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HANSARDFireworks (Noise Control etc)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the maximum noise levels of fireworks which may be sold to the public; to require that specified…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessMy hon. Friend is rightly talking about access to proper food. In my constituency, FareShare helps to redistribute more than 325,000 meals a year to 11 local charities. That is a…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsOn a point of order, Mr Mundell. The hon. Gentleman just mentioned that—05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. The European convention gives us the right not to be tortured, not to be deprived of liberty without due process of law, to…05 Nov 2025HANSARDVideo Games: Consumer LawIt is simply a matter of justice that if someone has paid for a product, either physical or digital, they should be able to use it for as long as they like. The fact that a…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI am proud to support this important Bill and to pay tribute to the Hillsborough families, whose courage and determination have brought us to this moment. Their decades of…03 Nov 2025HANSARDVideo Games: Consumer LawMy hon. Friend is making a great speech. On amending the law, what is required is a simple amendment to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, to ensure that when a game requires online…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillThe Prime Minister is being very generous in taking all our questions. I congratulate him on introducing this Bill, but can the duty of candour be applied fully to all…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Healthcare: BoltonIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend and neighbour the Member for Bolton North East (Kirith Entwistle) for securing this important…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright) for securing this…14 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportIn anticipation of the White Paper, I held a roundtable with parents and children with SEND in my constituency of Bolton South and Walkden. They told me that it is still very much…15 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportThat point was made by the parents, and I was going to come to it in my speech. Children are being placed in classrooms that do not meet their needs, and some of them are being…15 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportSorry. I am sure that many hon. Members have been to their local schools and been told that, since covid, the number of children with SEND has gone up, so the White Paper and the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I welcome the Minister to his new Department. I worked with him when he was in the Department for Housing,…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI thank the Chair of the Petitions Committee for that helpful intervention. In all honesty, what people are asking for is fairness. That is it—simple fairness.08 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesMeanwhile, the Government have pursued legal strike-out applications to shut down the families’ cases—blunt tools that treat them as vexatious, even while Ministers have accepted…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this debate. I speak…03 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence, said in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, as did the UN atomic energy agency. However, a day before a…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat steps is the Minister taking to stop the killing of Palestinians, and to recognise the state of Palestine?24 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for dentistry and oral health. Access…12 Jun 2025