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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Oct 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. I had the pleasure last week of meeting Her Majesty the Queen to discuss the importance of having fracture liaison services in every NHS trust, to which this Government have already committed. On World Osteoporosis Day, will the Minister outline what steps her Department is taking to develop the …..."
Sharon Hodgson - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2026
Business of the House

"Following on from my friend across the House, the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis), I and many other colleagues of all parties attended the screening of that brilliant documentary —if I can describe in that way something that was so devastating to watch, as so …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 14 Oct 2026
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill

"It is a pleasure to speak in support of the Bill and the amendment. The right hon. Member for New Forest West laid out clearly on Second Reading why the Bill is important. He spoke very well again this morning and made case for why the amendment is perhaps not …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 14 Oct 2026
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill

"I agree, and outcomes are mentioned in clause 4(2)(b). I pondered including the word “inequality” at length, for all the reasons we heard about from my hon. Friend the Member for Lowestoft, as well as in respect of what the Lib Dem spokesperson, the hon. Member for Chichester, said about …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 14 Oct 2026
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill (First sitting)

"It is a pleasure to speak in support of the Bill and the amendment. The right hon. Member for New Forest West laid out clearly on Second Reading why the Bill is important. He spoke very well again this morning and made case for why the amendment is perhaps not …..."
Sharon Hodgson - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 14 Oct 2026
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill (First sitting)

"I agree, and outcomes are mentioned in clause 4(2)(b). I pondered including the word “inequality” at length, for all the reasons we heard about from my hon. Friend the Member for Lowestoft, as well as in respect of what the Lib Dem spokesperson, the hon. Member for Chichester, said about …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 13 Oct 2026
Police Funding: North-east England

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Wishart. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Luke Akehurst) for securing this very important debate and setting out so clearly, as he did, the issues that have brought so many north-east colleagues to this debate. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Sep 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. I visited Newcastle Crown court before the summer recess, where I learned that the backlog of cases had reached an unprecedented high. As we have heard, measures such as the blitz courts in Teesside, which were mentioned earlier, and specialist sexual offences and domestic abuse courts can help with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2026
Business of the House

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will be very brief. Next Thursday is World Patient Safety Day. As the landmark Cumberlege review confirmed, patients—particularly women—have had their concerns dismissed and denied for far too long. As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group “First Do No Harm”, I ask the Leader …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Sep 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"What conversations has the Chancellor had with the Department of Health and Social Care on providing compensation to those harmed by valporate and vaginal mesh, as per the Hughes report, which was published over two years ago?..."
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