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HANSARD 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 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. In the words of the former Israeli Prime Minister, what we are witnessing in Gaza is the“indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians.” More than 50,000…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025I thank the Chancellor for all her commitments to spending on education, health and transport, but I thank her particularly for the £39 billion that she has committed to housing.…11 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsI totally agree, and I will come to those points a little later in my speech. As I said, for many people the debate has been revealed to be less about animals and more about…09 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsI agree with my hon. Friend and thank him for making that observation. Jewish and Islamic traditions around slaughter are grounded in clear rules designed to minimise suffering.…09 Jun 2025HANSARDNon-stun Slaughter of AnimalsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I rise to oppose the petition and the divided narratives that surround it. Let us be clear: non-stun religious…09 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this important debate. From Farnworth and Kearsley to Walkden and beyond, people…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Free School MealsThis is really welcome news for families in my constituency, with up to 11,450 children now set to benefit from free school meals. I know from speaking with parents that this will…05 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesPeople in Rumworth, Farnworth, Little Hulton, Great Lever, Walkden, New Bury and Kearsley are proud and hard-working, but they have been left behind. Rumworth is the 10th most…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesThe Minister is making an excellent speech. She said earlier that we had had five Prime Ministers and seven Chancellors—I think there were about 10 Lord Chancellors. Does she…04 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement. Just last week, the UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned that the Security Council must act “decisively” to prevent genocide.…20 May 2025HANSARD Local Housing Need Assessment ReformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for bringing this timely debate for all of us to consider. Before…13 May 2025HANSARD Local Housing Need Assessment ReformI know, but that is still not a sufficient amount. Some of those houses did not come through. There was an amount of housing that needed to be done and was not done. It was done…13 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Pakistan. My constituency is home to people of…07 May 2025HANSARD Neon SignageAbsolutely, and I will go on to talk about the amount of work and experience that artists need to work with neon. I recently visited Tony and Catherine at their studio and I was…06 May 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateWe have heard throughout the afternoon all the things in Gaza that have been committed by Israel. The truth of the matter is that Israel is committing the cold-blooded murder of…06 May 2025HANSARD Neon SignageI thank the hon. Gentleman. I will touch on a few more things. Authentic neon signs are handcrafted from glass tubes that are heated, bent and shaped by hand, then filled with…06 May 2025HANSARD Neon SignageWith your indulgence, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a few comments and observations on the debate we have just had. It was a profound debate, in which colleagues spoke about…06 May 2025HANSARD Israel: Refusal of Entry for UK ParliamentariansMay I put on record my thanks to the Minister and the Foreign Secretary for their support for our two colleagues, who, since their election, have spoken so bravely about many…07 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Many of my constituents in Bolton South and Walkden are living in temporary accommodation. They cannot get a social house and they cannot buy a house, so they have to go into…07 Apr 2025