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HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI am sorry; I did not realise the Minister was asking to intervene. I give way.07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsThat is absolutely right; I thank my hon. Friend for that point. I am pleased to see the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) in the Chamber. I know that, as Prime Minister…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsWe want to sit down with the Minister, and we want her to say to us, “This is what we are going to do about the Primodos case.” We do not want the Minister to tell us the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsFirst, I thank all Members who have spoken in the debate. In particular, I pay tribute to the vice-chair of the APPG on hormone pregnancy tests, the hon. Member for Livingston…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It is important to stress that it was the state, the NHS, involved in this. In July 2015, I stood in this House and urged…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI beg to move, That this House notes that children were born with serious deformities due to the hormone pregnancy test drug Primodos, which was taken by expectant mothers between…07 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsI apologise.06 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsI am glad that Salford has no schools with RAAC problems, but in Bolton we found out on Friday that St William of York, St Andrew’s Church of England and St Bernard’s were…06 Sept 2023HANSARDSafety of School BuildingsThe right hon. Gentleman is talking about Wales. Speaking as an English MP, the BBC is reporting that at least 13 schools with RAAC were set to be rebuilt under a Labour plan, but…06 Sept 2023HANSARDFemale-led BusinessesUnder the Conservatives, just 12% of executive directors of FTSE 250 companies are women—a gap that will not close until 2058 at the current rate. Women who want to go into…12 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekI entirely agree and thank the hon. Member for his intervention. We need to continue to work on this and take action across the board, so that these things do not happen again.…04 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekI beg to move, That this House has considered Srebrenica Memorial Week. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for…04 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we need to be vigilant. Especially in the western Balkans, as she has rightly said, issues of ethnic nationalism are arising, and the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekI entirely agree. I know that the Minister does listen, so I hope she will take back to others in the Foreign Office the point about more spending and more resources in the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekI thank my hon. Friend and I entirely agree. I do not normally criticise colleagues, but comments were made recently by a certain Home Secretary and she needs to reflect on what…04 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekOn the hon. Lady’s point about visiting the Srebrenica genocide memorial and how that affects people, I went there with a couple of my members of staff, and I have to say that…04 Jul 2023HANSARDSrebrenica Memorial WeekI thank all right hon. and hon. colleagues for taking part in the debate, including those who had to go because of other parliamentary business. I also thank the hon. Member for…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHospice Services: SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Paul Holmes) on securing today’s important debate. It is personal to me,…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCovid-19 Government Communications: People with DisabilitiesResearch from Scope shows that, in the last four years, the cost of running a disabled household rose from £583 a month to £975 a month. The Conservative cost of living crisis has…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration Billrose —26 Apr 2023