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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Support for Disabled Veterans

"The armed forces covenant all too often does not live up to what people expect. I have a constituent who has struggled to access housing suitable for his needs. He has two children, but because he suffers with post-traumatic stress disorder and wakes up in the night with night terrors, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Holidays During School Term Time

"The steps that the hon. Member is outlining seem clear and pragmatic. Local children used to take time off school to go to the Great Yorkshire Show. He talked about expanding horizons and the educational and vocational understanding of things. Does he agree that another pragmatic step would be allowing …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 23 Oct 2025
NHS Workforce Levels: Impact on Cancer Patients

"I thank the Minister for giving way. As ever, she is most generous with her time. She has outlined the positive steps that the Government are taking to address the workforce challenge. Could she elaborate on the points I made about the inequalities between the north and the south in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 23 Oct 2025
NHS Workforce Levels: Impact on Cancer Patients

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) on securing this important debate. It is unusual to be called so quickly; we are often oversubscribed, so it is a pleasure to be able to say something …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Business of the House

"Last week I held a drop-in with the Great Start in Life Foundation, which supports health visitors and school nursing services across much of the north of England, helping children and families to get the best start in life. Will the Leader of the House congratulate that organisation on its …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Alleged Spying Case: Role of Attorney General’s Office

"I previously asked the Security Minister about the lack of inclusion of China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. What input or advice has the Attorney General or the Solicitor General given to the Government on that? Given the ongoing situation, will she now reconsider and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Business of the House

"Rural families across North Yorkshire, including those in villages such as Killinghall and Hampsthwaite in my constituency, have been left stranded by changes to home-to-school transport rules, with children living in the same villages now set to go to different schools and parents facing having to give up work to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. Much like the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth), my constituents are served by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys mental health trust. They face travelling to York or Middlesbrough for local in-patient beds, with some people being sent as far afield as Glasgow or Southampton. This is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Official Secrets Act

"The Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a member, published an inquiry report into transnational repression earlier this year. It welcomed the introduction of a foreign influence registration scheme but expressed concern about the absence of China on the enhanced tier. Its absence risks undermining the credibility …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support

"On exactly that point, the problem often starts earlier than that—in schools. My mum, a councillor in Wakefield, has been fighting to get my sister assessed for two years, but the school has lost the paperwork so we are no further forward. Does my hon. Friend agree, similar to what …..."
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