Questions
Oral questions: Transport
“12. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of illegal and non-compliant e-bikes.…”
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Wera Hobhouse
Liberal DemocratMP for Bath
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Questions
Oral questions: Health and Social Care
“Dorothy House runs spaces called bereavement help points, where people who are grieving can meet others who are grieving. The service relies entirely on volunteers. The trauma of baby loss can last a lifetime, and a charity like Dorothy Hou…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“The high street organised crime unit is a welcome step to take illegal vapes off our high street, but organised crime gangs are then moving with impunity online, where enforcement is a lot less rigid. What is the Home Office doing to stop m…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Energy Security and Net Zero
“The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee report on community energy, which I am sure the Minister has read, has raised concerns that community energy projects are at risk of being left behind unless there is clear guidance from the Govern…”
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Debate
Climate Change
“We should add that water shortages are a real cause of conflict. Many communities will be displaced. Anybody who is worried about migration now should be deeply worried about migration in the future, because people will simply be displaced—…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Women and Equalities
“I recently hosted a roundtable with leading organisations in the VAWG sector to discuss the vile trend of men filming degrading videos of women enjoying a night out, and accompanying the videos with absolutely awful captions. Before she res…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Education
“I recently visited Ralph Allen school in my constituency and saw how students were leading the way in improving the standard of their food. They have created a vegetable bed in an empty space, and are now offering vegan and vegetarian choic…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“The Tibetan Parliament in exile, which the all-party parliamentary group on Tibet visited a couple of weeks ago—we have engaged extensively with it—is terribly worried that the central Tibet Autonomous Region is completely closed off by the…”
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Debate
Getting Britain Working Again
“The honourable Member mentioned small businesses and delays at the border. Is it not true that the problem of double tariffs for small businesses when importing from third countries and then into the European Union will only be solved by us…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Two of my constituents have received letters addressed to multiple individuals unknown to them who appear to have used their address to obtain Disclosure and Barring Service checks. If false addresses are being used to obtain DBS certificat…”
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Legislation
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
“The honourable Gentleman mentions his Labour colleagues in Australia and the great success they have had with their vision. Why are his Government dithering and delaying?…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“9. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legal frameworks in relation to the non-consensual filming of women in public.…”
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Debate
Online Harms
“I congratulate my honourable Friend the Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (Ian Sollom) on securing this debate, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting it. There is no shortage of online harms demanding our attent…”
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Debate
Climate Change
“The UK has a lot to be proud of in our record on climate change, such as halving our greenhouse gas emissions since 1990, being the first EU nation to phase out coal, and massively scaling up renewable energy. It is no coincidence that many…”
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Debate
Community Mental Health Services
“So many mental health problems could be cared for much better in the community. As the chair of the eating disorders all-party parliamentary group, I know that some years ago we had an inquiry called “There’s No Place Like Home”. That was s…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“At a time of heightened global tension, we must be aware of how important it is that we look after our current and ex-service personnel. I have a constituent who served in the Army and later in the Ministry of Defence for 50 years. He survi…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Treasury
“Nearly half a million pensioners living abroad will miss out on the state pension increase because we do not have reciprocal agreements with countries such as Canada and Australia. Several former Bath constituents have raised this issue wit…”
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Legislation
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
“There is now overwhelming evidence that addictive algorithms and harmful content are deeply damaging to our children’s wellbeing. We Liberal Democrats support Lords amendment 38, which would ban social media for under-16s, although our pref…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Energy Markets
“The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee is running an inquiry into the costs of energy, as we have already heard from its Chair. With all due respect, I cannot understand how the Conservative Opposition can with a straight face deplore t…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“One of my Bath constituents who is a leaseholder in a housing association-managed development has received sudden and extremely high major works bills without warning. There is currently no statutory requirement for landlords or housing ass…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“Bounties have been placed on the heads of pro-democracy activists living in Hong Kong—a shocking act of transnational aggression. May I add my voice to that of the right honourable Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Sm…”
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Legislation
Representation of the People Bill
“Does the Secretary of State agree that the same arguments that were made over 100 years ago about women not being fit enough to vote are now being repeated for 16-year-olds? The success that ultimately came from including women in the franc…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Education
“I was a secondary school teacher before I came to this place, and even 10 years ago, although the school guidance was that mobile phones should not be in classrooms, enforcing that was a daily struggle. The presence of mobile phones undermi…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Lib Dem-run Bath and North East Somerset council is deeply concerned that the Government’s proposed reforms to the national planning policy framework will cap local ambitions on meeting net zero through sustainable development. National min…”
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Debate
Online Harm: Child Protection
“Will my honourable Friend give way?…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving
“Children with special educational needs, particularly neurodiverse learners, thrive in creative subjects, but over the past decade, music, drama and art have been severely cut from the curriculum. How will the White Paper ensure that we bro…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government
“These sharp practices are not down to just one management company—a lot of companies are at it. A leaseholder constituent wrote to me to say he feels “abandoned and angry”. His property is leaking, but the freeholder is not interested in he…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Transport
“Bath’s hospitality sector depends heavily on weekend services, but Sunday services on Great Western Railway continue to be extremely unreliable, with long delays, packed trains and cancellations. The previous Transport Secretary, the right …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Local Power Plan
“I welcome the publication of the local power plan and I honestly recognise the Government’s commitment to community energy. However, I think there is still a piece missing—namely that properties in the vicinity of a community energy generat…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“Around one in eight women were victims of sexual assault, domestic abuse and stalking in the year to March 2025. Victim Support is concerned that there is not enough focus in the strategy and, in particular, that funding is not matching inc…”
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