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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of human rights violations in Hong Kong. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"A constituent of mine, who now lives in Haywards Heath, came to the UK from Hong Kong under the British national overseas visa route after the deterioration of human rights there left her and her daughter with no choice but to seek safety. She is now deeply anxious about reports …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"It is being reported in the press this week that women are being exploited by a menopause “gold rush”, enabled by tech giants such as Instagram. What steps can be taken to ensure that women have access to the very best of information and that misinformation on the internet is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What steps she is taking to ensure the provision of adequate funding for pupils to study the International Baccalaureate. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Varndean sixth-form college in Brighton is the only state-funded IB provider in Sussex. It has warned that, without the large programme uplift, the IB will become financially unviable. Many Mid Sussex students have gone on from Varndean to study engineering, medicine and maths at leading universities. Does the Minister think …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy

"The Secretary of State praises the fantastic FE staff and describes FE colleges as

“no longer a Cinderella service, but rather a system of high esteem”.

How does she propose to do that while still maintaining the pay gap for FE staff compared with teachers in other educational settings?..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Children’s Hospices: South-east England

"I thank my hon. Friend for celebrating the work of Queen’s nurses and fabulous Fia for what she has done in writing a book—I am not sure that I could do that. It is truly impressive, and I am happy to encourage the Minister to buy the book; it sounds …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Children’s Hospices: South-east England

"I thank my hon. Friend for the campaigning she is doing with her colleagues on Arthur Rank hospice in Cambridgeshire, and she is right. When I went to visit Chestnut Tree House in Sussex last week, I saw that it is talking to adult hospices in the area about where …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Children’s Hospices: South-east England

"I agree that increasing the time period covered by this grant to children’s hospices to three years will really help. Can the Minister comment on whether there are plans to do the same for the adult hospice sector?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Children’s Hospices: South-east England

"I wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s announcement this morning, in anticipation of this afternoon’s debate, of £80 million of support for children’s hospices over three years. I thank the Minister for listening to the calls of the children’s hospice sector and the Liberal Democrats.

The three-year settlement will enable hospices to …..."

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