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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What steps she has taken to promote British musical acts internationally. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome anything the Government bring forward to support our new bands and musicians across the country, but the big thing that so many musicians are asking for is that we get touring rights sorted out with our European counterparts. Could the Minister update the House on what progress there …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 26 Jun 2025
BBC World Service Funding

"This is an important debate. I broadly agree with the hon. Member on the positive influence of the World Service. Would he acknowledge, though, that on occasion—such as on BBC Arabic—standards have fallen below what we would expect, with former Hamas officials put forward as neutral observers? We need to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Floating Solar Panels

"This is another issue where the Conservatives can perhaps give more information to those on the Government Benches. We have real issues in many parts of rural Britain with the energy infrastructure that has to go alongside solar farms—for example, the massive mega-pylons in East Anglia. If the energy can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

"Does my hon. Friend recognise that it is not just community pharmacies that are being hammered in this sector but hospices too, such as St Luke’s hospice in Basildon, which is facing a £450,000 rise in its national insurance costs? Does she also agree that Ministers are putting these costs …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Department for Education

"In the past few days, a headteacher in my constituency has told me that their school’s funding is going down significantly in real terms this year. They say that they are now looking at a crisis, with potential staff cuts coming. On top of that, I have heard local providers …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Cousin marriage is often used as a cover for forced marriage. Have the Government raised the issue of the incredibly high rate of first-cousin marriage with the Pakistani Government, given that so many of those marriages are between UK and Pakistani nationals?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"There are 300 more people on out-of-work benefits in Basildon and Billericay than there were 12 months ago. Local businesses tell me that that is because business rates have gone up under the Labour Government, national insurance tax has gone up under the Labour Government and taxes on investment for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill

"I rise to speak in support of six of the new clauses that go to the heart of our responsibilities as legislators—safeguarding children, restoring public confidence in the law and defending free expression—although due to the lack of time, I will not be able to go into them all in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Marriage between First Cousins

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered Government policy on marriage between first cousins.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I rise to speak on a topic that many in our country assume is already settled. People assume that the marriage of first …..."

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