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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Sentencing Bill

"Does the hon. Member agree that requiring an offender to look at the root causes of their offending is far from the easy option? Facing up to those life difficulties is very hard, but it is a really effective way of stopping the cycle of offending...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Sentencing Bill

"As a former Crown prosecutor of 21 years, like my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Matt Bishop) and my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan), I have seen close up the impact of our broken criminal justice system on victims, on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I am saddened to hear that that is his position, but I am afraid it does not change my view of the Bill.

Strict and stringent measures will be in place to encourage rehabilitation. Those will be accompanied by a simplified probation …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support

"It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for opening this Petitions Committee debate.

I want to take this opportunity to address the 208 people in Amber Valley who put their names to the petition, and the …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support

"I absolutely agree. Unfortunately, in Derbyshire, obtaining an EHCP is merely the start of the struggle. It is certainly not the end of the struggle for those families who desperately need the support that their children deserve.

Many view the legal right to which the petition relates—the right for SEND …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Petitions

"This petition relates to the future of Wingfield Manor, and is presented in conjunction with Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust. It has been signed by more than 3,000 residents of Derbyshire, and states:

The petition of residents of Amber Valley and the wider Derbyshire area,

Declares that the future of Wingfield …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jul 2025
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

"I rise to thank the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) for his careful consideration of my Bill, although I am somewhat saddened by his suggestion that this is a trivial matter. As he himself went on to say, we saw scenes at the Carabao cup final that were …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jul 2025
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

"I perhaps misspoke; my understanding is that it is to align with the football calendar rather than the start of the season. Perhaps the Minister can clarify that in due course. We are now on a countdown to the start of the football season. My husband, being a season ticket …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jul 2025
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

"With the leave of the House, I associate myself with the tribute to the Ibrox victims given so movingly by my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina Murray).

There are many people I would like to thank for helping to get the Bill to this stage, but …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jul 2025
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It is an honour to stand in the Chamber today and present this Bill for its Third Reading, particularly as a lifelong football fan. I put on record that I am a proud Everton supporter—my staff have …..."

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