Questions
Oral questions: Transport
“16. What steps she is taking to support the aviation sector.…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“5. What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the high streets organised crime unit.…”
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Debate
Backbench Business: Commonhold and leasehold reform and the regulation of property managing agents
“I thank you for giving way on that point of regulation. I'm dealing with huge numbers of groups of leaseholders. And one of the things we've discovered with the managing agent, very much as she's describing, is this habit of subletting subc…”
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Legislation
Draft Conversion Practices Bill
“I thank my honourable Friend for all the hard work and conscientious effort she has put in to get us to this point. This is not just a Government promise; this is a long-standing request by the LGBT community, and it is a significant gap in…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Sudan
“A teacher of Sudanese heritage in my constituency came to see me to tell me about the experience of her family. She said, “They had just enough time to grab their flip-flops and run for their lives. Having left all their property, they are …”
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Debate
Puberty Blockers
“I know the constituent my honourable Friend has spoken about. My honourable Friend also makes a valuable point about the need to speak with people who have lived a life, given that these things have been done in ignorance. Her point about p…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Work and Pensions
“4. What steps he is taking to help increase the number of apprenticeships available to young people.…”
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Questions
Topical questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“5. What steps the Church of England is taking to help tackle child poverty.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Meningitis Outbreak
“I join other honourable Members in sending my condolences to the families of the students who have died. As my right honourable Friend will be aware, I was once upon a time the National Union of Students officer responsible for national hea…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the West Ham station attack, in which an IRA bomb exploded on a tube train, injuring nine people. Post Office engineer Peter Chalk was shot and seriously injured, and the tube driver, Joseph Julius…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Business and Trade
“14. What steps he is taking to increase trade ties with Europe.…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“4. What steps her Department is taking to support youth activities in urban communities.…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Rokeby school in Canning Town has just received national recognition from the Department for Education for its exceptional achievements among disadvantaged pupils. This is an incredible achievement for the school and the local community, wh…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“13. What steps she is taking to improve the inspection of water infrastructure.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Fish and Chip Sector
“Will the honourable Member give way?…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Commonhold and Leasehold Reform
“I declare that I am a leaseholder. Correspondence from leaseholders in my constituency, which makes up a lot of my inbox, mentions poor service, rising charges and homes that they can no longer remortgage or sell, causing financial difficul…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Water White Paper
“My constituents are not receiving the service they deserve. Many are facing real issues over water pressure, which is intermittent, unreliable and on some days non-existent. This issue has even been raised with me by primary school children…”
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Questions
Topical questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“6. What support the Church of England is providing to Christians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.…”
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Debate
Children with Serious Neurological Conditions
“I am pleased to have secured this Adjournment debate on the support available to children—and, crucially, their families —living with serious neurological conditions. I applied for this debate after hearing the moving testimony of my consti…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“In the summer, I led a Backbench Business debate to mark the fifth anniversary of the covid pandemic. One of our asks was for a database that properly records all the covid memorials around the country. I am delighted that the Department fo…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Huntingdon Train Attack
“I join other Members in expressing sympathy to all those who have been affected, and in thanking the emergency services, members of the public who got involved, and of course the train crew, who acted heroically to protect their passengers.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Regulation and Inspection of Funeral Services
“I have in my constituency a very well-established funeral director that operates in a large area and has been around since the Victorian era, and many other Members will have similar firms in their areas. The honourable Gentleman has talked…”
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Legislation
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
“My honourable Friend mentions gradual change, which was apparently the policy of the Conservative party. Does he agree that a six-month temporary arrangement that takes a quarter of a century to overturn is the epitome of gradual?…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Education
“7. What steps she is taking to increase the number of children meeting the early learning goals.…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“I recently visited Richard House hospice in west Beckton in my constituency. It is the first dedicated children’s hospice in London, and currently supports more than 300 families every year. This summer, it is celebrating its 25th anniversa…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Commemoration of Matchgirls’ Strike
“My honourable Friend is making a very strong case for the importance of history. As my parliamentary neighbour, she will know that our part of east London has an incredibly strong labour and industrial history, but does she agree that it is…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: NHS 10-Year Plan
“One of the issues with the health service that my constituents most often ask me about is the struggle to get basic appointments. That is leading people to the hospital, which is unable to cope with the sheer numbers, and in a populous, fas…”
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Debate
Al-Ahli Hospital
“7. What information the Church holds on the operational situation of the Anglican al-Ahli hospital in Gaza.…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“2. What steps she is taking to support children’s access to theatre.…”
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Debate
Water Safety Education
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) for securing the debate, and for all the extremely important work that he is doing on this issue. I extend my compliments to his constituent in the Gallery, who …”
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