was first a mother, and subsequently, were wonderful and a real lifeline. We do need to continue with that, but the problem is that…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthYes indeed. I talk to campaigners, who are now looking at the new general practitioner contracts that are going out. That is definitely a way forward, but we also need to ensure…03 Oct 2019HANSARDWomen’s Mental HealthI go to many schools. Mental health problems often start early, when people are teenagers, so does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is important that mental health services are…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillWill the hon. Lady give way to someone with a non-Welsh accent?02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse Billrose —02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillDoes she agree that, in order to protect children, we need to include them in the statutory definition of domestic abuse victims and that it is disappointing that the Bill…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for giving way. The Istanbul convention is not just about extraterritorial powers but about the provision that we make for survivors…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillAfter the terrible scenes in the House last week, it is reassuring that this House can also be a force for good. However, there remain things on which we passionately disagree,…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsMay I remind everybody that this Government are creating a new customs border because they want to leave the European customs union and they do not want to accept the backstop.…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Hong KongThere have been widespread reports that crowd control equipment is being used against protesters in a way that violates their human rights. In the Secretary of State’s answer to…26 Sept 2019